ALBANY, N.Y. – The Vermont men's lacrosse team made it five wins in a row and clinched a spot in the America East Tournament with a 14-6 victory on the road at UAlbany Saturday afternoon at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium.
 
With the win Vermont improves to 7-6 and 4-0 in league play while the Great Danes fall to 4-7 and 2-3 in conference action.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Our guys did a great job this week respecting Albany and preparing every day – I thought we had five of our best days of practice leading up to today," head coach Chris Feifs said. "It's a one game season every weekend in league play so now we've got to get back to work and prepare for a really tough Binghamton team on Senior Day."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Liam Limoges and Thomas McConvey got the offense started for the Cats both collecting a pair of David Closterman feeds from X and finishing on the doorstep for a 2-0 lead.
• After the Great Danes cut that lead in half, UVM scored four straight goals – by four different Catamounts – to build a 6-1 lead at the 2:05 mark of the first quarter.
• UAlbany's Teioshonta McComber scored his fourth goal of the season to cut the lead to 6-3 early in the second quarter.
• Vermont's defense clamped down the remainder of the half forcing three Great Dane turnovers that turned into four more UVM goals and a 10-4 lead at the half.
• Ryan Cornell stood on his head in the third quarter making eight of his 13 saves in the third.
• Meanwhile, Charlie Pope scored the final two Catamount goals – the final insurance in the Cats' sixth straight win over UAlbany.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• McCormack's first of two goals on the day was the 100^th of his career spread across time at Middlebury College and UVM.
• In his last three games against UAlbany, Thomas McConvey has 12 goals.
• Through the first four games of America East action, Vermont has outscored opponents 63-21.
• Nick Alviti scooped up six ground balls to lead a defense that surrendered single digit goals for the fifth straight game.

WHO'S NEXT

The Cats return home next weekend for Senior Day presented by the UVM Alumni Association. Binghamton comes to town for a noon faceoff from Virtue Field.