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Off to its hottest 10-game start since 1975 and ranked 16th in the College Soccer News Top 30 poll, Vermont (8-1-1) hosts the Hartwick Hawks on Tuesday (Sept. 27) at 7 p.m. under the lights at Virtue Field to close non-conference play. Tickets are available at
UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Gutterson Box Office on gameday. Free live video is available in HD via AmericaEast.TV at the link below.
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CLIMBING THE CAREER LADDER
Senior
Brian Wright ranks second all-time on the career points list in program history. The forward has charted 84 career points during his time in Burlington. John Koerner holds the career mark with 116 points set back in 1977. With his goal against UMass last Wednesday, Wright is also second all-time in goals with 31, behind only Koerner's 45 career tallies.
KILLER B'S
The senior scoring duo of Wright and
Bernard Yeboah rank among the top scoring threats in the country. Wright leads the nation with 0.90 assists per game and nine total assists, while sitting second with 21 total points. Yeboah ranks fourth with three game-winning scores and 19 total points. UVM possesses the eight-highest scoring offense in the land with 2.40 points per game and ranks second in the country with 24 goals through the first half of the regular season.
SCOUTING HARTWICK
Hartwick rides into Burlington with a 4-1-2 record overall and the final outing of a four-game road trip. The Hawks have high hopes for 2016 after getting selected to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll and four Hawks landing on the Preseason All-Conference Team. Among the quartet of preseason players to watch was reigning Co-Offensive Player of the Year Jamie O'Grady, who is currently third in the Sun Belt with eight points and three goals.
SERIES HISTORY
Vermont controls the head-to-head meetings with a 9-5-2 record, but it's been all Catamounts in the last seven meetings. UVM is 6-1 during the seven-game stretch and has outscored Hartwick, 10-4. On its home turf, Vermont has only surrendered a pair of contests in Burlington, dating back to the series opener in 1978.
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont opens the America East section of the schedule on Saturday (Oct. 1) at 4 p.m. with a visit from Stony Brook. The conference opener is the annual Rally Against Cancer Game presented by Otter Creek Awnings and Vermont Custom Closets and can be seen live for free in HD via AmericaEast.TV. The team will wear pink socks and fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game.
