FINAL SCORE: Vermont 0, New Hampshire 1

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Top-seeded Vermont,  season came to an end Friday afternoon with a double-overtime loss to No. 2-seeded New Hampshire in the America East Field Hockey Championship at Moulton Winder Field. 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the fifth minute of the opening frame, the Catamounts saw a prime scoring opportunity when first-year Fiona McMahon connected with junior Alicia Battistelli on a precise cross-field pass. Battistelli corralled the ball and fired a shot toward the net, but it sailed wide as the score remained knotted at 0-0.

• Sophomore Merle Vaandrager made three crucial saves throughout the first quarter as the Catamounts and Wildcats entered the second frame still scoreless.

• No goals were scored in the second or third quarters, sending the match into the fourth with both teams tied at 0-0.

• In the fourth quarter, the Catamounts' best chance came in the 47th minute when senior Sophia Lefranc put a low shot on goal that sophomore Abby Johnson denied.

• In the first overtime, the Wildcats' best chance came in the 60th minute when sophomore Faye Meijer put a shot toward Vaandrager that went wide. 

• In the 69th minute, Meijer had another opportunity, but Vaandrager cleared the ball out of the striking circle before Meijer could corral it.

• The Wildcats clinched the America East Championship when senior Tasmin Cookman cut back to the middle of the striking circle with a burst of speed and put a shot on goal that was redirected into the back of the net by senior Nicole Poulakis.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Wildcats had six shots on goal to the Catamounts' three.

• Vermont earned one corner compared to New Hampshire's seven.

• Vaandrager made five saves.

• Johnson, New Hampshire's goalkeeper, made all three saves on the three shots she faced.

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