Vermont's student-athletes have once again shown their talents off the field, as UVM has won the America East Academic Cup for the sixth year in a row.
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The Vermont men’s basketball team had a historic season last year. They posted a record of 25-10, won the America East conference tournament and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
This season, the women’s soccer team struggled. They finished with a league record of 1-5-2, and didn’t make the playoffs. To make matters more difficult, the team will be losing three key seniors for next season.
The 2009-2010 school year at UVM has been one of mixed success. In other words, we were pretty much terrible except for a few bright spots, mainly basketball and hockey.
The April 20 lacrosse game between Vermont and Dartmouth was truly a tale of two halves. The Big Green picked up the win by a score of 18-13, improving their record to 4-6. Vermont fell to 3-10 overall with the defeat.
University of Vermont women’s basketball head coach Sharon Dawley resigned on April 6 to accept the same position at the University of Massachusetts. Dawley spent seven seasons as the Catamount’s head coach and leaves as the school’s all-time leader in wins with a career mark of 128-86.
For many, spring is the greatest time of the year for professional and collegiate athletics.
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Senior hockey forward Brayden Irwin has signed a two-year contract to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He has joined the team for their final six games of the 2009-10 season but will return to the University after the season to tend to his academics and graduate this spring.
Last week in the NCAA tournament championship game, Butler and Duke put on a display that will go down in history as one of the best games we have ever seen.
Entering the 2009-2010 season, the men’s hockey team had to replicate one of the most successful seasons in school history. Last season, Vermont was ranked as high as third in the national poll and reached the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. They were able to reach the Frozen Four but lost to eventual national champion Boston University 5-4 in the national semifinal.
On the first night of the 2010 NFL draft, the millions who watched saw the Denver Broncos trade up to snag the 25th pick to select none other than Tim Tebow. Ninety-nine percent of people watching stood up and applauded Tebow while they expressed feelings of admiration and happiness.
The men’s soccer team struggled through this past season. With only one win under their belt, they were not able to make the playoffs. The team finished their season with an overall record of 1-10-5 and a league record of 1-4-2. Although the team didn’t finish how they would have liked, head coach Jesse Cormier is looking forward to a new start, with the addition of seven new first-year players next fall.
The UVM women’s lacrosse team hasn’t exactly had a picture-perfect start to the season so far with a 2-8 record.
However, the Cats have held their own and played a lot of close games. Unfortunately, more of them were ultimately disappointing losses. Holy Cross, Siena and conference rival Stony Brook were all very winnable games.
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There were many broken hearts around UVM’s campus last spring as the varsity baseball team became a victim of a $10.8 million budget cut by the University. Players, fans and alumni alike were crushed when the school decided to cut the baseball program instead of imposing budget cuts on the higher profile sports such as hockey, skiing or basketball.
The UVM women’s basketball team won its first ever game in the NCAA tournament on March 24 in South Bend, Ind.
The team surprised the No. 7 seed in the Kansas City bracket and added them to the list of big name schools the team has beaten this year, along with NC State, Boston College and Providence.
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