FINAL SCORE: #15 Vermont 2, Franklin Pierce 1
WINCHENDON, Mass. – Zoe Charland and
Lauren O'Hara each secured their first goals of the season propelling Vermont (2-1-0) past Franklin Pierce (2-3-0, 2-0-0 NEWHA) 2-1 on Friday night from Jason Ritchie Ice Arena during the first game of the weekend set.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"This was a scrappy team win but not one where we feel that we played especially well," said Head Coach
Jim Plumer. "Franklin Pierce deserves credit for playing touch and being disruptive and we are going to have to play a lot better tomorrow to come out with a win. Great to see
Zoe Charland score her first NCAA goal and
Lauren O'Hara with the game winner."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first period that saw Vermont ring the crossbar on two separate occasions, the Catamounts struck first 7:59 into the middle frame seeing Charland collect her first career goal. Josie Hemp and Morgann Skoda were awarded assists on Vermont's opening goal.
- The Catamounts doubled their lead with 45 seconds in the middle frame remaining when Kaylee Lewis found Stella Retrum streaking down the short side boards, maneuvering a nasty toe drag to beat her defender and feed O'Hara who was in the slot. O'Hara wasted no time slapping the puck past Rylee Eno, tallying her first goal of the season and earning UVM a two-goal lead.
- The Ravens were able to squeak a goal in courtesy of Jillian Sano scoring with less than one minute of regulation remaining while Franklin Pierce had an empty net, but the damage was already done as Vermont skated away with the 2-1 victory during the first game of the weekend series.
INISDE THE BOX SCORE
- Charland recorded her first career goal on Friday to go along with three shots on goal, a career high in that department.
- O'Hara notched her first goal of the season, 12th of her career, while also recording four shots on goal and a game high 16 faceoff wins.
- Hemp earned her first point of the season tallying one assist on Friday.
- Retrum, Lewis, and Skoda all tallied one assist. Lewis registered a game high six shots on goal.
- Sophia DeAnzeris recorded a team high two blocked shots.
- Ellie Simmons made 18 total saves in her first start of the season.
- Vermont outshot Franklin Pierce on goal 35-19. The Catamounts had 71 total shot attempts.
- UVM won 29 faceoffs to the Ravens' 22.
- With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Ronald McDonald House through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $6.4 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund.
UP NEXT
Following the Friday night win over Franklin Pierce, the Catamounts will return to the ice tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 10), gearing up to conclude the two-game non-conference weekend set against the Ravens from Jason Ritchie Ice Arena. Puck drop for game two of the series is slated for 4 p.m. and will be broadcast live on FloHockey.
Women's Hockey Alumnae are invited back November 6-7 to Gutterson and Burlington for an Alumnae Weekend around Pack the Gut, including two games, an alumnae game and family skate and an alumnae gathering at What Ales You! Please register at
go.uvm.edu/wihalum.
For news and updates about the Vermont women's hockey program, follow @UVMwhockey on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and visit UVMathletics.com.
The Windjammer Inn and Conference Center is the presenting sponsor of the UVM women's hockey program
