ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine women's soccer team will take on Vermont in the America East Championship title game at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9 at Virtue Field.
 
The fourth-seeded Black Bears earned a third consecutive championship game bid by upsetting top-seeded Binghamton, 1-0, in double overtime on Thursday night in New York. The second-seeded Catamounts earned a berth in the title game by taking down Bryant, 3-1.
 
Maine is playing in its third consecutive title game, becoming the first America East team since Hartford (2014-16) to advance to three consecutive title games.
 
The match – which is the first-ever championship game meeting between Maine and Vermont – will stream live on ESPN+.
 
Game 17 | Maine at Vermont
Sunday, Nov. 9 | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Burlington, Vt. | Virtue Field
 
ABOUT MAINE
• Maine enters the title game at 6-7-3 overall after defeating top-seeded Binghamton, 1-0, in double overtime on Thursday night in New York … Victoria Dungey scored with 4:38 remaining while Elena Barenberg made four saves.
• The Black Bears hosted rival New Hampshire in the quarterfinal round this past Sunday, earning a 2-1 win … after the Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the 40th minute, Jordane Pinette scored one minute into the second half and then Gillian Rovers delivered the eventual game-winning goal 20 minutes later.
• Maine finished the regular season at 4-7-3 overall and 3-3-2 in America East play to earn a home playoff game for the fourth consecutive season.
• Maine has 11 different goal scorers in the season for the first time since 2022.
• Emma Nicholson leads Maine in points (8) and assists while sitting tied third with two goals … Nicholson led America East in conference games assists with three.
• Julie Lossius (3-1-7) and Abbey Thornton (3-1-7) are tied for the team lead in goals.
• The Black Bears tied for the America East lead in shots (130) and shots per game (16.25) during the regular season conference slate.
• In shots per game overall, Victoria Dungey (2.00) sits 11th in the conference while Nicholson (2.58) is sixth and Lossius is 12th (2.00).
 
ABOUT VERMONT
• The Catamounts enter Sunday's championship game at 8-4-5 overall after taking down Bryant, 3-1, on Thursday night in the semifinal round.
• Vermont went 5-1-2 in conference play to finished second overall.
• Lauren DeGroot (7-13-17) and Sydney Remington (7-3-17) are tied for the team lead with 17 points each … Remington has fired 62 shot attempts, with 34 landing on target … DeGroot has four game-winning goals on the season.
• Goalkeeper Kylee Carafoli has started 16 of 17 games for Vermont and is 7-3-5 overall with a .803 save percentage, 0.83 goals against average and five shutouts.
 
SERIES HISTORY vs VERMONT
• Maine has an all-time record of 14-17-6 in the series with Vermont.
• These two teams me earlier this season in Orono, with the Catamounts earning a 1-0 win … Madeline Gardner's 52nd minute strike was the difference maker.
• The last matchup in Burlington came on Sept. 29, 2024 … 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 five meetings in the series and 14 of the last 15 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 winner of the Maine-Binghamton championship match will advance to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.