Granite State Times

The fierce Northeast rivalry between fifth-ranked University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the University of Vermont (UVM) soccer teams continued with a 1-1 double overtime draw on Oct. 16, which saw 36 fouls, six yellow cards and a red card.

TNH (The New Hampshire) Sports Tweeted, “Chaos ensued during Saturday night’s tie between UNH and UVM  after Jacob Gould’s red card in the 27th minute.”

At the 27th minute of the game, graduate student Jacob Gould was fouled, and while falling, he reportedly hit the groin of a UVM player. Players from UVM went to officials, and after a discussion between the referee and linesman, he was given the red card, which dropped UNH to 10 players for the rest of the game.

According to The New Hampshire, players from UNH were upset about the decision, saying they felt it was unfair to use the JumboTron.

“I didn’t see the play initially and neither did the referee,” senior Chris Pinkham told The New Hampshire. “They then looked at the JumboTron and made a decision, which is completely illegal and unfair.”

The intensity was high from the start with UVM given a yellow card four minutes into the match. The Catamounts committed five more fouls before being given another yellow card at minute 23. The scoring came in the second half when UVM’s Yves Borie scored on an assist by Alex Nagy at 72:29. UNH responded at 72:13 with a goal by Tola Showunmi, according to NCAA.com.

The Wildcats remained undefeated with the in-conference victory. And after a 1-0 win over University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on Oct. 23, UNH sits atop the America East conference with a 13-0-2. The Catamounts are 9-4-2 and are second in the conference. According to AmericaEast.com, the two universities have clinched a conference championship bid.