BURLINGTON, Vt. – Jeff Thielmann scored his second goal of the season in the 81st minute to lead the three-seed UAlbany past Vermont Thursday evening in the America East Semifinals from Virtue Field. With the win, the Great Danes advanced to the America East Championship for the first time since 2017.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Tough way to lose when we poured our hearts and souls into the match," Head Coach Rob Dow said. "Proud of the Cats tonight and we'll see what the NCAA Tournament selection committee decides on Monday."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Playing with the wind in the first half the Catamounts outshot the Great Danes 7-1. UAlbany's Shafique Wilson made his only save of the half five minutes into the contest. Max Murray headed a cross right in front of the Great Danes goal but Wilson was able to gather the low attempt.
• In the opening 20 minutes of the second half the Catamounts hemmed UAlbany on their side of the field. In the 52nd minute Wilson made a diving save to rob Joe Morrison's attempt from just inside the box. Two minutes later Murray just missed putting UVM ahead with a header that just crept over the crossbar.
• UVM drew four corners in the second half and forced Wilson into two additional saves.
• Wilson started the Great Danes game-winning sequence with a long-throw. In transition Elias Ehlin played a cross into the box and Thielmann muscled past a Vermont defender and slotted it home just inside the post with 9:43 left to play.
• The Catamounts managed two more shots in the final moments but couldn't find the back of net.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• After tonight Vermont is now 10-10-1 record all-time in the America East Semifinals and 17-17-5 mark in the conference tournament.
• Tonight, was UAlbany's fifth straight clean sheet. In total, their shutout streak has run to 514:44 of game action.

WHO'S NEXT
UNH advanced to the title game Thursday evening with a 3-0 win over Binghamton. The Great Danes will travel to face UNH in the America East Title Game on Sunday, November 13 at 2 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN+.
 
The Catamounts will await the 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Selection Show on Monday, November 14 at 1 p.m. The show will air live on NCAA.com. The 2022 championship field will consist of 48 teams with the tournament running from Nov. 17 through Dec. 12. The College Cup, consisting of the national semifinals and finals will be held in Cary, North Carolina.

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