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Sat., Feb. 21 vs. No. 6 Boston College, 1 p.m. | Live Video (free) | CatamounTV Preview

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VERMONT WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
The Catamounts are back in action for their home opener on Saturday (Feb. 21) against sixth-ranked Boston College at 1 p.m. CatamounTV.com will stream live video of the contest in HD.
 
Tickets are available at UVMathletics.com/tickets or in person one hour prior to the game at the Gutterson Fieldhouse ticket office. Admission is free for all UVM students with a school ID.
 
ABOUT VERMONT
The Catamounts moved to 1-0 on the year following a season-opening 12-11 overtime victory at Colgate this past Saturday. UVM has now defeated the Raiders in the opener in three of the last four seasons. Vermont is coming off its most successful campaign in program history in 2014 as the Catamounts set a team record with 12 victories and reached the America East Semifinals for the second consecutive year. The Catamounts return 57% of their scoring from last season and added six newcomers to the roster, including five freshmen and one junior.
 
Senior Jessica Roach and junior Vanessa VanderZalm, two of UVM's regional All-Americans and America East All-Conference First Team members from a season ago, will look to lead the Vermont attack once again in 2015. The two combined for 132 points on 92 goals and 40 assists last season while both finishing in the top three on the team in scoring. Meg Hopkins, who posted the victory in net for UVM in the season opener, returns for her senior year after combining with then-freshmen Mackenzie Maher to post a 9.45 goals against average and .436 save percentage last season.
 
LAST TIME OUT
In the season opener at Colgate, Vermont battled back in snowy conditions to defeat the Raiders by a score of 12-11 in overtime. Sophomore Alex Bernier netted the go ahead goal on a free-position attempt in overtime, and the Catamount defense shut down Colgate to hold on for the victory. Roach led all scorers with four tallies in the contest, while VanderZalm (3 goals), Alison Bolt (2) and Meredith Moore (2) each registered multi-goal performances.
 
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
In the first America East weekly awards of the season, Vermont took home two of the three honors. Roach was tabbed the America East Offensive Player of the Week and Hopkins earned the Defensive Player of the Week Award. Roach tallied three of her four scores in the first half, including the final goal of the period to give Vermont its first lead of the contest. The senior captain sits just five goals shy of reaching the 100-goal plateau for her career. Hopkins played all 66 minutes in net for Vermont and made seven saves to collect the seventh victory of her career.
 
VANDERZALM REACHES 100
With three points in the contest against Colgate, VanderZalm reached 100 points for her career early in her third season with the program. The Pelham, Ontario native has 77 goals and 23 assists in her time at UVM after posting career highs in all three scoring categories a season ago with 63 points on 46 goals and 17 assists.
 
FOUR WINS AWAY
Head coach Jen Johnson sits just four wins shy of passing John Carter for the most victories as a head coach in program history. Johnson has 73 wins total at Vermont after recording a program single-season high of 12 last season. The former All-American at Penn State has guided the Catamounts to the America East Semifinals four times during her tenure, including each of the last two seasons.
 
HONORING VANESSA COX
Prior to Saturday's game versus Boston College, Vermont Athletics will honor former Catamount Vanessa Cox '05 with a moment of silence. Vanessa was tragically killed in a car accident last week, but will forever be remembered as a consummate student-athlete who touched the lives of so many around her. Vanessa graduated as UVM's all-time leader in both points and goals.
 
SCOUTING NO. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE
The Eagles opened the season with victories over Johns Hopkins (9-5) and UMass Lowell (24-4) to move to 2-0 on the year. Boston College is currently ranked sixth in the IWLCA Coaches Poll and seventh in the Inside Lacrosse Poll. The squad brings back its two leading scorers from 2014, Covie Stanwick and Mikaela Rix, for their senior campaigns.
 
This season, Rix leads all Eagles with eight points (6 g, 2 ast) after posting a game-high four goals and two assists in the team's most recent contest vs. UMass Lowell. Junior Caroline Margolis is second on the team with seven points (6 g, 1 ast), and was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week following a hat trick against Johns Hopkins in the season opener. Zoe Ochoa owns a 2-0 record in net with a 3.33 goals against average and .583 save percentage in two starts.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
The game on Saturday will mark the 23^rd all-time meeting between Vermont and Boston College. Last season, the Eagles topped the Catamounts by a score of 16-11 in Boston.
 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to Loudonville, New York to take on Siena on Wednesday (Feb. 25) with action starting at 3 p.m. Live stats of the contest are available here.