FINAL SCORE: No. 6 Stony Brook 14, Vermont 4
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Vermont (8-2, 1-1 AE) saw its winning streak snapped after suffering a 14-4 loss to No. 6 Stony Brook (6-2, 1-0 AE) on Saturday afternoon at Lavalle Stadium.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Stony Brook's Ellie Masera opened the scoring 5:25 into the afternoon on a pass from Jesse Arline. McKenzie Ballard found Maris Large minutes later to tie the game at 1-1 with 5:41 left in the quarter. The Seawolves' would add one more goal late in the frame to take a 2-1 lead through the opening 15 minutes.
• Rayna Sabella brought the Stony Brook lead up to two goals with a woman-up goal 3:42 into the second quarter, but Vermont countered with a free-position goal from Ava Vasile. The junior's marker cut the UVM deficit to one, trailing 3-2 with 9:23 left in the half. The Seawolves would then close out the first half with four-straight goals to take a 7-2 lead into the break.
• Stony Brook rattled off six unanswered goals in the third quarter to take a 13-2 lead with 15 minutes to play. Masera led the attack with two more goals in the third frame.
• Large broke Vermont's scoring drought in the four quarter, netting her second goal of the game with 10:14 remaining on a feed from Meghan O'Connor. The Seawolves added one more goal before Vasile's second free-position tally with 24 seconds left.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• UVM tallied four 11 shots on goal, with Vasile, Large, Kerry Gerety, and Taylor Mullen registering two shots on goal apiece.
• Vasile and Carolyn Carrera scooped up four ground balls each for the Catamounts. Vasile also caused a team-high three turnovers.
• Gerety and Grace Giancola led Vermont with five draw controls each.
• Sophie McLaughlin registered seven saves for the Catamounts.

UP NEXT
UVM heads back home to host UAlbany on Saturday (Apr. 2) at Virtue Field. The opening draw is set for 3:30 p.m. and will broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV. Tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or by visiting the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday.
 
LACROSSE ALUMNAE DAY – APR. 2, 2022
Join fellow alumna as Vermont Lacrosse hosts a double header on Saturday, April 2.  Men's Lacrosse will host UMBC at 12 p.m. and Women's Lacrosse will host the annual Vanessa Cox #23 Memorial Game against UAlbany at 3:30 p.m.  Our 2020 and 2021 classes will be honored at halftime and alumnae are invited to attend our postgame team gathering. Please register at go.uvm.edu/wlaxalum and e-mail Victory.Club@uvm.edu with any questions or to update your registration.