Mar 5, 2023

Vermont v UCLA: An Epic Showdown

Riley Kirkman-Davis and Bryan Cloutier put on a show as Vermont and UCLA face off in a thrilling match. Johnny Sickles and Carl Crawford also contribute to the action, as UCLA takes the lead. Will Vermont be able to come back?

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SMI Quarters: Vermont v UCLA

Riley Kirkman-Davis finds a lovely lane to put a 50 yard throw to Bryan Cloutier.

UCLA 3-3 Vermont. Vermont up a break
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Quick turn for Chill, and Smaug don’t waste any time taking advantage.

Back on serve. UCLA 4-3 Vermont
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Johnny Sickles makes a sliding layout grab on the dewy grass, stands up, and fires a blade to the back cone for Carl Crawford.

Vermont 4-4 UCLA
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Brandon Van Deusen and Sam Hirschhorn run a dominator clinic, and then Cloutier gets another goal.

UCLA 5-4 Vermont
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Lovely edge on the Declan Kervick huck. Crawford all alone for the catch.

Vermont 5-5 UCLA
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Vermont D is all over the weave, and Parker Lin-Butler is rewarded with an easy catch block. Timeout Vermont
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Kirkman-Davis swoops in for a help block in the red zone. Cloutier makes a great stab-catch to save possession once… but he can’t hang on to the next pass and Vermont have it again.

Long, low break sets up Chase Drinkwater to Lin-Butler for the break!

Vermont 6-5 UCLA
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Akhil Nori, Kirkman-Davis, Cloutier, and Van Deusen all make great throws for a great O point ending with a chase down catch from Marshall Wildmann.

UCLA 6-6 Vermont
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Sickles with a daring backhand past a bidding Zach Hirschhorn for Kervick. V shmeaty.

Vermont 7-6 UCLA
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Vermont break for half!

Wildmann tries to save a low forehand near the sideline. Bids but can’t hang on. CJ Kiepert doesn’t have any good options on the counter, so he puts a scoober to the end zone and… either Ben Payson or Ryan Bliss gets up for a big catch through contact.
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Vermont 8-6 UCLA
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Sickles hits an unmarked Zack Watson-Stevens for a Vermont hold.

Vermont 9-7 UCLA
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Matt Barcellos overthrows Van Deusen on the pull play, but he makes good with tight reset coverage and a block.

UCLA hold despite a tremendous Turner Allen bid.

UCLA 8-9 Vermont
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Chill offense looking really sharp now. James Cairn makes a great adjustment to save the only dicey throw. Everything else was butter, especially the Sickles-Kervick-Cairn chain reaction for the score.

Vermont 10-8 UCLA
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Cloutier perfectly timed a deep cut, and Kirkman-Davis lets fly a perfectly weighted backhand. Good quick hold.

UCLA 9-10 Vermont
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UCLA break to tie!!

Sickles’ speculative shot for Eli Standard is too far.

Loic Billaut, Zack Hirschhorn, Wildmann, and Van Deusen put Chill’s O-line on spin cycle in the dominator, and Billaut gets free on the goal line.

UCLA 10-10 Vermont
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Chill O moving … but they get a little greedy making one extra pass from motion, and Barcellos gets just enough of it for the block.

UCLA with 70 to go for the lead…
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Billaut leaves his defender in the dirt on an upline but puts way too much power on the huck. It’s out the back.

Kervick hucks to get behind the defense, and Chase Drinkwater and Casey Thornton finish the hold.

Vermont 11-10 UCLA
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HOW DID CLOUTIER MAKE THAT GRAB??? Vertical blade coming over his shoulder, he was running full speed, underside of the disc facing the wind, and he gets it with one hand as it’s dropping past his waist. Incredible play.

UCLA 11-11 Vermont
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Watson-Stevens gets Chill out of a couple of jams before hitting Cairn on an easy continue.

Vermont 12-11 UCLA
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Wildmann drops an under. Patient Vermont O on the counter secures an important break.

Vermont 13-11 ucla
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Chill turn in the attacking end zone. Van Deusen picks up and calls timeout.

Ucla looking at 70 to tie this one back up…
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Immediate turn, and Sickles gets a goal right away for Vermont.

Vermont 14-12 UCLA
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Cloutier with another goal for Smaug. Have a day, Bryan!

Ucla 13-14 Vermont
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Sickles gets it on the backhand sideline and throws Crawford open with a deep backhand! That’s game!!

Vermont 15-13 UCLA, final score
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