FINAL SCORE: #12 Syracuse 20, Vermont 7
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Brock Haley and Tristan Whitaker had two goals apiece as Vermont (0-1) dropped their season opener to #12 Syracuse (1-0) on Saturday afternoon.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Overall, it was a really good experience for them, but not comfortable while there going through it. Credit to Syracuse they moved the ball so well, and they had so many great finishes, so many weapons on offense, I thought they did a great job spreading the ball around and utilizing those guys," said head coach Chris Feifs.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Whitaker opened the scoring seven minutes into the first quarter off the feed from Haley.
• Syracuse got their first goal from Christian Mule and then added two more through Luke Rhoa and Joey Spallina.
• Carson Boyle then added his first of the season when he scored unassisted with a minute to go in the first quarter.
• The Orange then went on a five-goal run with help from Jake Stevens, Sam English, Mule, Billy Dawn, and Rhoa.
• Griffin Fenech broke the five-goal run when he scored with seven minutes to go in their first half.
• Brock Haley tallied his first of the season when he scored man-up 35 seconds later.
• Syracuse closed the half on a four-goal run with goals from Mule, Rhoa, Joey Spallina, and Tucker Kellog.
• The Orange got the first two goals of the second through Spallina and English.
• Whitaker got his second of the game when he finished unassisted six minutes into the third quarter.
• Stevens got his second of the game less than a minute later to put the gap back up to nine.
• Haley got his second with three minutes to go in third quarter when he scored unassisted.
• The Orange ended the game on a 5-0 run with goals from Hiltz, Michael Leo, Tyler McCarthy, Barrett White, and Brett Tenaglia.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Mason Bardwell recorded three groundballs in his first career start against the Orange.
• Jack Combs had two groundballs in his Catamounts debut.
• Haley's two goals marks his 14^th multi-goal game and 30^th multi-point game of his career.
• Whitaker also recorded his fourth multi-goal game and eighth multi-point game of his career.

 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont gets back to work next weekend when they travel down to Boston to take on Boston University on Saturday, Feb. 10. Game time is set for 12 p.m. at Nickerson Field and will be streamed live on ESPN+.