{"id":364452,"date":"2026-10-05T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364452\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:08:09","slug":"vermont-field-hockey-nearly-ties-single-game-season-high-with-eight-goals-against-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364452\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Field Hockey nearly ties single game season-high with eight goals against Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vermont Field Hockey nearly ties single game season-high with eight goals against Queens<\/p>\n

Alicia Battistelli’s hat trick lifts Vermont to 8-0 win; Vermont women’s soccer also takes down Maine 2-0<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/a>BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2014<\/p>\n

University of Vermont weekend closed out with solid outings from two of its Catamount teams. <\/p>\n

Vermont field hockey started the day with an 8-0 romping of Queens University of Charlotte. The eight goals nearly tied a single-game season-high of nine the Catamounts scored against the Long Island University Sharks earlier this season. <\/p>\n

This performance was one Vermont field hockey head coach Kate Pfeifer said was inspired by redemption, after losing in a 1-0 overtime loss to the University of New Hampshire on Friday, Oct. 2. <\/p>\n

“They were ready to rebound from Friday’s game,” Pfeifer said. “That was the first game we were held scoreless all season, and I think today they were really hungry to just get back to the way we play field hockey.”<\/p>\n

Alicia Battistelli led the way with a game-high three goals, picking up her second hat trick of the season. The feat was all the more impressive, earning all three goals while playing through a black mask providing protection for her face after a nose injury in an earlier game against Dartmouth College. <\/p>\n

“Alicia is a really special leader for us,” Pfeifer said. “She is dealing with a lot in terms of trying to make sure that the mask is something that doesn’t prevent her from seeing the ball … but she hasn’t skipped a beat in training and in her play, which has been incredible for the team to see. Her resilience is just something that she leads with every day.”<\/p>\n

Veerle Nijhuis and Fiona McMahon also added a pair of goals apiece while Consu De Castro also added a goal of her own. Vermont generated a whopping 18 penalty corners in the win, which was a critical piece that allowed the Catamounts to create several scoring opportunities throughout the game. <\/p>\n

“Penalty corners are super important,” Battistelli said. “Every time we get into the attacking 25, we’re trying to have a positive outcome. Whether it’s a corner, a shot, a goal, we’re just really fighting for that and putting constant back pressure on every loose ball and repossessing immediately.”<\/p>\n

Vermont’s defense was also elite, not allowing a single shot from Queens all afternoon. It led to Ila Gunner picking up a clean sheet in the net in 45 minutes of work before being subbed out for Milou Nijveldt, who played the final 15 minutes. <\/p>\n

Vermont women’s soccer also got in the win column after a 2-1 win against the University of Maine. Madleine Gardner and Eleni Stowell each scored a goal in one half apiece while Maine scored their goal on a Vermont own goal. <\/p>\n

Vermont goalkeeper Sophia Kling was otherwise perfect in net outside the one own goal, snagging three saves in a full 90 minutes of work. <\/p>\n

See the highlights from both Catamount teams in the video above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vermont Field Hockey nearly ties single game season-high with eight goals against Queens Alicia Battistelli’s hat trick lifts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[135158,135159,135174,135160,12607,135161,135162,135163,11455,6964,55343,6953,135164,135165,5315,102995,17984,12612,9,24,6945,6946,63,135166,135173,122,124,123,3449,135167,3249,135169,135168,135170,1634,135171,135175,135172,1631,16348,15000,6951],"class_list":["post-364452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-alicia-battistelli","tag-america-east","tag-catamount-team","tag-consu-de-castro","tag-division-i","tag-eleni-stowell","tag-field-hockey","tag-fiona-mcmahon","tag-friday","tag-game","tag-goal","tag-highlights","tag-kate-pfeifer","tag-madeline-gardner","tag-maine","tag-minute","tag-nbc5","tag-ncaa","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-channel-3","tag-news-channel-5","tag-nyc","tag-own-goal","tag-penalty-corner","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-season","tag-sophia-kling","tag-university","tag-university-of-vermont","tag-uvm-weekend","tag-veerle-nijhuis","tag-vermont","tag-vermont-field-hockey","tag-vermont-own-goal","tag-vermont-weekend","tag-wcax","tag-win","tag-womens-soccer","tag-wptz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}