FINAL SCORE: Vermont 16, Marist 5
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – A seven-goal third quarter distanced the Catamounts as Vermont (5-1) exploded for 16-5 victory over Marist (1-4) on a snowy afternoon at Tenney Stadium. Grace Giancola led the way for UVM with a four-goal afternoon.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We had Patriots playoff football weather today, which forced us to adjust in different ways," head coach Sarah Dalton Graddock said. "It was a lot of fun once we got rolling, and I'm glad we came away with a great team victory."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts grabbed the first lead of the afternoon on Erin Kloostra's third goal of the season 6:44 into the first quarter. Kloostra capitalized on a free position opportunity for the opening marker. Marist's Melissa Bucher countered with the 1-1 equalizer with 2:43 left in the first frame.
• Vermont opened the second half with goals from Ava Vasile and Giancola to take a 3-1 lead with 11:14 left in the frame. Bucher netted her second of the game, to briefly cut the UVM lead to one, before Vasile notched her second tally of the quarter for a 4-2 lead. Marist pulled back to within one goal in the final second of the half as Vermont took a 4-3 lead into the break.
• Giancola netted her second goal of the game to open the second half, but Marist tallied two-straight goals to tie the game at 5-5 with 9:31 remaining in the third quarter. Vermont countered with six-unanswered goals to close out the quarter with an 11-5 lead.
• The Catamounts added five more goals in the final frame. Vermont outshot Marist 8-3 in the fourth quarter.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Giancola's four-goal outing was her highest total over her last 12 games. The redshirt senior tallied six shots, and scored on all four of her shots directed on goal.
• Vasile registered three goals, marking the fifth-straight game this season that she has tallied at least a hat trick.
• Lexie Ruff scored her first goal since joining the Catamounts, and added two more for a three-goal output in her UVM debut.
• Kendall Traveis and Taylor Mullen registered two goals each for Vermont.
• Sophie McLaughlin recorded seven saves in goal for the Catamounts.  

UP NEXT
Vermont returns to action on Monday (Mar. 14) when it hosts Manhattan at Virtue Field. The opening draw is set for 3 p.m. and can be seen live on AmericaEast.TV. Tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets, or by visiting the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday.