WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
Vermont closes its spring break trip to Colorado on Friday (March 17) with a neutral site matchup against the Oregon Ducks at 9 p.m. (ET) in Denver. Live stats can be found at the link below, and a full recap will be available at UVMathletics.com. 

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SETTING THE SCENE
The Catamounts search for their first win of the Sarah Dalton era on Friday in Colorado. Alison Bolt ranks top-50 in the nation in assists per game and has handed out 11 total assists through eight games. Bolt leads the team with 21 points, while Brynne Yarranton has tallied a team-best 13 goals to rank top-20 in America East. Maddy Kuras has stopped 74 saves in her seven starts this season. 
 
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LAST TIME OUT
The Catamounts could not pull off the upset at 16th-ranked Denver and fell 14-4 on Sunday evening in non-conference action. UVM's four goals came from Brynne Yarranton, Courtney Cole, Jenna Janes, and Alison Bolt. Maddy Kuras set a new career-high with 18 saves. Denver used a double hat trick from Julia Feiss to pick up the victory. Elizabeth Behrins added a hat trick for the Pioneers as seven different players found the back of the net. Goalie Maddy Stevenson stopped five attempts in goal.

COACHING CONNECTION
First-year Vermont assistant coach Jess Drummond will square off against her alma mater on Friday. Drummond and her twin sister Jana were four-year letterwinners for the Oregon Ducks from 2009-12. The Drummond tandem are tied for fifth on Oregon's career caused turnovers list (61). Jana set Oregon's all-time career goals record with 146 goals and Jess ranks fourth in school history with 130 career draw controls. 

SCOUTING OREGON
The Ducks enter Friday's matchup with a 5-2 record and have won three of their last four games. Shannon Williams leads the team with 30 points on 20 goals and 10 assists, while Mariah Gatti has also netted 20 goals. Cambi Cukar has tallied a team-high 17 assists on the season. Becca Katzen has started all seven games in net with a 10.15 goals against average and a .357 save percentage. First-year head coach Katrina Dowd came to Oregon after four seasons at North Carolina as the offensive coordinator, helping lead the Tar Heels the their first NCAA title in 2013 and a second title in 2016. 
 
SERIES HISTORY
Friday marks the seventh all-time meeting of the series between the schools. Vermont has split its last two meetings with Oregon, including a 11-9 victory at home in 2011. The last matchup took place in Eugene, Oregon in 2013 and resulted in a 14-13 triple overtime win for the Ducks. Friday is the first-ever neutral site meeting of the series. 

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont returns to Burlington to host St. Bonaventure on Wednesday (March 22) at 2 p.m. in the non-conference finale. UVM then begins the conference slate at Binghamton on Saturday, March 25 at 3 p.m. Live video of both games will be available for free at AmericaEast.TV.
 
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