No. 7 Men’s Soccer Begins America East Play Defeating UMBC 2-0 From Virtue Field

FINAL SCORE: #7 Vermont 2, UMBC 0 BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont (7-0-3, 1-0 AE) men’s soccer defeated UMBC (4-4-1, 0-1 AE) 2-0 on Saturday afternoon from Virtue Field during Vermont’s UVM Weekend and Spread Respect game. With the win, the Catamounts secure the first conference win of the season and tally three crucial conference points.   RELATED LINKS Box Score CatamounTV Highlights    COACH’S QUOTE “Really good to get the shutout,” said Head Coach Rob Dow . “Felt like we could have scored one or two more. We had a lot of changes, and the great thing is we got guys like Shalom in the game, Brady Costin who we haven’t seen yet this year, two guys this season who we haven’t seen step up and give us really great minutes.”   HOW IT HAPPENED Neither team was able to find the back of the net during the first 45 minutes of action. Vermont held UMBC to zero shots on goal throughout the first half. UVM saw a handful of quality chances, notching four shots on net behind the efforts of Maximilian Kissel , Marcell Papp , Ludvig af Ugglas , and David Ismail recording one each. The Catamounts broke
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