FINAL SCORE: Vermont 1, Maine 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – UVM junior Savana Yurick scored the eventual game-winning goal late in the second half for the Catamounts in a 1-0 conference victory over Maine on Sunday afternoon. Vermont improves to 6-5-2 overall and 2-1-1 in league play. Maine drops to 4-8-1 on the season and 2-3-0 in the America East standings.
 
The contest was also in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend, presented by the UVM Alumni Association. It was also UVM's annual Rally Against Cancer game, presented by Otter Creek Awnings and Vermont Custom Closets. 
 
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"We definitely had a lot of momentum and had some shots off the post but we kept telling the team - it's coming, it's coming," head coach Kristi Lefebvre said. "We just had to keep pushing and we didn't try to change anything. We tried to stay fresh and keep the playing the way we were and had faith that the pieces would fall into place."

UVM goalie Coco Speckmaier (3 saves) recorded her fourth clean sheet of the season and came through a big save for the Green and Gold in the 15th minute. Maine's Kendra Ridley launched an attempt from the top of the box, but Speckamier dove to her right for the clutch save.
 
Three minutes later, Brooke Jenkins forced Black Bears' keeper Annalena Kriebisch to make a key save of her own. Jenkins tracked down a loose ball and ripped a shot towards the right side of the net but Kriebisch caught the attempt to preserve the scoreless tie. 
 
In the second half, the Cats came within inches of scoring but their shots were rejected twice by the goalpost. In the 48th minute, Julia Smith received a through ball on the right side of the box and chipped a shot towards the far post, but the ball clanked off the left upright. In the 60th minute, Colby Snyder had similar results when her attempt bounced off the left post after striking a shot from the right side of the box. 
 
With 10 minutes left in the contest, Sarah Martin dished a through ball from the right side of the field to a sprinting Snyder, who lofted a cross from the end line into the box. Yurick collected the pass and booted the game-winning goal inside of the near post with a right-footed shot.
 
Vermont returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 12) with a visit from Albany at 7 p.m. Single game tickets are available at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday. Free live video will be available in HD at AmericaEast.TV.

Almartin Volvo is the presenting sponsor of the 2017 women's soccer season.