Box Score STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Vermont men's lacrosse team bounced back in impressive fashion leading wire-to-wire in a 16-10 victory over Penn State Wednesday afternoon.
 
Vermont picks up its first win of the season – and first over a current member of the Big Ten since 1986 – to improve to 1-2 while Penn State falls to 1-2.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE

"Incredibly proud of the team for bouncing back today on the road against a tough Big Ten team," head coach Chris Feifs said. "We pride ourselves on being able to respond to adversity and today we showed it."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cats jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to two of Liam Limoges' five goals on the afternoon and a single tally each from Charlie Pope and David Closterman.
• Penn State trimmed a 6-2 deficit to just two goals in the second quarter but the Cats scored three of the next four to take a 9-5 lead into the break.
• Closterman and Limoges each converted to start the second half and give UVM a 11-5 lead.
• The Nittany Lions trimmed the lead to 11-9 using a four-goal run with goals from four different players at the 4:29 mark of the third.
• It was all Vermont from there, however, as the Green and Gold scored the game's next five goals to put the game out of reach.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Limoges' five goals match a career-high for goals in a game that he set his rookie season against UMass Lowell (April 7, 2018).
• Brock Haley finished with five points - one shy of his career-high - on two goals and three assists.
• Closterman's goal at the 14:18 mark of the third quarter was the 100^th point of his career.
• Tommy Burke went 21-for-30 (70%) at the faceoff X – the fourth time he's won 20 or more faceoffs in his career and the 10^th time he's been 70-percent or better.
• Nick Alviti tied a career-high with eight ground balls.
• Vermont beat Ohio State in March of 1986 – it's last win over a current member of the Big Ten until today.

WHO'S NEXT

The Cats get the weekend off and return to action next Saturday at Brown. All the action down in Providence, R.I. gets underway at noon.