BOSTON – The top seeded Catamounts trailed 1-0 with ten minutes left in regulation but tallied the equalizer late and then won in OT to advance to the #AEMSOC Championship, where they will face off against No. 2 Bryant, who held off No. 6 UMass Lowell 4-2 on a wild Wednesday night.
 
UNH scored an early goal and Vermont put on the pressure in the second half. The Catamounts broke through in the 85^th minute on a David Ismail goal to force OT and then in extra time Ismail earned the assist on Maximillian Kissel’s game-winner.
 
Bryant wasted no time against the River Hawks, scoring 39 seconds into the contest and built a 3-0 in the first half. UMass Lowell answered with two goals to close the gap, but the Bulldogs added one more in the final 30 seconds.
 
Sunday’s #AEMSOC Championship will feature the top two seeds in the league and two of the top five in the nation, as No. 2 Vermont welcomes No. 5 Bryant to Virtue Field at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ domestically and AmericaEast.TV for international viewers. It is a rematch of last year's championship, won by Vermont.
 

No. 1 @UVMmsoccer is headed back to the #AEMSOC Championship!

Maximillian Kissel scores off the David Ismail assist and the Catamounts will host the Sunday's Championship! pic.twitter.com/s7wADmFEu6

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Semifinal Recap
No. 1 Vermont 2, No. 4 New Hampshire 1 (OT)

• New Hampshire captured the 1-0 lead in the 9^th minute as Matteo Piccardo collected a ball bouncing around the top of the six amid Vermont defenders and blasted it home.
• In the 26^th minute Niklas Herceg made a save on Elias Khodri in a 1-on-1 situation with his foot to preserve the 1-0 score.
• Scott Williams kept the Wildcats alive in the second half, making a pair of diving saves in the 50^th minute and then the 65^th minute on a David Ismail rocket from outside the 18.
• Ismail finally broke through in the 85^th minute. Maximillian Kissel collected a free kick at the six and touched it back to Ismail, who ripped it home.
• In overtime, Ismail put another shot on target and Williams made the save but Kissel was able to head in the rebound for the game-winner.
• Vermont finished with a 29-7 shot advantage including 19-1 in the second half and OT. Herceg finished with four saves while Williams had ten.

MAKE THAT 2?! Mamadi Jiana scores off the corner to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. pic.twitter.com/l5Gn958eGN

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No. 2 Bryant 4, No. 6 UMass Lowell 2

• The Bulldogs grabbed a 1-0 lead just 39 seconds into the contest as Mamadi Jiana took the ball down the sideline and ripped a left-footed shot in the far corner of the net.
• Jiana extended the lead to 2-0 just four minutes later as he put home a bouncing ball right in front of the net following a corner kick.
• Fermin Rodriguez stretched the advantage to 3-0 as he stole a ball outside the 18 and put it over the retreating goalkeeper.
• The River Hawks got on the board in the 43^rd minute as Ethan Young had a great individual effort to beat his defender and chip the shot past a charging Enzo Carvalho.
• UMass Lowell drew a penalty three minutes into the second half and Carvalho made the initial stop but Aamir Ketbache flew in for the rebound and blasted it past Carvalho who was still recovering.
• Bryant added an insurance goal from Jorge Rodriguez with 23 seconds remaining in regulation. The Bulldogs finished with an 11-6 shot advantage.

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