BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont field hockey team could not find the scoring touch as visiting UMass Lowell held on for a 1-0 victory in America East field hockey action at Moulton Winder Field Friday afternoon.
The Catamounts fall to 9-3 overall and 3-2 in league play while the River Hawks move to 9-3 and 4-1 in conference.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We knew it was going to be a tight game today and it was going to come down to whoever could finish technically on special teams and that's what happened today," head coach
Kate Pfeifer said. "It's really important that we use this as fuel for next weekend. There are no breaks in the conference so we need to bear down on our fundamentals, our finishing and staying connected."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The two teams played a scoreless first quarter with each goalkeeper making a save in the initial 15 minutes.
- UMass Lowell broke through on a penalty corner with under four minutes to go in the half. Jenna Berger tipped in an Alissia De Vries shot-pass from the top of the circle.
- The Catamounts' best opportunity came late in the fourth quarter when Alina Gerke's shot was nearly deflected in by Maddie Moran.
- UVM had two penalty corners with under 30 seconds to play but could not capitalize on the chances.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- UVM and UMass Lowell played their seventh straight one-goal game.
- The Cats outshout the River Hawks seven to one in the second half.
- Sierra Espeland made four saves in cage and lowered her goals against average to 1.35 on the season.
UP NEXT
Vermont has the rest of the weekend off and will get back to work next Friday at New Hampshire in another key league matchup against the Wildcats. That contest gets underway at 2 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV from Durham.
