HERRIMAN, UTAH – Brock Haley tied the game with 30 seconds remaining in regulation and then scored the game-winner in overtime as the Vermont men's lacrosse team defeated Utah, 14-13, Saturday afternoon.
 
Vermont improves to 2-1 on the season while Utah falls to 1-2.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
 
"First of all hats off to Utah, I thought they responded in the second half, they made our lives difficult," head coach Chris Feifs said. "I think for our growth it was really important to [experience that] but I was really pleased that we kept our cool when it counted and we found a way to get it done."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• David Closterman and Jonas Hunter scored the game's first two goals to give the Cats an early lead.
• After a Derek Marsilio tally to make it 6-2 Cats, Utah rattled off two straight spanning the end of the second into the third to trim the lead to 6-4.
• Marsilio and James Basile quickly restored the four-goal cushion with another pair of goals four seconds apart in the third.
• The Utes went on a 4-0 run to tie the game at 9-9 with 10 minutes to play.
• UVM responded with three straight highlighted by Hayden Fruhling's first-career goal to make it 12-9 with 8:41 left.
• Utah once again scored four straight to grab a 13-12 lead.
• Brock Haley – held off the scoreboard for the first 59:33 of the contest – buried a step-down from the left wing to tie the game at 13 with 27 seconds left.
• In overtime, Matt Shaffer (11 saves) made a save on a wrap-around attempt by Ryan Stines which set the stage for Haley.
• Shaffer found Nick Alviti with an outlet pass and the LSM motored upfield to find a wide-open Haley who buried his chance with the mountains in the distance.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Tommy Burke went 25-for-31 (80.6%) at the faceoff X with 14 ground balls. Today was his eight game with 20+ faceoff wins and the 25 wins is a career high.
• Burke's 584 career faceoff wins are the 6^th most among active players in the country.
• Closterman had a five-goal, one-assist outing and now has 168 career points – the most of any active Catamount.
• This was Vermont's first overtime game since a double-overtime victory over UMBC in 2019. UVM is 5-1 in overtime under Chris Feifs.
• With today's win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to King Street Youth Center as part of the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative. Since its inauguration in 2017, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has donated over $80,000 to local non-profits through the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative.  

 
WHO'S NEXT

The Cats return to action next Saturday back at home against #19 Brown. All the action from Virtue Field gets underway at 12 p.m. on AmericaEast.TV.