BURLINGTON, VT –Vermont fell in their America East home opener, 1-0 to the Bulldogs in their annual Peter Baldwin Game presented by Morgan Stanley on Thursday night. With the loss the Catamounts fall to 6-4-0 on the season and 0-2-0 in America East play while Bryant improves to 5-3-2 and 1-1-1 in the conference.  
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We are very disappointed to not get a result tonight," said head coach Kristi Huizenga. "Bryant had two chances and scored on one. We had 20 shots and converted none and sometimes that's the game. Credit to Bryant for packing in the box and making it difficult. We will bounce back and look forward to playing again on Sunday."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams battled in the first half with Vermont controlling much of the play outshooting the Bulldogs 9-4.
• Vermont created numerous chances in the first half, but their best shot came in the 38th minute when Sydney Remington was able to fire a shot toward the lower left corner of the net, but Kate McNeil (five saves) was able to make the stop.
• Aubrey Bough also created a chance for Vermont when she gathered the ball on her own on top of the 18-yard box and took a touch to beat her defender before firing a shot, that sailed just over the bar, in the 43rd minute.
• Bryant came out aggressive to start the second half and began the scoring with a goal from Catherine Bean in the 48th minute. Bean was able to corral a poor clearance from Vermont inside the box and fire a shot to lower right hand corner of the net that beat a diving Erin Murphy (seven saves) to put the Bulldogs up 1-0.
• Over the next 20 plus minutes the two teams went back-and-forth with Bryant holding a number of defenders back to clog up the Vermont chances.
• Vermont pressed forward in the final 15 minutes creating five shots that forced McNeil into two saves, while three wide shots just missed the mark. Kate Bossert had the best chance of the night for the Catamounts in the 83rd minute with a hard shot toward the upper left corner, but McNeil was able to turn the shot away. Karen Wallace also had a great chance for the Catamounts on a ricochet shot in the 84th minute, but her shot sailed just over the crossbar.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Catamounts outshot the Bulldogs 20-10 on the night. Bryant registered eight shots on net to Vermont's five.
• Bossert, Wallace, Remington and Bailey Ayer led Vermont with two shots apiece.
• Fiona Doherty, Remington and Frances O'Donnell led the Catamounts with one shot on goal each.
• Vermont had five corners to Bryant's four.

 
WHO'S NEXT 
Following Thursday's matchup with Bryant the Catamounts will continue their America East homestand against UMass Lowell on Sunday, October 1. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV.
 
RALLY AGAINST CANCER pres. MASCOMA BANK
Sunday's matchup with the River Hawks is the Catamounts annual Rally Against Cancer Game presented by Mascoma Bank. Please consider making a gift to support the important work of the UVM Cancer Center. Mascoma Bank will donate $500 to the UVM Cancer Center during halftime. We encourage all fans to wear lavender to this game as it is the universal cancer awareness color. If you purchase a ticket to the men's soccer game against UMass Lowell on Sept. 30 you will receive 50% off your game ticket for the women's matchup with UMass Lowell on October 1.
 
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