FINAL SCORE: #3 Vermont 2, UAlbany 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – No. 3 Vermont (11-0-5, 5-0-1 AE) defeated UAlbany (5-6-4, 3-2-1 AE) 2-0 despite the strong wind and rain falling onto Virtue Field on Friday evening during the team's Senior Night presented by the UVM Alumni Association. With the win, Vermont pushes their win streak to three matches and extends their nation long unbeaten streak to 26 contests.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"A great performance in the most difficult part of conference play," said Head Coach Rob Dow. "Although disappointed not to score in the first half, we stayed persistent and got the job done in the second. Omar Robanna 90 minutes was impressive in all phases of the game. We're looking forward to playing for a regular season championship at Binghamton on Tuesday." 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vermont nearly found the back of the net just 5:22 into the match when Nick Lockermann created space, dancing around a defender just outside of the box, using his left foot to strike a shot towards the goal, but the ball rang off the post. Philipp Kühn was there for the rebound, but he placed his shot high of the net, earning UAlbany a goal kick as the score remained knotted at zero.
• The Catamounts broke through in the 55th minute of play when Marcos Blasco connected with Kühn, who then found David Ismail, wasting no time using his right foot to chip the ball over UAlbany's goalkeeper, scoring his sixth goal of the season, earning Vermont a 1-0 lead.
• Just as time was expiring, Ryan Zellefrow made a bundle of power moves to maneuver his way into the box, but a yellow card on UAlbany's David Pepple in the 90th minute awarded Vermont a penalty kick opportunity. Kühn was elected to take the kick, making no mistake about it, pinning a left foot shot bar down, handing Vermont the insurance goal with less than one minute to play.
• The Catamounts maintained possession for the rest of time, walking away with the 2-0 shutout win on Senior Night from Virtue Field.

 
 INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Ismail notched his sixth goal of the season on Friday against the Great Danes.
• Kühn tallied his sixth goal of the season and recorded one assist, the first time this season scoring a goal and an assist in the same match. Kühn is up to 16 total points on the campaign, a team high.
• Blasco earned his first career collegiate point against UAlbany, collecting an assist on Vermont's opening goal.
• Blasco and Kühn each tallied a game-high three shots on goal. The three shots on goal for Kühn ties a season high, while Blasco's three shots on goal is a new career high.
• Niklas Herceg made one save on Friday night, securing his eighth shutout of the season. Herceg's eight shutouts leads the America East in that department.
• Robanna played a career high 90 minutes in his first career collegiate start on Friday night against UAlbany. 
• UVM outshot UAlbany on goal 11-1. Vermont's 11 shots on goal is a season high to this point.
• Vermont had eight corner kicks to UAlbany's two.
• With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Lund Family Center through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $5 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund in 2014.

 
 UP NEXT
Following the Senior Night win over UAlbany, the Catamounts get set to travel to Vestal, N.Y. where they will take on Binghamton in the team's final match of the regular season on Tuesday (Nov. 4). Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
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