Score: UAlbany 0, #3 Vermont 2
Location: Virtue Field | Burlington, Vt.
Records: UAlbany (5-6-4, 3-2-1 America East) | #3 Vermont (10-0-5, 4-0-1 America East)
Short Story:
The University at Albany men's soccer team fell to No. 3 Vermont on Friday night, 2–0, at Virtue Field.
Key Stats:
- Krivokapic led the way defensively for UAlbany with nine saves in goal.
- UAlbany's shots came from Rodrigo Hermelo, David Barkan, Jordan Shullenberger, and Ethan Cook.
- Cook was the Great Danes' lone shot on net.
- Vermont outshot UAlbany 23–4, including an 11–1 advantage on goal.
- The Catamounts earned eight corner kicks, while UAlbany finished with two.
How It Happened:
- Vermont's first shot came in the 9th minute from Nicolas Loebus, saved by Krivokapic.
- Krivokapic stopped another attempt in the 17th minute off the foot of Nick Lockermann to keep the game scoreless.
- UAlbany's first shot came in the 39th minute when Rodrigo Hermelo missed just wide left.
- Krivokapic made his fifth save in the 42nd minute on a low strike from David Ismail, sending the match to halftime tied 0–0.
- Vermont broke through in the 55th minute as Ismail finished a feed from Philipp Kühn and Marcos Blasco Devesa to give the Catamounts a 1–0 lead.
- UAlbany's Jordan Shullenberger tallied the first Great Dane attempt of the second half in the 64th minute, missing just wide.
- Ethan Cook forced UAlbany's lone shot on goal in the 76th minute, saved by Vermont goalkeeper Niklas Herceg.
- Vermont sealed the win in the 90th minute when Kühn converted a penalty kick to make it 2–0.
Up Next:
UAlbany returns home to Casey Stadium next week to close out the regular season and continue its push toward hosting an America East quarter-final match when it faces UMass Lowell at 6:30 PM in Casey Stadium. For more information on the UAlbany men's soccer team, follow the squad's official social media accounts on
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