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BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont women’s basketball will host Saint Michael’s on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. ET in their annual exhibition game.<\/p>\n
BROADCAST INFORMATION<\/p>\n
Vermont will not have a video broadcast available for Wednesday’s exhibition. Fans can listen to the game for free on the Vermont Sports Network, from Learfield on WVMT. The radio broadcast is also available via the Varsity Network App<\/a>, with <\/a>Ryan Zimmerman and Bernie Cieplicki on the call.<\/p>\n RELATED LINKS<\/p>\n Purchase Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n Listen Live on the Varsity Sports Network App<\/a><\/p>\n 2026-27 Roster<\/a><\/p>\n 2026-27 Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n Vermont Basketball Media Day: Maureen Magarity<\/a> | Malia Lenz<\/a><\/p>\n PROMOTIONS<\/p>\n Before tipoff, there will be a ring ceremony recognizing the players and support staff from the 2025-26 championship team.<\/p>\n The Windjammer Food Drive will also be happening during tomorrow’s game. Fans who donate a nonperishable food item can enter to win a gift card courtesy of The Windjammer. All donations will benefit the South Burlington Food Shelf.<\/p>\n VERMONT OUTLOOK<\/p>\n
The Catamounts were picked to finish third in the 2026-27 America East Preseason Poll, earning 48 points and one first-place vote.<\/p>\n
Malia Lenz<\/a> was Vermont’s preseason All-Conference selection. She started all 35 games last season, averaging 7.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game.<\/p>\n
Lenz ranked second on the team in both rebounding and blocks, averaging 7.4 rebounds and 0.4 blocks per game.<\/p>\n
The Catamounts welcome five newcomers to the 2026-27 roster: transfers Arantxa Portalez<\/a> and Meja Jaegerskog<\/a> and first-years Neta Mayshar<\/a>, Maisie Keyes<\/a>, and Sienna Papanastasiou-Thomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Last season, Vermont ranked third nationally in scoring defense, holding opponents to 52.2 points per game.<\/p>\n
SCOUTING THE PURPLE KNIGHTS<\/p>\n
Last season, Saint Michael’s finished with a 15-14 overall record and a 9-9 mark in NE-10 play, earning its first NCAA Division II Tournament bid.<\/p>\n
The Purple Knights were picked to finish seventh in the 2026-27 NE-10 Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll with 37 points.<\/p>\n
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\n\tMargaret Montplaisir appeared in all 29 games for the Purple Knights last season, finishing second on the team in scoring, averaging\u00a012.8 points per game.
\n\tThe Purple Knights led the NE-10 in offensive rebounds, averaging 13.1 per game.
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