Box Score FINAL SCORE: Vermont 5, Holy Cross 1
WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior midfielder Jon Arnar Barðdal became the first Catamount to record a hat trick since 2016 as a part of a 5-1 rout at Holy Cross on Tuesday night in the non-conference finale. The Cats will return to the league slate with a 10-5 overall record.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
 "I'm very proud of the team and how we controlled possession of the game with a purposeful attack," head coach Rob Dow said. "It's always great to see our senior captain, Jon Arnar Barðdal, performing at a high level this time of the year with three goals tonight. We're looking forward to diving back into conference play with the same mentality on Saturday."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts netted the first of their four first-half goals in the 29th minute. Frosti Brynjólfsson booted a free kick to the far post where Arnar Steinn Hansson leaped and knocked in his first collegiate goal.
• Barðdal doubled the lead in the 36th minute. The senior worked his way into the box from the right side, then drove a low line drive inside of the far post.
• Late in the half, UVM scored twice in a two-minute span. In the 42nd minute, Hans Oeftger gathered a loose ball in the center of the box and toed a low shot into the right side of the net from 10 yards out. One minute later, Barðdal intercepted a clear attempt by Holy Cross goalie Nick Clonku (4 saves) on the edge of the box and wrapped a shot inside of the right post from 20 yards out.
• Barðdal completed the hat trick in the 51st minute with a bullet under the crossbar from 10 yards out.
• In the 81st minute, Holy Cross' Max Krause spoiled the possible clean sheet by getting a friendly bounce off a UVM defender on a free kick from 25 yards out. 

GAME NOTES

• Barðdal is the first UVM player to net a hat trick since Brian Wright '17 accomplished the feat against Rider in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
• Goalie Nate Silveira earned his third win of the season and made three saves.
• The Catamounts had its highest single-game offensive output since netting five goals against Stony Brook in 2008.
• The victory snapped a three-game skid in non-conference finales.
• UVM has won at least 10 games in each of the last five seasons.  
• With the victory, the Cats Win, Community Wins campaign and Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to Make-A-Wish Vermont; bringing this year's total to 88 wins and $8,800.  

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont returns to Burlington to host UMBC on Saturday (Nov. 2). The opening kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Before the game, UVM will honor its seven seniors with a Senior Day ceremony presented by the UVM Alumni Association. Tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday. Fans can catch all of the action in HD at CatamounTV.com.
 
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