FINAL SCORE: #11 Vermont 2, Holy Cross 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont (3-0-1) capped off its four match homestand with a 2-0 clean sheet victory over Holy Cross (0-3-1) on Tuesday night during the teams annual Pep Rally presented by TD Bank. With the win, the Catamounts are unbeaten through the first four matches, accomplishing that feature for the second consecutive season.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Congratulations to our guys on a hard-earned win today," said Head Coach Adrian Dubois. "It wasn't our best first half of the season, but I was proud of our response after halftime. We handled the adversity together, found a way to score two excellent goals, and earned another clean sheet against a Holy Cross team that made things difficult."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Vermont struck first early in the match when Patrick Aguilar sent a cross to the box from the short side of the field, finding Noel Bjork who touched it down and blasted a shot past the Holy Cross goalkeeper, securing his first goal as a Catamount, earning UVM the 1-0 lead in the seventh minute of action.
- The Catamounts doubled their lead in the 69th minute, seeing Bjork receive a pass and touch it forward to Luis Fischer. After corralling the pass from Bjork, Fischer sent a cross from the short side of the field to the box where Pieter Bultman was there to soar through the air and use a header to put the ball into the left corner of the net, scoring his second goal in just as many matches to put UVM ahead 2-0.
- Vermont was able to maintain possession for the majority of the final 20 minutes of play, ultimately walking away with a 2-0 shutout victory over Holy Cross, successfully defending Virtue Field during a four-match homestand.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Bjork scored his first goal as a Catamount while adding one assist against Holy Cross, his first multi-point match of the season. Bjork now has three assists on the year, tied for a team high. Bjork has recorded a goal or an assist in three consecutive matches.
- Bultman secured his second goal of the season in just as many matches, the first time in his career scoring in back-to-back matches.
- Fischer registered his third assist of the year, tying a team high. Fischer has recorded a goal or an assist in three straight matches.
- Aguilar notched one assist on Tuesday, his first point as a Catamount.
- UVM recorded four shots on goal and held Holy Cross to zero shots on goal throughout the entire 90 minutes of play.
- Vermont had eight corner kicks to the Crusaders' four.
- Islam Houssni and Aguilar were the lone field players for Vermont to play the full 90 minutes.
- Vermont has now scored first in all four of their matches to begin the season and have yet to trail in a contest.
- The Catamounts start the season unbeaten throughout the first four matches for the second consecutive year.
- 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 win over Holy Cross, the Catamounts will embark on their first road trip of the season, traveling to Fairfield, CT to take on Sacred Heart on Saturday, Sept. 5. Kickoff for the road non-conference bout is slated for 5 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Join the Catamounts on Tour as Men's Soccer visits Hofstra!
Vermont fans are invited to join us on Tuesday, September 15 from 5-6:30 for a pregame social with pizza and giveaways in the parking lot next to Captain's Field at Hofstra University and then head into the game for the 7pm start! For more information and to let us know you plan to join us, please visit
go.uvm.edu/catsathofstra!
For news and updates about the Vermont men's soccer program, follow @UVMmsoccer on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and visit UVMathletics.com.
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