FINAL SCORE: No. 12 Vermont 2, Lehigh 1
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Max Murray’s first aim of the season lifted Twelfth-ranked Vermont (4-1) to a 2-1 victory over Lehigh (0-3-2) on Saturday evening at Virtue Field. UVM’s third-straight victory got here on Military Appreciation Night, introduced by Milton CAT.
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COACH’S QUOTE
“That’s a extremely good Lehigh group we confronted right this moment,” head coach Rob Dow mentioned. “They’re coached extraordinarily nicely – they’d a gameplan to assault areas behind our broad backs, change play, and unbalance us, and it precipitated us some points. That being mentioned, good groups discover a strategy to win video games. Wish we transformed on a number of extra probabilities, however now we deal with Harvard.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Catamounts capitalized on an own-goal by the Mountain Hawks within the twenty third minute to take a 1-0 lead. Nick Lockermann fired a free kick from outdoors the 18-yard field that ricocheted off a Lehigh defender for the go-ahead aim.
- The Mountain Hawks netted the equalizer shortly after, when Thomas Robertson delivered a cross to Beckett Wenger simply outdoors the six-yard field for his first aim of the season, coming within the twenty fourth minute.
- Vermont would take a 2-1 lead into the break on Murray’s goal within the fortieth minute. Carter Johnson’s cross discovered the 6-5 ahead who headed the ball previous Blake Koski (2 saves) for the go-ahead tally.
- The UVM protection would maintain up within the second half, yielding solely two photographs to the Lehigh assault. Robertson directed the Mountain Hawks’ solely shot on aim within the body, with a chip from contained in the 18-yard field within the 72nd minute that was simply swallowed up by Owen Jack (1 save).
- Mujtaba Mirhasan practically provided the insurance marker for the Cats within the 78th minute when his shot compelled Koski to dive to his left for the save.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Catamounts outshot the Mountain Hawks 11-3 within the victory, with Vermont recording six of its photographs within the second half.
- Jack’s shutout streak got here to an finish after 233:20 performed. The aim allowed was his first in 4 begins on Virtue Field.
- Johnson and Mirhasan every recorded a game-high three photographs, with Mirhasan directing two photographs on aim. Lockermann and Adrian Schulze Solano additionally recorded a number of photographs within the non-conference matchup.
- With the win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to King Street Center as a part of the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative. Since its inauguration in 2017, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has donated over $80,000 to native non-profits via the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative.
UP NEXT
UVM hits the street for the primary time this month when it visits Harvard on Saturday, September 16 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kickoff is ready for five p.m. ET at Jordan Field and can broadcast reside on ESPN+. International followers can view the sport reside at GoCrimson.com.
New England Federal Credit Union is the presenting sponsor of Vermont males’s soccer
