11. I'M BRIAN COLLERAN. LIZ HAS THE NIGHT OFF. WOW!!!! JUST WOW!!! THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MENS SOCCER TEAM...ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! OUR COVERAGE OF THE "CARDIAC CATS" CONTINUES TONIGHT. NBC 5'S ERIC KERR JOINS US. ERIC...THIS TEAM DID IT AGAIN!!! BRIAN -- SIX GAMES -- SIX STRAIGHT WINS -- VERMONT MEN'S SOCCER TEAM SHOCKED THE WORLD. NO LONGER THE CINDERELLA -- THEY ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. LET'S BREAK DOWN HOW WE GOT HERE. THE FIRST HALF -- WAS A SCORELESS AFFAIR BETWEEN VERMONT AND MARSHAL THUS FAR -- SIMILAR TO VERMONT'S FIRST HALF RESULT AGAINST DENVER -- IN THE N-C-A- A COLLEGE CUP SEMIFINALS -- WHERE THEY ALSO FINISHED THAT FIRST HALF -- TIED AT NILL TO NILL. THE SECOND HALF -- ALSO THE EXACT SAME TO THE SEMFINALS. THE THUNDERING HERD WHO GOT THE FIRST TO SCORE AGAINST VERMONT . OFF A GOAL FROM TARIK PANNHOLZER -- BUT IT WAS VERMONT RESPONDING WITH -- THIS TIME WITH LESS THAN 10 MINUTES TO GO -- OFF THE LEG OF MARCELL PAPP -- SCORING HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE TOURNEY WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. BUT OF COURSE THE BIGGEST GOAL OF THE NIGHT -- WAS FROM MAXIMILLIAN KISSLE. THE JUNIOR GOT A GREAT PASS -- AND WITH A BURST OF SPEED PAST THE LAST MARSHALL DEFENDER -- HE BEAT THE OPPOSING GOAL -- AND SCORED THE BIGGEST GOAL IN VERMONT MEN'S SOCCER HISTORY. THE GOAL -- THAT SECURED VERMONT ITS FIRST EVER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP -- IN TEAM SPORTS HISTORY! LETS CHECK BACK IN ON CATAMOUNT FANS -- IN BURLINGTON. N-B-C 5'S STEPHEN BIDDIX IS NOW OUTSIDE IN CHURCH STREET -- STEPEHEN -- THE VIBES GOT TO BE BUZZING ALL OVER THE STREETS -- FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPS?? <> (áááFIRST ALERT TRANSááá) < NBC 5 WEATHER TRANS