VESTAL, N.Y. -- Sophomore midfielder Kristen Millar registered eight points on six goals and two assists to lead Vermont (3-9, 1-1 America East) to an 18-11 victory over Binghamton (1-9, 0-4 AE) in America East women's lacrosse action Wednesday afternoon from the East Gym Complex.

Junior Leanne Musso (Auburn, N.Y.) opened up the scoring in the first half for the Bearcats before Vermont scored three unanswered to take the lead, including two by Millar in a span of 40 seconds. The Catamounts closed the half on a 3-1 run to take a 8-4 lead into halftime.

Vermont retained its momentum, scoring three times in the first three minutes of the second stanza. The visiting Catamounts led by as many as nine goals, before settling on the 18-11 margin.

The Bearcats were paced by sophomore Erika Travis'(Geneva, N.Y.) career-best six-point effort on four goals and two assists. Musso added three goals and an assist and sophomore Kelsey Pieper (Rensselaar, N.Y.) added two tallies in the losing effort.

Junior Sandra Alvarez (Port Washington, N.Y.) minded the net for the entire 60 minutes, making 15 saves and scooping up five ground balls.

The Bearcats travel to Boston on Saturday for a 12:00 p.m. game.

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VESTAL, N.Y. – Sophomore Kristen Millar (Whitby, Ontario) registered six goals and two assists and senior Becky Kenison (Woodstock, Vt.) added five points on three goals and two assists to lead the Vermont Catamounts to an 18-11 victory over Binghamton in America East women’s lacrosse action. Both players also surpassed the 100-career point mark in the game. Millar is the fastest player in Vermont history to record 100 points, reaching the milestone in 28 career games. Kenison and Millar are the seventh and eighth players respectively to score 100 career points for the Catamounts.

“It feels good to get a conference win,” said Vermont head coach Jen Johnson. “We had some pretty goals today and I was proud of the way the team battled through the sloppy conditions to fight for loose balls. We played with a consistent effort throughout the game and were able to hold our ground as Binghamton tried to make its runs.”

“I also want to congratulate Kristen and Becky for reaching the 100-point milestone. It’s a great achievement for Becky and I hope she will carry the momentum from today’s game into the final four regular season contests. For Kristen to reach 100 points in her sophomore year with four regular season games left is a tremendous achievement.”

The Bearcats scored the first goal of the game just 30 seconds into the contest, but Vermont answered with three straight tallies, two from Millar, to take a 3-1 lead with just over four minutes gone in the first half. The Catamounts out scored Binghamton 5-3 the rest of the half and took an 8-4 lead into halftime.

The Catamounts scored the first three goals to open the second half to push their lead to 11-5. Binghamton countered scoring four of the next six goals to cut the lead to five, but Vermont finished the game scoring five goals over the final 15 minutes to post the victory.

Millar finished the day with eight points and added 12 ground balls and six draw controls, she leads the country in that category (5.33 per game). Tori Wasson (Lake Forest, Ill) chipped in four goals and Jennifer Maher (Waterbury Center, Vt.) added a pair for Vermont.

Junior Meaghan Hanley (Fort Pierce, Fla.) made four saves in 43 minutes of action and freshman Ali Trainor (Severn, Md.) made two stops in the final 16 minutes of the game in the Vermont net.

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