Field Hockey Falls to App State on the Highway, 7–1

FINAL SCORE: Vermont 1,  App State 7

BOONE, N.C.– The Catamounts (5-3, 0-0 AE) have been handed their third lack of the season on Sunday afternoon, falling to App State (6-1, 1-0 MAC) at Dr. Jan C. Watson Field. 

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Box Score

COACH’S QUOTE

“Credit to App State for the game they played today,” mentioned head coach Kate Pfeifer. “Our performance was far below the standard we’ve come to expect from UVM field hockey, and we have work ahead of us to get to where we need to be.”

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Scoring began early for the Mountaineers. Just over a minute into the sport, sophomore midfielder Frederique Grimberge discovered a free ball simply in entrance of Merle Vaandrager to present App State the 1-0 lead. 

• The Catamounts responded within the ninth minute. Senior midfielder Sophia Lefranc intercepted a cross simply exterior of the hanging circle, weaved previous a defender, and lifted the ball over the sprawling goalkeeper to tie the sport at 1-1. 

• App State regained the lead within the seventeenth minute of the sport when junior midfielder Sophie Baxter transformed on a penalty stroke.

• The Catamounts responded with strain, incomes back-to-back penalty corners and registering two photographs on purpose.

• In the nineteenth minute, Grimberge netted her second purpose of the sport on a breakaway-style purpose for App State. 

• The Mountaineers would tally its third purpose of the second quarter off a brief nook that senior midfielder Lisa Boekaar transformed on. 

• Grimberge accomplished her hat trick within the thirty eighth minute of the sport with a backhand end  from the highest of the hanging circle. 

• Just minutes later, within the fortieth minute, senior ahead Kate Richardson for App State scored from the highest of the hanging circle to increase App State’s lead. 

• Senior ahead Kate Richardson added to the whole within the fortieth minute, and Hadley Kuzmicky capped off the scoring within the forty seventh to push App State’s result in six.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• App State outshot Vermont 12 to 6.  

• Both groups earned 5 penalty corners. 

• Sophia Lefranc scored Vermont’s lone purpose on one shot.  

• Ila Gunner and Merle Vaandrager break up time in purpose for the Catamounts.

• App State tallied 4 assists on the seven objectives. 

• Mountaineers goalkeeper Claire Grenis recorded 5 saves on six photographs confronted. 

• With right this moment’s Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Lund Family Center via the Cat’s Win, Community Win’s initiative.  Vermont Mutual has donated over $5 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund in 2014.

UP NEXT

The Catamounts head to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. on Marsha Dodson Field. The sport may be seen dwell on ESPN+. 

For information and updates in regards to the Vermont Field Hockey program, observe @UVMfieldhky on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and go to UVMathletics.com.