VERMONT WOMEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTEBOOKThe Vermont Catamounts continue conference play hosting defending America East Champion New Hampshire on Thursday (Oct. 1) at 3 p.m. UVM will also travel to UMBC for a 1 p.m. match on Sunday in the first league road game of the season. Both games will be streamed online for free in HD via the America East Digital Network at AmericaEast.tv.
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UMBC Game Coverage - Live Stats | Live Video (free) TICKETS & PROMOTIONSThursday is Cat Pride Appreciation Day, Cat Pride Club members can check in at the game and receive double points for attending. The Cat Pride Club is the free fan rewards program for Vermont Athletics. To learn more about it and sign up,
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Tickets to Thursday's game can be purchased online at
UVMathletics.com, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office in Patrick Gymnasium (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410 and in person one hour before kickoff at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office.
#AEFOODFRENZY | More informationAmerica East Conference student-athletes are participating in a unique food drive during the 2015-16 season. Organized by the conference's Student-Athlete-Advisory Committee (SAAC), the #AEFoodFrenzy is a conference-wide community service initiative designed to promote cohesion between America East's member institutions while also providing significant donations to several charities in campus communities.
The University of Vermont will collect canned goods from New Hampshire prior to the women's soccer match on October 1 at Virtue Field. The Catamounts will make another exchange with Maine prior to the two teams playing each other in women's soccer on October 8. The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf will be the beneficiary of UVM's collection of canned foods.
The initiative was the idea of Toni Onikeku, a UMass Lowell track and field student-athlete and SAAC member, who passed away tragically in August. America East SAAC is carrying out this initiative in honor of Onikeku and his passion for community service.
Senior Diana Panish
models the winning kit#UPICKTHEKITThe second year of #UPickTheKit generated a record response. Over 5,000 votes were cast in this year's contest. The Catamounts will wear the alternate gold jersey with white shorts and black socks in the game against UNH on Thursday. The uniform combination racked up 51.8 percent of the votes.
ABOUT VERMONTVermont owns a 4-4-1 record (1-0-0 America East) and has won two straight and is unbeaten in its last three games. The Catamounts opened America East action with a 1-0 victory over Stony Brook on Sunday. Sophomore
Sarah Martin netted the game-winner in the 15th minute of action. It was her first goal of the year.
Nikki McFarland and
Rylee Osgood lead the team in scoring with three goals and six points each. Senior
Ally Ramos has been UVM's top goalkeeper this season. She ranks among the UVM's all-time top-10 goalkeepers in minutes (4th), saves (6th), wins (8th), shutouts (8th) and goals against average (9th). Ramos has played all but 82 minutes in net this season and owns a 1.33 goals against average.
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRENew Hampshire stands at 3-5-3 overall and is 1-0 in league play after posting a 6-0 victory over Binghamton in the conference opener. Five different Wildcats netted a goal in the win over the Bearcats, led by Brooke Murphy's pair in the first half. Murphy leads UNH in scoring with 14 points (6 gls, 2 ast) and has been named the America East Player of the Week twice this season. Caroline Murphy and Gabrielle Sloan have seven points each and Caroline Murphy has a team-high five assists. Mimi Borkan is the team's top goalkeeper and owns a 1.13 goals against average and a .812 save percentage. UNH went 2-0 at Virtue Field earlier this year to win the TD Bank Classic. Brooke Murphy was named the tournament MVP.
THE SERIESNew Hampshire owns a 17-15-4 mark against Vermont in the all-time series that dates back to 1977. UNH has won seven of the last 10 meetings, including a 1-0 victory in Durham, New Hampshire last season.
ABOUT UMBCUMBC opened the week with a 2-7-2 record and was 0-0-1 in America East after playing to a 1-1 draw against Albany to open league play. The Retrievers are scheduled to travel to UMass Lowell for a Thursday match before hosting the Catamounts. Gabby Boehner leads the team in scoring with eight points and four goals, while Alex Quarante has a team-high three assists. Jen Nance is the team's top netminder and has made 46 saves and picked up one shutout this year.
THE SERIESVermont is 6-4-1 against the Retrievers in the all-time series that began in 2003 when UMBC joined America East. The Catamounts won a 2-1 decision in Burlington last season.
