Vermont women's basketball smashes a program record... again
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Vermont women's basketball freshman Sienna Papanastasiou-Thomas forced a turnover on the other end midway through the third quarter. Papanastasiou-Thomas carried the ball up the court before flinging a cross court pass to Emma Haan.
The junior immediately launched a 3-pointer and it fell through the net. Haan had been known to be a sharp 3-point shooter, but had not always shown it until Thursday, Nov. 5. Against Quinnipiac, Haan had a career game, scoring 23 points with six made triples.
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"This year I'm trying to make up for the scoring we lost," Haan said. "Now I'm a junior, so ready to knock down my shots."
Another hot 3-point shooting night propelled Vermont to a 76-66 victory over Quinnipiac in the inaugural game of the America East-Metro Challenge from Patrick Gym on Thursday, Nov. 5 in front of 678 fans.
Vermont set a program record in made 3-pointers in its season opening rout of Keene State, with 16. The hot shooting from deep did not slow down against Quinnipiac and the Catamounts surpassed that record with 17 three-pointers.
"The offense we run is a lot of five outs which is a very unselfish style and it's great when they are falling," Vermont coach Maureen Magarity said.
Once the Catamounts scored their first basket, they got into a grove shooting over 50% from beyond the arc with six different players scoring long-range shots in the first quarter. The 3-point shooting was crucial with Malia Lenz and Arantxa Portalez out, limiting Vermont's forward options.
Ten of Vermont's (2-0) first 13-made field goals were from beyond the arc with Haan, Gilwee and Papanastasiou-Thomas each tallying multiple triples during that first half scoring blitz.
"Everyone around me is so confident in me and have supported me from the very beginning," Haan said. "It's about me having the confidence in myself, which has been the hardest part."
Vermont cooled off down the stretch of the second quarter and Quinnipiac closed the gap with a 14-2 run during the final five minutes. Vermont entered halftime leading 38-35.
All the Bobcats' first-half field goals came in the paint as center Lilly Thomas led Quinnipiac with 22 points off the bench. Vermont tried to double team Thomas, which led to more open looks in the paint and 49 rebounds for the Bobcats.
Quinnipiac (1-1) scored five unanswered points to take a 40-38 lead after trailing by 15 points in the first half. The Catamounts responded with some more 3-pointers to quickly retake the lead back. Haan hit half her 3-pointers in the second half.
Papanastasiou-Thomas hit the record-breaking 17th 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter and finished with 12 points. Vermont also got production out of its bench with Madison Hall and Neta Mayshar each contributing threes and combined for 14 points.
Vermont women's soccer season ends in America East women's soccer quarterfinals
No. 4 Vermont women's soccer 2026 came to an end in abrupt fashion to No. 5 UMBC in the America East women's soccer quarterfinals on Thursday, Nov. 5 at Virtue Field. The Catamounts accidentally scored an own-goal with 7:19 remaining in the first overtime period.
"We just felt like statistically we dominated them and deserved a better result, but that's soccer sometimes," Catamounts coach Kristi Huizenga said.
That was the game's lone goal as UMBC (10-5-4) earned a 1-0 victory to move onto the America East semifinals No. 1 Binghamton on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Vermont's Ella Hall tried to clear the ball that UMBC's Brooke Clagett sent into the box. Instead of clearing the ball for a UMBC corner kick, Hall hit the ball into the Catamounts goal. It was a disappointing result for Vermont (5-6-7) who dominated the quarterfinals match.
The Catamounts outshot the Retrievers 20-3 and posted five shots on goals. Yet Vermont could not get past UMBC's tight defense.
"They blocked a ton of our shots," Huizenga said. "Credit to UMBC for being organized behind the ball. We were trying to get bodies forward, but we weren't getting open enough to get some clean looks."
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont women's basketball smashes a program record... again