Box Score FINAL: South Carolina 2, Vermont 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – There was a record-breaking crowd in attendance Sunday afternoon to watch the Vermont women's soccer team take on No. 4 South Carolina. The Gamecocks used a goal in each half to defeat Vermont 2-0 on Virtue Field. With the win South Carolina improves to 3-0-1, and the Catamounts fall to 1-2-0.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We are proud of our play today against such a high-level opponent," head coach Kristi Huizenga said. "South Carolina is an excellent team and I thought we stayed pretty organized defensively to make them work for their chances. Offensively, we were pleased with a lot of the chances we created and unfortunately, we were not able to capitalize today. It was a great day out at Virtue to welcome home UVM alum Shelley Smith and we want to thank our students and community for making it a special atmosphere to play in."
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Despite the constant and early pressure, the Catamounts held the Gamecocks scoreless for the first 30 minutes of the game. South Carolina amassed 10 shots in the first half, putting seven of them on frame, and one in the back of the net. For the game, the Gamecocks outshot Vermont 31-10. Camryn Dixon scored her first goal of the season, and first since her first year season, with a nice floating shot just out of the reach of Erin Murphy from the right side of the 18-yard box coming with 14:06 left in the first half to give South Carolina the 1-0 lead.
• In the 33rd minute Tessa Weiss had one of the best opportunities for the Catamounts when she received a pass at the top of the 18-yard box and made a move, then fired on goal. Heather Hinz made a leaping save to deflect the ball out for a corner (one of four for the Catamounts) for Vermont.
• Erin Murphy tallied six saves in the first half to help hold the lead to just one.
• Samantha Chang scored a goal off a pass from first year Shae O'Rourke (her third assist of the season) at 63:30 in the second half to give the game its final score of 2-0.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• First year Kylee Carafoli saw her first collegiate action, starting the second half in net for the Catamounts. Carafoli made 10 saves, giving up one goal, in her 45 minutes of action
• Weiss and Durieux each tallied two shots to lead the Catamounts. With each of them directing one of those shots on goal.
• Lauren DeGroot gave the Catamounts a spark off the bench consistently making runs down the wing and putting pressure on the Gamecocks back line. She finished with one shot on goal in 39 minutes of action.

UP NEXT
On Thursday (Sept. 1), the women's soccer team will travel to Brooklyn, New York to take on LIU Brooklyn (2-2-0) at 4 P.M. After that, the Catamounts will return home to take on Rhode Island (0-2-1) for its annual Rally Around Mental Health game on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 1 P.M. Rally Around Mental Health, which is an initiative that was created to help raise awareness and reduce stigma surrounding mental health. Led by student-athletes, Rally Around Mental Health initiatives offer educational programming and activities to promote mental health. If you are interested in helping the Rally Around Mental Health initiative bring more resources and programming to UVM athletics, please visit go.uvm.edu/ramh.