ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team will return home to host Vermont this weekend, hosting the Catamounts at the New Balance Soccer Complex on Sunday.
 
Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. and the America East contest will stream live on ESPN+.
 
It will be Youth Day at the game, with fans invited to stay for post-game autographs.
 
Game 10 | Maine vs Vermont
Sunday, Oct. 12 | 12 p.m. | ESPN+
Orono, Maine | New Balance Soccer Complex
 
ABOUT MAINE
• Maine stands at 1-1-1 in America East play and 2-5-2 overall after tying Bryant, 1-1, and getting edged on the road at Binghamton, 2-1.
• The Black Bears opened up conference play on Sept. 21, earning a 1-0 road win at UAlbany … Julie Lossius scored her second game-winning goal of the season while Elena Barenberg made two saves for her first career win and shutout.
• Emma Nicholson (2-2-6) and Abbey Thornton (3-0-6) are tied for the team lead in points while Nicholson has a team-high 23 shots … Victoria Dungey is tied for the team lead in assists with two while sitting second in shots with 20 ... Lossius has scored two game-winning goals on the year.
• The Black Bears are out-shooting opponents 127-86 on the year and have a 61-43 margin in shots on goal.
• Nicholson ranks sixth America East players with an average of 2.56 shots per game while Dungey's 3.33 shots per game in America East contests is tops in the conference.

ABOUT VERMONT
• The Catamounts stand at 4-3-4 overall and 2-0-1 in America East play … the Catamounts battled Bryant to a 0-0 tie while topping New Hampshire, 2-1, and UMBC, 2-0.
• Sydney Remington has a team-leading five goals and 11 points … Lauren DeGroot has nine points on four goals and one assist and a team-leading two game-winning goals.
• Goalkeeper Kylee Carafoli has started 10 games and is 3-2-4 with a .800 save percentage, 0.82 goals against average and four shutouts.
 
SERIES HISTORY vs VERMONT
• Maine has an all-time record of 14-16-6 in the series with Vermont.
• The teams met in Burlington last season … with Maine trailing 2-0 in the 62nd minute, Julie Lossius and Kristina Kelly tied the game up before Jordane Pinette scored the game-winning goal with less than three minutes to go.
• Pinette in Maine's active scoring leader against Vermont with two goals while Lossius has one goal and one assist and Luise Reinwald has one goal.
• The last four meetings in the series and 14 of the last 16 have been decided by one goal or less.
• The first-ever meeting came back in 1990, with Vermont picking up a 3-0 win … the Catamounts won the first 10 games in the series before Maine went on a seven-game winning streak.
 
UP NEXT
• The Black Bears will play two games next week, traveling to face UMass Lowell on Thursday, Oct. 16 before returning home to host UMBC on Sunday, Oct. 19.