FINAL SCORE: UMass Lowell 14, Vermont 13
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont (4-6) took a loss on Saturday afternoon, falling to UMass Lowell (8-2) at Virtue Field. Maddie Erskine led Vermont recording a team-high seven points with four goals and three assists.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Heartbreaking loss", head coach Sarah Dalton Graddock said. "I take a lot of responsibility for that loss and needing to help our team through the key momentum moments. I continue to be proud in how we compete and step up when needed."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ava Wilde scored an unassisted goal at the 14:05 mark in the first quarter giving Vermont a 1-0 lead.
• Five minutes later, Karina Sethi hit a spin move that freed her up for a goal giving UVM a 2-0 lead.
• At the 8:05 mark, UMass Lowell would record their first goal of the game as UVM still led 2-1.
• One minute later, the River Hawks capitalized off a free position shot tying the game at 2.
• At the 5:04 mark, UMass Lowell would take a 3-2 lead.
• Thanks to a Maddie Erskine dodge and drive, Catamounts trailed 3-4 going into the 2^nd quarter.
• Karina Sethi tied the game at the 13:10 mark in the 2^nd quarter.
• With six minutes remaining, Caitlin Haggerty on the free position passed to Maddie Erskine to give Vermont a 5-4 lead.
• Forty seconds later, UMass Lowell would tie the game off a free-position opportunity.
• Karina Sethi would record her second goal of the day giving Vermont 6-5 lead.
• UMass Lowell would go on a 2-0 run until Caitlin Haggerty buried an equalizer goal with one minute remaining in the 2^nd quarter.
• At the half the game was tied at 7.
• Three minutes into the 3^rd quarter, UMass Lowell would take an 8-7 lead.
• At the 10:00 minute mark, Ava Wilde scored off a Meghan O'Connor assist tying the game once again.
• With six minutes remaining, Maddie Erskine gave Vermont a 9-8 lead.
• Meghan O'Connor would score a free position shot one minute later.
• UMass Lowell was credited with a non-releasable yellow card at the 4:06 mark. Lydia Doraz would bury a goal 50 seconds later. UVM led 11-8.
• Vermont would go into the 4^th quarter up 11-9.
• UMass Lowell would score off a free position shot at the 11-minue mark in the 4^th quarter. Vermont still led 11-10.
• The River Hawks would tie the game with ten minutes remaining.
• With five minutes remaining, Ava Wilde recorded a goal off a Maddie Erskine assist to give UVM a 12-11 lead.
• UMass Lowell would go on a 2-0 run and then Maddie Erskine would tie the game with one minute remaining.
• With two seconds remaining, UMass Lowell scored a game-winning goal.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Attacker Maddie Erskine led the way with a team-high four goals for the Catamounts. Erskine also recorded a team-high three assists.
• Ava Wilde and Karina Sethi both recorded hat-tricks.
• Annie O'Hara notched a team-high three ground balls.
• Lydia Doraz had a team-high seven draw controls.
• Anna Rosenberger recorded eight saves with a save percentage of 36.4%
• Vermont went 19-19 in their clears.
• The Catamounts had more caused more turnovers than the River Hawks 7 to 2.

UP NEXT
Vermont will travel to Long Island to play against Stony Brook on Wednesday (Mar. 26). The matchup with the Seawolves is set for 5:30 p.m. ET at Virtue Field and will broadcast live on flowsports.