CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – First-year Jane Trauger tallied a career-high five goals to lead the Vermont (2-4) to a 12-7 victory over Harvard (0-4, 0-1 Ivy) on Tuesday night at Jordan Field.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I am really proud of our win tonight," head coach Sarah Dalton Graddock said. "Both units did a great job of sticking to our game plan and executing when we needed to. Sophie was outstanding in cage and we were able to capitalize on our possessions. Looking forward to building on this win."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts and Crimson battled to an even 3-3 draw in the first quarter, exchanging goals in the frame. Lily Trainor scored first for Vermont, netting the equalizer two minutes into the game, after an early 1-0 deficit. Trauger scored UVM's next two goals, but the Catamounts never had the lead in the opening frame.
• Maddie Erskine scored back-to-back goals in the second quarter to give the Catamounts a 5-3 lead with 7:42 remaining. Both tallies were unassisted, with her first goal coming on a woman-up opportunity.
• The Crimson battled back with two consecutive goals from Riley Campbell and Callie Hem to tie the game at 5-5 with 2:17 remaining in the first half.
• Trauger completed her hat trick with 0:46 left in the second quarter on an assist from Ava Vasile to give Vermont the 6-5 lead heading into the break.
• Hem quickly knotted the game at 6-6 coming out of the break, scoring her third goal just 0:57 into the third quarter.
• Vermont responded with a 3-0 scoring run through the rest of the quarter to take a 9-6 lead heading into the final stanza. Claire Adelhelm put the Catamounts in front, scoring less than a minute after Hem's tying goal. Trauger netted her fourth goal of the game on a woman-up opportunity with 9:06 left in the quarter. Meghan O'Connor added a goal with 0:15 seconds left for a three-goal cushion.
• UVM's scoring run continued in the fourth quarter with three-straight goals before the midway point of the frame. McKenzie Ballard scored her second goal of the season with 12:57 left on a feed from Adelhelm. Maddie Erskine completed her hat trick with 9:47 remaining, converting a pass from Trauger, and Trauger added a goal 1:43 later to put the Cats up 12-6.
• The Crimson added one final goal, with Ilana Kofman scoring her second of the season in the final minutes..

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Trauger scored a career-high five goals on seven shots. The first-year finished with six shots on goal and added an assist to her tally.
• Erskine finished with a season-high three goals with five shots on target.
• O'Connor recorded a goal on two shots. The midfielder also collected a team-high five ground balls.
• Vasile had two assists and collected three ground balls for the Catamounts.
• Sophie McLaughlin registered 13 saves in goal for Vermont.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts will return to action at Virtue Field on Sunday March 12 when they face Siena. The game is slated to start at 12 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV.