FINAL SCORE: Dartmouth 16, Vermont 7
HANOVER, N.H. – Ava Vasile matched a career-high six goals for the third consecutive game, but Vermont (4-1) suffered its first loss of the season, falling 16-7 to Dartmouth (2-1) on Tuesday night at Scully-Fahey Field.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Big Green quickly grabbed a 1-0 lead 0:19 into the game when Katie Elders notched her 10th goal of the season on a free-position attempt.
• Fiona O'Keeffe doubled the Dartmouth lead minutes later, and Mia Puccio added a tally with 2:01 left in the first quarter as the Big Green would close the frame up 3-0.
• Elders scored her second goal of the game 1:15 into the second quarter to grow the lead to four. Katina Christensen made it 5-0 for the Big Green 0:34 seconds later.
• Vasile put the Catamounts on board with her first goal of the evening, coming with 9:49 left in the second quarter.
• She notched her second goal of the game 2:10 later as Vermont cut its deficit down to three goals at the midway point of the frame. The graduate student charged at a Big Green defender, spun away and fired a shot past Gisele Todd (11 saves).
• Dartmouth countered with three goals down the stretch to take an 8-2 lead into halftime.
• The Big Green lead extended to 10-2 with early third-quarter goals from Catherine Erb and Christensen.
• Vasile beat a Dartmouth defender and found the back of the net with 10:28 for her third goal of the game, making the score 10-3.
• Annie O'Keeffe netted her first goal of the season with 8:26 left in the quarter to go back up by eight.
• Vasile scored her fourth goal of the game with 4:47 left in the third quarter, scoring on a free-position attempt while on a woman-up advantage.
• Vasile answered a goal by Dartmouth's Lucy Murray minutes later when she scored a woman-down goal with 1:25 left in the frame to make it 12-5.
• Maja Desmond scored on the woman-up opportunity with 0:34 left as Dartmouth led 13-5 heading into the final quarter.
• The Big Green opened the fourth quarter with three straight goals to lead 16-5 with 10:35 left.
• Karina Sethi found Claire Adelhelm on a woman-up advantage with 6:48 left in the game to make the score 16-6.
• Vasile scored her sixth goal with 1:47 left, converting on a free position for the second time.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Big Green held the advantage in shots, registering 31 total shots to UVM's 25.
• Vasile's career-high six goals came on 11 shots, nine of which were directed on goal. The UVM attacker also led the team in draw controls (4) and ground balls (2). She recorded two caused turnovers.
• Sabine Godwin also recorded a team-high four draw controls.
• Anna Rosenberger recorded nine saves in goal for the Catamounts.
• Brittany Barton posted a team-high three caused turnovers.

UP NEXT
Vermont returns to action on Saturday (Mar. 2) when it visits Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The opening draw is set for 11 a.m. ET at Tenney Stadium. Saturday's matchup will broadcast live on ESPN+.