BURLINGTON, Vt. – Fans of the University of Vermont Catamounts have a new way of keeping up with UVM teams and athletic department. UVM Athletics and several of the teams are now utilizing Twitter.

The official Twitter home for UVM Athletics can be found at http://www.twitter.com/UVMAthletics. More links to the individual team Twitter pages can be found below.

Twitter is a free casual, online social network that is designed to connect organizations and individuals. The service enables users to send and read other people's/organization's updates, known at "tweets". The text-based posts are limited to messages of 140 characters in length and can include links to photos, websites and videos. The "tweets" can be seen via a web browser and/or cell phones for the people/organizations they follow. More information on Twitter can be found at http://www.twitter.com.

UVM fans do not need to sign up for a free Twitter account to read updates on their favorite sport(s), but individuals who create their own profiles can receive instantaneous updates on their computers or cell phones using a variety of applications.

For a complete list of and links to the social networking sites the Vermont Catamounts are utilizing please click here.

Follow the Catamounts on Twitter:

• @UVMAthletics - UVM Athletics
• @UVM_M_Hoops - UVM Men's Basketball Team
• @UVM_W_Hoops - UVM Women's Basketball Team
• @UVM_Field_HKY - UVM Field Hockey Team
• @UVM_M_Hockey - UVM Men's Hockey Team
• @UVM_W_Hockey - UVM Women's Hockey Team
• @UVM_M_Lax - UVM Men's Lacrosse Team
• @UVM_W_Lax - UVM Women's Lacrosse Team
• @UVM_M_Soccer - UVM Men's Soccer Team
• @UVM_W_Soccer - UVM Women's Soccer Team
• @UVMSwimming - UVM Women's Swimming & Diving Team
• @UVMTrack - UVM Track & Field/Cross Country Teams