BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont men's lacrosse team dropped its third straight contest Saturday afternoon falling to UMass, 12-4.

UVM falls to 2-4 as it wraps up non-league play while UMass improves to 4-2.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both defenses put on a show in the first quarter with the first goal not coming until 2:07 remaining from Carter Castillo to put UMass up 1-0.
• UMass outscored the Catamounts 4-0 through the first 13 minutes of the second quarter to take a 5-0 with 1:53 remaining in the first half.
• Vermont stemmed the tide shortly thereafter as Griffin Fenech got the Cats on the board with 1:33 remaining but UMass held on to a 5-1 lead at the break.
• UMass went on a another run in the third quarter with five straight goals to jump out to a 10-1 lead.
• Jake Harrington scored his first two goals of the season in the fourth quarter as Vermont outscored the Minutemen 3-2 over the final 15 minutes.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Harrington scored his first two goals of the season for the Catamounts.
• George Egan made eight saves for Vermont in his first collegiate start.
• Jackson Canfield led the Catamounts with five ground balls collected.
• Fenech scored his fourth goal of the season and collected one ground ball.

WHO'S NEXT
Following this evening's matchup, the Catamounts will begin America East play against NJIT on the road on Saturday, March 18. Faceoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET and all the action will be broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV.