Photo Credit: After playing five of its first seven games on the road to start the year the Vermont women's lacrosse team will play five of the final eight games of the regular season on its home turf at Moulton Winder Field. The Catamounts host Albany, in the America East opener for both teams, on Wednesday (March 31) at 3 p.m. Live video (no audio) of the game will be available on a pay-per-view basis ($7) via B2 Networks.

Following the Albany contest, the Catamounts will travel to Stony Brook to take on the Seawolves in another America East game on Saturday (April 3) at 1 p.m.

FRIENDS OF JACLYN
Friends of Jaclyn Website
Prior to the Albany game the Catamounts will be taking donations at the ticket window in Gutterson Fieldhouse for the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation. The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ) is a non-profit, charitable organization that was created and dedicates itself to raise public awareness regarding pediatric brain tumors. The foundation's goal is to improve the quality of life for children suffering with pediatric brain tumors and help fund research. FOJ matches a child with a college or high school sports team based on geographic location. The Foundation was inspired by Jaclyn Murphy, an 11 year old, who was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor, in March 2004. Jaclyn's strength and courage, relentless spirit, and joy for life are an inspiration to those who know her. Jaclyn was adopted by the Northwestern women's lacrosse team in 2004 and has been an honorary member of the Wildcat team ever since. The Catamounts, who have raised money for the Foundation, will wear special warm-up jerseys for their next three games.

LAST TIME OUT – Boston College 14, Vermont 10
Lauren Costello scored a game-high five goals and added an assist to lead the Boston College Eagles to a 14-10 victory over visiting Vermont. Kaitlyn Johnson scored a career high three goals and Samantha Stern added a hat trick for the Catamounts.

STERN STREAKING
Sophomore Samantha Stern has scored nine goals in the last four games for the Catamounts. She has 15 points on 12 goals and three assists. Stern has 29 goals in 22 games at Vermont.

ABOUT ALBANY | Website
The Great Danes are off to its best start as a Division I program with a 6-1 record. Junior midfielder Nikki Branchini is sixth among the NCAA leaders in both ground balls (3.5 pg) and draw controls (4.5 pg). Teammate Taylor Frink is the conference's top scorer at 4.14 points per game. Frink, a junior attacker, has 20 goals and nine assists. Kayla Best, a senior midfielder, netted three or more goals for the 26th time in her career and extended her goal-scoring streak to 53 consecutive games against Denver. Best is fourth on the school's career scoring list with 171 points (141 goals, 30 assists). Senior Ashley Ross has been chosen America East Conference Defensive Player of the Week in women's lacrosse. A goalkeeper Ross made a career-high 12 saves in Albany's latest win, an 11-10 victory over Denver. Albany is second nationally in scoring offense at 15.71 goals per game.

SERIES STUFF
Albany owns a 9-1 advantage over the Catamounts in the all-time series that dates back to 2000. UVM's lone win in the series game in 2008 and was an 11-10 buzzer beating win at Moulton Winder Field.

ABOUT STONY BROOK | Website
Stony Brook is 2-7 overall and 0-1 in league play after a 10-9 overtime loss to UMBC in its last outing on March 27. Melissa Cook leads the team in scoring 23 points on a team-high 20 goals. Abby Ford has handed out a team-high nine assists and two other teammates, Samantha Djaha and Courtney Bertolone have recorded double digits in goals, scoring 14 and 13 each this season. Mickey Cahill is the team's top goalkeeper with an 11.25 goals against average and .442 save percentage.

SERIES STUFF
The Seawolves are 4-3 in the all-time series with Vermont that dates back to 2003, when Stony Brook became a member of America East. The Catamounts have won two straight over Stony Brook, including a 19-11 win in Burlington last season.

SEASON IN REVIEW
Last season the Catamounts returned to the America East Championship for their second straight appearance and fifth overall. Vermont finished the year with a record of 9-8 overall, the team's first winning season since 1994. UVM also tied the school record for most wins in a season (9).

FOLLOW OR FRIEND THE CATAMOUNTS ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER
The UVM Athletic Department has a Facebook page. Click Here to become a friend of the department to keep up with all the happenings in Catamount Country.

Fans can also follow the Catamounts via Twitter. The department has a general Twitter account @UVMAthletics and the women's basketball team also has a Twitter account @UVM_W_Lax. Follow @UVMAthletics for general news on the department and/or follow @UVM_W_Lax for more in-depth coverage of the team, including in-game updates throughout the season.

CATAMOUNTS ALL-ACCESS | Click Here
Visit the Catamounts All-Access page at UVMathletics.com for information on how to get results of your favorite Catamount teams minutes after the conclusion of the game via a text message on your cell phone via eScores. The feature is available to anyone with a cell phone, regardless of cell phone service provider.

Also, stay up-to-date with the Catamounts. Sign up for the Vermont Women's Basketball eNews, offered free of charge by the Athletic Communications Office. Receive all the latest news and notes, as well as complete game summaries for every contest via your personal e-mail account. Catamounts All-Access also includes links to UVM's other social networking sites like Flickr and YouTube, Vermont's television schedule, live stats, live audio streaming and wallpaper for your computer.

PHOTO STORE | Click Here
Catamount faithful can purchase athletic pictures at www.UVMathletics.com via the Vermont Photo Store. Pictures make great gifts for holidays, home wall art, or office decorations. Powered by Replay Photos, the website will feature pictures of all 18 sports, including game action photos from the 2009-10 season.

GET YOUR GEAR | Click Here
The UVM athletic department, in conjunction with TeamFanShop, has launched its first-ever merchandise and apparel store through the school's official athletic site at UVMathletics.com. The new online store includes hats, polo shirts, shorts, t-shirts, gifts and much more from several leading manufacturers.