FINAL SCORE: New Hampshire 12, Vermont 11
BURLINGTON, Vt. – In Vermont's America East home opener, New Hampshire scored the final four goals of the game to steal a 12-11 league win away from the Catamounts on Saturday afternoon at Virtue Field.
 
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Vermont evens its conference record at 1-1 and drops to 1-11 overall. New Hampshire reaches the win column for the first time this season and improves to 1-10 on the year and 1-1 in league play.
 
Jenna Janes netted a game-high five goals to lead the Catamounts. Alison Bolt added two scores and Alice Cumpston recorded her first two collegiate goals. Elena McWright and Meredith Moore rounded out UVM's scoring attack with one goal apiece. Maddy Kuras stopped seven of Vermont's nine saves on the afternoon.
 
The Wildcats used a balanced scoring attack to earn the victory as seven different players recorded a goal. Krissy Schafer notched a hat trick and distributed an assist. Marissa Gurello and Carly Wooters contributed two goals apiece and combined for five ground balls.
 
The conference showdown was a game of runs for the full 60 minutes. Janes helped the green and gold jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first minute and a half with a pair of goals.

UNH responded with three straight scores and took a 3-2 lead, but not before UVM tallied a team hat-trick after Moore found the back of the net and Janes added two more goals.
 
New Hampshire produced four unanswered goals before Vermont charted three scores in the final five minutes of the half, including a pair from Bolt, as the Cats held a slim 8-7 lead at the break.
 
Schafer netted the equalizer to begin the second half for the Wildcats, but the Catamounts rebounded once again with a three-goal run. McWright got the attack started at the 24:30 mark and Cumpston provided the following two goals as UVM stretched its advantage to 11-8 with 11:33 left on the clock.
 
UNH would not be denied and produced the game's last four goals in a two-and-a-half-minute stretch to grab the conference win as Wooters scored the eventual game-winner at the 4:52 mark.
 
Vermont will make the trip to league rival Albany on Wednesday (April 5) with a 3 p.m. opening draw. Free live video is available in HD at AmericaEast.TV.
 
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