BOSTON - The America East Women's Soccer Championship kicks off on Thursday with a pair of quarterfinal games at 7 p.m. No. 3 Vermont hosts No. 6 UMBC and No. 4 Maine welcomes No. 5 New Hampshire. Both games will be available live for free on AmericaEast.TV.
If you can't watch the games, Follow @AE_GameDay on Twitter for up-to-the minute updates of both contests. The winners will advance to the semifinal round on Sunday where No. 1 Hartford and No. 2 Albany await.
No. 6 UMBC at No. 3 Vermont - 7 pm
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- Vermont beat UMBC, 3-2, in double OT on a goal by Sarah Martin with less than 2 minutes to go.
- UMBC is 2-2-1 in the championship with the program’s lone title coming in 2013. The Retrievers are making their third-straight appearance in the tournament.
- UMBC is making its fourth overall trip to the America East Championship.
- Vermont is looking for its first “win” in the America East tournament at 0-7-2, however the Catamounts have advanced once in tournament when they topped Albany in 2012 in PKs.
- Vermont is 0-4-1 all-time in the quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals once since the tournament expanded to six teams in 2001.
- UMBC is only playing in the quarterfinal round for the second time in program history and the first time since 2005 when the Retrievers were also the No. 6 seed. The last two seasons UMBC had received a quarterfinal bye.
- UMBC and Vermont have never met in conference tournament play.
No. 5 New Hampshire at No. 4 Maine - 7 pm
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- Longtime rivals are meeting for just the third time in the America East Championship and the second time in the quarterfinals.
- Maine beat New Hampshire in the meeting between the teams this season, 2-1, in overtime.
- Teams are meeting for the first time in tournament play since 2009, a 2-1 OT win by Maine in Orono in the quarterfinals.
- New Hampshire is 6-14-4 all-time in tournament action with one title coming last year.
- Maine is 6-8-6 in tournament play and is looking for its first title.
- Maine has qualifiied for 12 of the last 13 America East tournaments and have advanced to the semifinals three times in the last five seasons.
- New Hampshire was winless in its last five tournament games prior to last season
- Championship Meetings:
- 2009 - Maine 2, New Hampshire 1 (OT) - QF
- 2004 - Maine 2, New Hampshire 0 - SF