Meghan O’Connor’s Nine Points Leads Vermont Past UMBC in Regular Season Finale

FINAL SCORE: Vermont 18, UMBC 14
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Meghan O'Connor recorded a career-high nine points (six goals and three assists) on Saturday afternoon from UMBC Stadium, as Vermont (6-9, 2-4 AE) won their final game of the regular season 18-14 to UMBC (11-4, 3-3 AE)

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COACH'S QUOTE
"I am so proud of this team for getting a win today. We have had a lot of tough losses that we learned a lot from and today everything came together, To be able to send our seniors out the way we did is really special."

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the first minute, UMBC's Lauryn Warfield buried a goal to give the Retrievers a 1-0 lead. A minute later, Meghan O'Connor scored off a Lauren Lefebvre assist to tie the game at 1.
After another UMBC goal, Vermont would go on a 2-0 run thanks to goals from Lydia Doraz and a woman-up goal from Karina Sethi. With nine minutes remaining in the first quarter, UVM led 3-2.
Karina Sethi recorded her second goal of the game off a Caitlin Haggerty assist to give the Catamounts a 4-2 lead.
At the 7:52 mark, UMBC's Lizzie Bateman responded with a goal as UVM still led 4-3.
Vermont would go on a 4-0 run with goals from Lindsay Lefebvre, Meghan O'Connor, Lydia Doraz, and Caitlin Haggerty. UVM would lead UMBC 8-3 after the first quarter.
At the 13:02 mark in the second quarter, Karina Sethi buried a hat-trick goal off a woman-up opportunity. Sethi extended Vermont's lead 9-3.
One minute later, Meghan O'Connor would also notch a first half hat-trick.
With nine minutes remaining in second quarter, Ava Wilde would hit a face doge behind the crease freeing her up for a goal putting Vermont on a 7-0 run. The Catamounts led 11-3.
The Retrievers ended the first half on a 4-1 run. The Catamounts led 12-7 going into the second half.
UMBC opened the second half on a 2-0 run in the first five minutes of the third quarter.
At the 9:10 mark in the third quarter, Lydia Doraz would record a hat-trick off a top-shelf goal giving Vermont a 13-9 lead.
Three minutes later, the Catamounts would capitalize on the woman-up opportunity with Meghan O'Connor recording her fourth goal of the day.
Caitlin Haggerty ended the third quarter scoring a goal off an Ava Wilde pass. Vermont would go into the fourth quarter up 15-10.
After a UMBC goal in the first minute of the fourth quarter, the Catamounts converted on the woman-up opportunity with Maddie Erskine and Meghan O'Connor both recording goals. Catamounts led 17-11 with 10 minutes remaining.
UMBC would end the game on a 3-1 run.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Meghan O'Connor recorded a career-high nine points against the Retrievers, scoring a team-high six goals and three assists.
Ava Wilde secured a career-high five assists which led all Catamounts.
Karina Sethi (4) and Lydia Doraz (3) recorded hat-tricks. Doraz and Sethi both notched a team-high seven draw controls.
Lydia Doraz and Annie O'Hara both had a team-high three ground balls.
Annie O'Hara and Kendall Traveis both registered a team-high two caused turnovers.
The Catamounts recorded 18 draw controls compared to the Retrievers' 15 draw controls.
Vermont forced 18 UMBC turnovers.
UVM corralled 22 ground balls to UMBC's 19.