LOWELL, Mass. – The Vermont men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 10-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back as it cruised to a 23-9 America East victory over UMass Lowell Saturday night.
With the win Vermont improves to 6-6 and 3-0 in league play while the River Hawks fall to 1-9 overall with a 1-3 mark in league.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Great conference win for our guys on the road today, head coach
Chris Feifs said. "Glad we were able to fight through a rocky third quarter to finish the game. We've got a big week of practice ahead as we prepare for UAlbany."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Vermont offense wasted little time getting the scoring started finding the game's first goal courtesy of Brock Haley at the 13:35 mark of the first half.
- That started a 14-0 run that stretched midway through the second quarter.
- The Cats had eight different goal scorers in the first half.
- Ryan Cornell made six saves in the first half and once again got involved in the offense igniting a transition push that resulted in a Michael McCormack rocket to make it 14-0.
- UMass Lowell struck for the first four goals of the second half but after a River Hawk turnover, UVM stemmed the tide as Paul Governale picked the top right corner in transition for his first career goal to make it 18-6.
- The River Hawks cut the score to 18-9 with 13:39 to go in the game but UVM closed the contest on a 5-0 run highlighted by three goals on a single man-up opportunity.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- In three career games against UMass Lowell, McCormack now has 16 goals – the most for any active Catamount against the River Hawks.
- Vermont's 23 goals matched a program record against Division I opponents and has only been done twice before.
- Four Cats registered hat tricks which is the first time that has happened since at least 2007 (online stats date back to 2008)
WHO'S NEXT
The Cats are back on the road next weekend with a trip to rival UAlbany. Opening faceoff is set for 3 p.m. from the New York state capital.
