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The Catamounts (5-3-1, 0-1-0 AE) are back at Virtue Field for only the third time this season when they host UMBC (5-4-1, 1-1-0 AE) on Saturday (Oct. 2). Kickoff is slated for 11 a.m. The America East matchup will be the start of the Morgan Stanley Peter Baldwin Community Youth Soccer Weekend. Tickets are available for purchase at UVMAthletics.com/Tickets or at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday.
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Saturday morning's game between the Catamounts and the Retrievers will broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV.
 
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MORGAN STANLEY PETER BALDWIN COMMUNITY YOUTH SOCCER WEEKEND
October 2 is the start of the Morgan Stanley Peter Baldwin Community Youth Soccer Weekend. Baldwin, a 1968 graduate and 1984 UVM Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, guided the Vermont men's soccer team to three straight Yankee Conference titles and currently ranks fifth on the school's all-time scoring list. Head coach Rob Dow will select one player to wear Baldwin's No. 11 jersey in his honor. Prior to kickoff, a youth soccer team will accompany the Catamounts out to the midfield.
 
KICK WITH THE CATS
Young fans are encouraged to stick around after the game on Saturday to "Kick with the Cats" on Virtue Field.
 
SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS
UMBC enters Saturday's game after suffering losses in its last two contests. The Retrievers fell 3-1 to Delaware at home on Tuesday (Sep. 28). UMBC's 1-1 mark in conference play comes with a 3-0 win over Hartford on September 18 and a 2-1 loss at UMass Lowell on September 25. Taylor Calheira leads the attack with 20 points (8 goals, 4 assists), which is second in America East. The sophomore leads the league in goals. Jailon Gillespie (1.49 GAA, .719 SV%) is the probable goalkeeper for UMBC.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont is 10-5-1 all-time against UMBC dating back to 2007. The Catamounts took the last meeting against the Retrievers with a 4-0 victory at home in 2019. Ivar Orn Arnason had a pair of tallies for the Catamounts who scored all four goals in the second half. UVM is 6-1-2 against UMBC at home.
 
PKs
The Catamounts converted on two penalty kicks on Tuesday (Sep. 28) at Syracuse. Nacho Lerech netted his second penalty kick score of the season in the first half. Matt Black added a penalty-kick goal later on in the second half. Vermont's three penalty kicks scored this year is tied for the most in Division I.
 
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