Photo courtesy of America East Conference)
For 29 minutes and 47 seconds, the America East final could not have been any closer. No. 2-seed Vermont and No. 4-seed UAlbany traded goals, the margin was never greater than one goal, and the score was tied at every increment between 1-1 and 7-7.
Thomas McConvey scored with 13 seconds remaining, then FOGO Tommy Burke punctuated his dominant first half (16-of 17, 12 groundballs) by winning to himself and scoring a goal with eight seconds remaining. The Catamounts stayed outside for halftime and parlayed that momentum into scoring the game’s next four goals, opening up a lead they’d be able to sit on for the last 20 minutes en route to a 15-10 victory to claim the America East championship.