Normally a defender, Neil Beasley moved up to the midfield and tallied the first two goals of his career. One minute into the game, he just missed an excellent chance as N.U. keeper Sergio Saccoccio (two saves) snuffed his point-blank bid. But in the fifth minute, Beasley would get the Cats on the board. Matt Chavez rattled a 10-yard, low shot off the left post and the rebound straddled the goal line for Beasley, who tapped it in.

Northeastern tied the contest in the 38th minute when Vermont had trouble clearing the ball from in front of their goal. Atha Kirkopoulos pushed a loose ball out of a scramble to Oumar Thiam, who buried a low drive from eight yards.

But the Catamounts would counter just 59 seconds later on an outstanding individual effort by Chavez, who scored his team-high seventh goal of the season. Ethan Hutchins' right-to-left corner kick went through traffic as Chavez, who would crash into the left post, dove to head it home. Hutchins' assist was the 14th of his career to move into a tie for sixth all-time at Vermont.

Beasley would ice the game in the 70th minute converting a short volley from a cross by Chavez, who set up the play with a long run down the left side.

David Sullivan made four stops in backboning a solid Vermont defense which featured strong efforts by Sullivan Silva, Corey Bronner, T.J. Mead and John Antonucci. Saccoccio made two saves for the Huskies (7-6-3, 4-3-1) who held on to second place in the standings despite the loss.

Northeastern returns to action on Tuesday when the Huskies travel to Dartmouth for a non-conference matchup at 3 p.m.

Northeastern                                            Vermont
Pos # Player                Sh  G  A                   Pos # Player                Sh  G  A
--------------------------------------                  --------------------------------------
GK  17 Saccoccio, Sergio...   -  -  -                   GK  31 Sullivan, David.....   -  -  -
    2  Thiam, Oumar........   2  1  -                       3  Broughan, Danny.....   1  -  -
    3  Mosconi, Peter......   1  -  -                       4  Brady-Searby, Jesse.   -  -  -
    4  Gannon, Jeff........   1  -  -                       5  Beasley, Neil.......   3  2  -
    5  Parrish, Joe........   3  -  -                       7  Antonucci, John.....   -  -  -
    6  Heimreid, Tom.......   -  -  -                       8  Silva, Sullivan.....   -  -  -
    9  Cipriano, Michael...   1  -  -                       10 Anderson, Tony......   1  -  -
    10 Kirkopoulos, Atha...   4  -  1                       11 Hutchins, Ethan.....   -  -  1
    11 Ivec, Daniel........   3  -  -                       12 Bronner, Corey......   1  -  -
    13 Hanson, Jay.........   -  -  -                       15 Mead, T.J...........   -  -  -
    18 Downing, David......   -  -  -                       24 Chavez, Matt........   6  1  2
     ---------- Substitutes ----------                       ---------- Substitutes ----------
    7  Hickey, Andrew......   -  -  -                       9  Keegan, Ronan.......   -  -  -
    8  Birnbaum, Aaron.....   -  -  -                       16 Scherbel, Chris.....   -  -  -
    19 Betley, Jay.........   -  -  -                       20 Bitsack, Devin......   1  -  -
    22 Koslosky, Brian.....   -  -  -                          Totals..............  13  3  3
       Totals..............  15  1  1

Northeastern                                            Vermont
# Player                 MIN  GA Saves                 # Player                 MIN  GA Saves
---------------------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
17 Saccoccio, Sergio...  90:00  3     2                 31 Sullivan, David.....  90:00  1     4

Shots by period       1  2  Tot                         Saves by period       1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
Northeastern........  8  7 - 15                         Northeastern........  1  1 -  2
Vermont.............  5  8 - 13                         Vermont.............  2  2 -  4

Corner kicks          1  2  Tot                         Fouls                 1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
Northeastern........  1  7 -  8                         Northeastern........ 14  6 - 20
Vermont.............  1  4 -  5                         Vermont............. 13 13 - 26


SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL   Time Team     Goal Scorer              Assists                                  Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1.    5:29 VERMONT  Beasley, Neil (1)        Chavez, Matt                             Shot off post, rebound finish at line
 2.   37:46 NEAST    Thiam, Oumar (2)         Kirkopoulos, Atha                        Tap pass out of scramble, 8-yd low drive
 3.   38:45 VERMONT  Chavez, Matt (7)         Hutchins, Ethan                          Diving header off R-L CK
 4.   69:42 VERMONT  Beasley, Neil (2)        Chavez, Matt                             long run, L-R cross, short volley


CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-NEAST #11 (29:28); YC-NEAST #6 (56:57); YC-VERMONT #4 (37:46);
YC-VERMONT #8 (54:02); YC-NEAST #9 (59:48)

Officials: Referee: Ed Resendes; Asst. Referee: Tom Hall; Gunther Sihler;
Scorer: Travis Brown;
Offsides: Northeastern 1, Vermont 2.