FINAL SCORE: Vermont 12, Manhattan 6
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Five points from senior midfielder Charlie Pope helped lift Vermont (1-1) over Manhattan (2-1) 12-6 at Virtue Field on a cold Saturday afternoon, securing the Catamounts their first win of the season.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Credit to Manhattan, I think they're a really gritty team and when we played down there last year, we had an ice situation and snow situation that pushed the game back, so we're both two teams that are familiar with playing in harsh conditions," said Head Coach Chris Feifs. "I think the one advantage we had is we practiced out here all week this week, and honestly, we didn't even get to do any even strength drills until yesterday, the footing was just so bad. Credit to our guys for stepping up and staying the course."
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Manhattan opened scoring with 6:28 remaining in the first quarter, but it didn't take long for the Catamounts to bounce back, seeing Harrison Josloff send a pass to Charlie Pope, who wasted no time firing a shot in the net for his second goal of the season, knotting the game at 1-1 with 5:48 to go in the first quarter.
• With 1:42 left in the first frame, Luke Reiter connected with first year attacker Matthew Drimmie for Vermont's second goal of the game, seeing Drimmie display incredible athleticism by shooting his shot while diving for better positioning, securing his second goal of the season, giving UVM the 2-1 lead.
• The Catamounts struck first in the second quarter with 8:23 remaining of the half when Reiter found Pope for his second goal of the game, lifting the Vermont lead, 3-1.
• Prior to the first media timeout of the second quarter, Pope collected his hat-trick goal unassisted with 6:22 remaining in the second frame, handing the Catamounts a 4-1 advantage.
• Just about two minutes later, the Catamounts made it 5-1 when sophomore goaltender Ryan Daly sent a breakout pass to first year midfielder Sean Stevens, who took it up the field all alone and sniped a shot to the top right corner for his first career collegiate goal, earning Vermont the four-goal advantage.
• There was 1:27 remaining until halftime before Reiter scored his first goal of the season, sniping his shot to the top left corner, elevating UVM's lead to 6-1 as Vermont entered halftime with a five-goal cushion. Drimmie picked up an assist on the Catamounts sixth goal.
• The Jaspers secured the opening goal to start the second half, but similar to the start of the game, it wasn't long before Vermont responded thanks to Pope scoring his fourth goal of the game, maintaining the Catamount lead, 7-2.
• On Vermont's eighth goal, taking an 8-2 lead. Drimmie fed junior defender Ryker Demarest, running all the way up the field before electing to fire a shot from about 20 yards out, scoring his first career collegiate goal and giving UVM a six-goal advantage.
• After finding the back of the net for the first time, Demarest wasted no time scoring his second career goal, making it 9-2 with 7:08 remaining in the third quarter just three minutes after his first goal.
• Zach Davis registered his first goal in the green and gold with just under five minutes remaining in the third frame, muscling his way to the front of the net after beating his defender wide, pinning his shot top right to earn Vermont a 10-2 lead.
• Manhattan found the back of the net one more time before the end of the third quarter, sending UVM into the final frame with a 10-3 advantage.
• Davis halted a slight offensive push from Manhattan with 11:58 of gametime remaining, scoring his second goal of the game after lacing a bounce shot towards the net, beating the Jasper goalie and earning the Catamounts an 11-5 advantage. 
• Each team notched one more goal before the final buzzer rang as the Catamounts secured their first win of the season, defeating Manhattan 12-6 on home turf.

 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Pope notched a personal season high and game high five points on four goals and one assist. It's the sixth time in Pope's UVM career tallying four or more goals in a single game.
• Pope also recorded a game high seven shots on goal.
• Drimmie registered a career high four points on two goals and two assists.
• Reiter tallied a season high three points on his first goal of the season and two assist while adding three shots on net and two ground balls.
• Henry Dodge recorded a game high 11 ground balls, two short of tying his career high. He also went 15-18 from the faceoff spot. 
• Davis recorded his first points as a Catamount, securing two goals to go along with a game high nine shot attempts, pinning five on goal. 
• Demarest found the back of the net two times, securing his first two career goals.
• Stevens notched his first career collegiate goal on Saturday afternoon.
• Ryan Daly made six total saves and secured his first win starting for Vermont.
• Vermont outshot Manhattan 46-19, pinning 27 on goal to the Jaspers 12.
• UVM went 18-22 on the faceoff dot, winning 81 percent of their faceoffs.
• The Catamounts secured 39 ground balls to Manhattans 18.

 
 
UP NEXT
The Catamounts will be home again next weekend to take on Utah for their annual Military Appreciation Game. The game will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will be streamed live on AmericaEast.TV. Tickets can be found here.