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BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont women's soccer continues America East play when it hosts defending league champion UMBC on Thursday (Oct. 2) at 3 p.m. at Virtue Field. The Catamounts also travel to Albany to face the Great Danes at 1 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 5).
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Albany Game Coverage – Live Stats | Live Video – AmericaEast.tv (free) The Catamounts stand at 2-7-1 after suffering a 1-0 loss at New Hampshire on Sunday in the team's league opener.
Sarah Martin and
Nikki McFarland lead UVM in scoring. Martin has six points on three goals, while McFarland has tallied six points on two goals and two assists.
UMBC enters the match with an 8-2 record and Thursday marks the team's league opener. The Retrievers are coming off a 1-0 win at Robert Morris and riding a three-game win streak. UMBC has posted four shutouts in the last five games and Jessy Brown leads the team and ranks third in the league with 13 points on five goals and three assists. Brown has registered nine points in the last three games, including netting the game-winner against Robert Morris. As a team, UMBC ranks 19th in the nation in save percentage (.872) and 28th in goals against average (.600).
Albany began the week with a record of 3-7-2 and is 0-1 in America East after opening conference play with a 1-0 loss at Hartford in its last outing. Vivian Vega leads the team in scoring with 14 points on six goals and a pair of assists. Vega ranks second in the league in both points and goals.
