FINAL SCORE: Le Moyne 7, Vermont 18
Colonie, NY. – Vermont (2-0) took home a victory in Colonie, NY on Friday afternoon, defeating Le Moyne (0-1) at Afrim's Sports Park. Lauren Lefebvre, Lydia Doraz, and Maddie Erskine all recorded hat-tricks for the Catamounts
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Huge credit to Le Moyne, their gritty and scrappy play challenged us," head coach Sarah Dalton Graddock said. "I thought we generated some nice runs to open up the game. This is a great learning opportunity for our program at this point of the year."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Le Moyne started off the game with a goal in the first minute
• At 12:39, Lauren Lefebvre scored the Catamounts' first goal of the match. Claire Adelhelm was credited with the assist.
• The Dolphins responded with another goal a minute later going up 2-1.
• Caitlin Haggerty scored her first goal of the game and fourth of the season. Karina Sethi was tagged with the assist as UVM tied the game at 2 with four minutes remaining in the first quarter.
• With two minutes remaining in the first, Le Moyne received a yellow card. Thirty seconds later, Claire Adelhem capitalized on the man-up opportunity, giving UVM their first lead of the game.
• In the next minute of play, Kendall Traveis and Maddie Erskine scored their first goals of the season as the Catamounts led 5-2 at the end of the first.
• At 10:40 in the 2^nd, Meghan O'Connor buried her first goal of the game to extend the UVM lead to 4.
• With 7 minutes left in the 2^nd, Maddie Erskine scores her second goal of the game. Caitlin Haggerty received an assist as UVM led 7-3.
• UVM led Le Moyne 7-4 going into halftime.
• The Dolphins scored the first goal of the 2^nd half closing the gap. Vermont still led 7-5.
• Lydia Doraz scored back-to-back goals to give the Catamounts a 9-5 lead.
• Two more Vermont goals put them up 11-5 to end the 3^rd quarter.
• Kendall Traveis kicked off the 4^th quarter scoring her 2^nd goal of the game. Vermont led 12-6 with 13 minutes remaining.
• Le Moyne would respond back with their own goal a minute later.
• UVM would then go on a 6-0 run to end the game. Maddie Erskine, Lauren Lefebvre, and Lydia Doraz would all score their 3^rd goals of the game in the 4^th quarter.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Lauren Lefebvre, Lydia Doraz, and Maddie Erskine all had a team-high three goals for the Catamounts. This was Lauren Lefebvre's first career hat-trick,
• Lydia Doraz also had a team-high seven draw controls and four ground balls.
• Claire Adelhelm had a team-high four assists. Adelhelm also contributed with two goals.
• Meghan O'Connor, Lindsay Lefebvre, and Kendall Traveis all contributed with two goals apiece.
• Kendall Traveis led the Catamounts with two caused turnovers.
• Anna Rosenberger recorded seven saves.
• UVM won the turnover battle against Le Moyne 11 to 17.
• Vermont had 19 draw controls compared to Le Moyne's 9 draw controls.
• The Catamounts went 15-15 in clears.

UP NEXT
Vermont will host Marist for its first home game of the 2025 season on Sunday (Feb. 23). The matchup with the Red Foxes is set for 11 a.m. ET at Virtue Field and will broadcast live on ESPN+.