ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine women's soccer team was defeated by the Vermont Catamounts, 2-0, on Thursday evening at the Mahaney Diamond.
 
First Goal (Vermont 1-0): 10 minutes into the first half, Cricket Basa scored a goal for the Catamounts. The Vermont forward beat two Maine defenders and found the back of the net early into the rainy, Thursday evening contest.
 
Second Goal (Vermont 2-0): Alyssa Oviedo gave Vermont a 2-0 advantage 10 minutes into the second half. Bailey Ayer played a perfect ball to her streaking teammate, who did the rest. Maine trailed by two goals early in the second half.
 
The 2-0 lead stood for Vermont as they held onto the advantage to knock off the Black Bears, 2-0.
 
Maine recorded 19 total shots to Vermont's 11 while the Black Bears recorded all seven corner kicks.
 
Julie Mahoney, Tiana Bucknor, and Abby Kraemer lead the way in shots for Maine.
 
Kira Kutzinski turned away five shots during the road conference contest.
 
Next: The Black Bears are back on the pitch Sunday, October 3rd at Albany. The conference bout is scheduled to kick-off at 2:00 pm.
 
-UMaine-