How Catamount teams fared Feb. 3-5: UVM men's basketball routs Albany

Jacob Rousseau and Alex Abrami, Burlington Free Press
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How University of Vermont men's and women's hockey, men's basketball teams and men's lacrosse fared from Feb. 3-5.

FRIDAY'S GAMES

Women’s hockey

Vermont 6, Merrimack 2

V: Lily Humphrey 1G. Hailey Burns 1G. Natalie Mlynkova 1G. Corinne McCool 1G. Maddy Skelton 1G, 1A. Theresa Schafzahl 1G. Sara Levesque 3A. Lara Beecher 1A. Sini Karjalainen 2A. Anna Podein 1A. Ellice Murphy 1A. Evelyne Blais-Savoie 1A. Cam Morrissey 1A. Jessie McPherson 19 saves.

M: Allison Reeb 1G. Alexa Pongo 1G. Emma Gorski 22 saves.

Note: Vermont (19-10-1, 14-8-1) scored three goals over a seven-minute sequence that spanned the first and second periods. UVM dominated shots 50-38 and had just one power-play goal. The win was No. 300 of 11-year coach Jim Plumer's career. The Catamounts host New Hampshire next on Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY'S GAMES

Women’s basketball

Vermont 53, Albany 49

Men’s basketball

Vermont 87, Albany 68

V: Finn Sullivan 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists. Dylan Penn 17 points, 5 assists, 3 steals. Matt Veretto 16 points, 5 rebounds. Aaron Deloney 14 points. Kam Gibson 13 points. Robin Duncan 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

A: Gerald Drumgoole Jr. 27 points. Jonathan Beagle 12 points.

Note: Vermont shot 60.7% from the field (34 of 56), sank 13 3s and handed out 21 assists to rout Albany for its fifth straight victory, improving to 13-10 overall and a league-leading 7-2 in America East. The 87 points are the most UVM has scored against Albany since the teams' second-ever meeting, a 100-73 result in Nov. 2000. ... UVM plays at Maine on Wednesday.

Men's lacrosse

Syracuse 7, Vermont 5

V: Hunter Jones 2G. David Closterman 1G, 1A. Brock Haley 1G. Derek Marsilio 1G. Matt Shaffer 7 saves.

S: Jackson Birtwistle 2G. Finn Thomson 1G, 2A. Alex Simmons 1G, 1A. Joey Spallina 1G. Owen Hiltz 1G. Saam Olexo 1G. Will Mark 13 saves.

Note: Syracuse scored the only two goals of the fourth quarter to slip past Vermont in the teams' season-opener.

SUNDAY'S GAME

Men’s hockey

Providence 3, Vermont 1

P: Max Crozier 1G. Bennett Schimek 1G. Jamie Engelbert 1G. Philip Svedebäck 23 saves.

V: Simon Jellus 1G. Andrei Buyalsky 1A. Will Zapernick 1A. Oskar Autio 34 saves.

Note: Providence struck for two first period goals to secure an early lead at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Catamounts (9-15-3, 4-12-1) scored a power-play goal with nine minutes left in the second period to cut the deficit in half. Providence tallied the third goal with three minutes left in the final frame.

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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont hockey, basketball: How Catamount teams fared Feb. 3-5