The University of Vermont Week in Athletics is produced weekly during the academic year and athletic season. The week in athletics provides updates and recaps of all the action, and upcoming events in Catamount Country.

UVM men's and women's hockey and men's and women's basketball teams are all at home this week and tickets are available for all of this week's action. Click here for online ticket information or call the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at 1-866-4-CAT-TIX or 1-802-656-4410.

WOMEN'S HOCKEY (4-13-1; 2-5-0 Hockey East)
* The Catamounts are back in action Tuesday night hosting third-ranked Dartmouth at Gutterson Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. Vermont closed out the first semester back on December 5-6 splitting a pair of games with Boston University and Northeastern. The Cats have won two of their last three league games including a 3-2 win over the sixth-ranked Terriers.
* Tuesday's game with the Big Green at Gutterson features a Teddy Bear Toss sponsored by the Vermont Teddy Bear Company as well as the opening round of the Catamount Shootout Showdown. Fans are encouraged to bring a Teddy Bear to donate during the toss. Team members will deliver the bears to local nursing homes and the Vermont Children’s Hospital in January. Following the contest, fans are invited to Skate With The Cats on the Gutterson ice.
* UVM returns to Hockey East play with a two-game weekend series at Connecticut, Saturday and Sunday, January 3-4. Both games face off at 1 p.m.

MEN’S HOCKEY (9-4-2, 6-3-1 Hockey East)
* The Catamounts host the 13th Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday. Vermont has advanced to the championship game of its home holiday tournament in each of the last three years and defeated Clarkson, 3-0, in 2005 to claim the title.
* This year’s Catamount Cup field includes: Colgate (ECAC), Ferris State (CCHA), St. Lawrence (ECAC) and Vermont. Student-athletes and coaches from all four teams will all make a visit to the Vermont Children’s Hospital on Thursday.
* Stanley Cup winners John LeClair ‘91 and Martin St. Louis ‘97 lead the list of former UVM players to be named to the Catamount Cup All-Tournament Team.
* On Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse fans will ring in 2009 in Catamount Country. Saturday is the sixth annual Teddy Bear Toss sponsored by Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Fans are encouraged to bring a Teddy Bear to donate during the toss. Team members will deliver the bears to local nursing homes and the Vermont Children’s Hospital in January.
*In Friday's first round, Vermont hosts Colgate at 7 p.m. after St. Lawrence and Ferris State open the classic at 4 p.m. Saturday, the consolation game is at 4 p.m. and the championship game is at 7 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (7-3; 0-0 America East)
LAST WEEK:
* Vermont won its only game of the week defeating George Washington, 83-72, in the opening game of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Cats have now won five of six overall.
QUICK HITS:
* Junior Maurice Joseph (Montreal, Quebec) led four Catamounts in double figures with a career-high 18 points.
* The win was Vermont’s first-ever over a team from the Atlantic 10. The Catamounts have past victories over current A-10 members Massachusetts, Rhode Island and St. Joseph’s but none since they have been affiliated with their current league.
* The Catamounts journey to the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii, over 5,000 miles, marks the longest trip by a Division I men’s basketball team this season.
WHO’S NEXT:
* Vermont will now face Colorado State on Monday at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in the semifinals of the Rainbow Classic and will play again on Tuesday (time TBA) in either the tournament championship or the third place game. UVM returns home to host NJIT Saturday at 1 p.m. at Patrick Gym. All games can be heard live on DOT 96.7 FM and WEAV 960 AM, and on the internet at www.UVMathletics.com with the audio stream provided by www.SportsJuice.com.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (5-5; 0-0 America East)
LAST WEEK:
* In its last action back on December 21, Vermont dropped its third straight game with a 67-56 loss at No. 9/11 Louisville.
QUICK HITS:
* Senior Sy Janousek (Chandler, Ariz.) came off the bench to score a team-high 18 points against the Big East Cardinals, matching her career-high.
* Senior guard Amy Rosenkrantz (Tempe, Ariz.) has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2008-09 Lowe's Senior CLASS Women's Basketball Award. A total of 30 senior female NCAA college basketball players were named candidates for the award which is presented annually to an NCAA Division I student-athlete in nine sports. The award is based on criteria focusing on the "Four C's" of classroom, character, community and competition. The award winners will be selected by national balloting of head basketball coaches, national media and college basketball fans. Rosenkrantz, who is the lone representative from the America East among the 30 finalists selected, was named to the league’s all-conference second team last season. She was also selected to the America East Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team, owning the second highest GPA of the five-player squad at 3.38 as a business administration major, and is a Dean's List student at UVM. Rosenkrantz ranks third on the team in scoring (10.6 ppg) and is second in rebounding (6.1 rpg). She also ranks among the conference leaders in five statistical categories this season. Rosenkrantz has played in 94 career games and is 107 points shy of the 1,000-career point milestone and 56 rebounds shy of 500 for her career. Vermont owns a record of 7-2 when Rosenkrantz scores 20 points or more.
WHO’S NEXT:
* Vermont will play its second straight nationally-ranked team on Monday when it faces No. 18/20 Florida in the first round of the State Farm Classic hosted by the Gators. UVM will play either Towson or Miami (Ohio) in the second round on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The Catamounts return north to host North Dakota Sunday, January 4 at 1 p.m. at Patrick Gym. All three games will be broadcast on WVMT-620 AM and on the Internet at SportsJuice.com.

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
* Vermont is off until January 11, 2009 when it travels to Hanover, N.H. to compete in the Dartmouth Relays.

SWIMMING AND DIVING (6-1-1; 4-1 America East)
* The Catamounts are off until January 10, 2009 when they head down I-89 to face Dartmouth at 12 p.m.