WOMEN'S SOCCER NOTEBOOK
The Vermont women's soccer team will play its first match in 500 days with a visit from UAlbany on Sunday (March 14) at 2 p.m. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with a paid subscription.
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LEADERSHIP GROUP
Head coach
Kristi Huizenga appointed two seniors and one junior as team captains this year –
Ella Bankert,
Angie Salvi, and
Cricket Basa. Bankert finished second on the team in scoring in 2019 after producing five points on two goals and one assist. Salvi appeared in 15 out of the team's 16 games and was credited with an assist last season. Basa will make her Catamount debut after transferring from Holy Cross prior to the 2019 campaign, but missed the season due to an injury.
NEW CATS
Huizenga welcomed seven newcomers to the program in the offseason –
Jill Brody,
Fiona Doherty,
Jen Fernandez,
Abbey Knobel,
Delaney Ross,
Olivia White,
Denali Tontini. The group hails from seven different states.
2021 DOCKET
The Catamounts will play a six-game conference-only schedule in 2021 with three road games and three home games. After UAlbany, the Green and Gold will welcome Hartford on Sunday, March 28 and UMass Lowell on Saturday, April 10 to Virtue Field.
SCOUTING UALBANY
The Great Danes have played a mix of league games and non-league matches to date, resulting in a 1-3 record. UAlbany fell at St. John's 6-1 in the season opener back on February 21, but rebounded with a 2-0 clean sheet against Maine on February 27. The Great Danes have dropped their last two contests – a 4-0 setback at Hofstra on March 3 and a 2-1 loss to Binghamton on Sunday. In the America East preseason rankings, UAlbany was picked third behind Stony Brook and Hartford. Olivia Piraino has been the primary goal scorer. She netted a goal at St. John's and against Binghamton last time out. Jada Colbert has added three points with a goal and an assist. In goal, Sophia Chen has started the last three matches with one clean sheet. She has denied 10 shots and logged a 2.00 goals-against average.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The all-time series has been fairly even but the Cats hold a slight 13-11-1 edge. The Green and Gold won the seven meetings and only suffered one loss in the first 11 matches. Since 2010, the tide has swung in UAlbany's favor with nine victories. The two programs have met in the America East Tournament four times in the last nine seasons.
