the Informer

Vermont Catamounts’ Drew Philie and Derek Lichtfuss, were too much for the Hawks Lacrosse team to handle this past Saturday at Al-Marzook Field. The high-octane duo accounted for 10 of the teams’ 13 goals against Hartford’s six goals as a team.

Vermont improved their record to 3-9 overall, 2-1 in the conference as Hartford fell to 3-9 and still without any wins in the conference. However, the score did not reflect the story of the entire game. Up until the final quarter, Hartford was neck in neck with visiting Vermont.

In the first quarter, Philie began his clean up on the Hartford defense by scoring two back-to-back unanswered goals. The Hawks answered with three straight goals of their own to gain their only lead of the game. From then on the two America East foes battled with each other in a high-tension physical game.

Canadian natives, Carter Bender and Kyle Goodchild both added a pair of goals to the Hawk’s score. Senior, Justin Bearse and Junior, Michael Cudmore scored the remaining two goals for Hartford.

Hartford just wasn’t able to keep it together in the fourth quarter. The score was 7-6 but six unanswered goals gave the Catamounts a solid win on the scoreboard. If Hartford wants to gain a victory, their fourth quarter losing funk is going to have to end. The Hawks play Binghamton Saturday.