The University of Vermont men’s soccer team is on a roll, winning three straight NCAA Division I tournament games and advancing to the quarterfinals to play No. 2-seeded University of Pittsburgh this weekend.

The Catamounts claimed the America East Conference title last month to secure their spot in the D-I postseason. Since then they’ve knocked out three straight opponents and will face Pitt on Saturday for a spot in the national semifinals.

The Catamounts’ first tournament win was at home on Virtue Field on Nov. 21, when they dispatched Iona, 5-0. UVM then traveled to Long Island for a second-round game against seventh-seed Hofstra on Nov. 24, winning a tight 2-1 battle with goals from senior Yaniv Bazini and junior David Ismail.

The Catamounts traveled to California for a third-round game Sunday against the University of San Diego. The contest remained scoreless through regulation before Bazini scored on a penalty kick in overtime to secure the 1-0 victory.

“We appreciate every moment that we’re here together,” Bazini said at a press conference Sunday alongside teammate Max Murray, a graduate student. “This is our — mine and Max’s — last year and we appreciate it, but even the freshmen, if they play, don’t play, they give it all.”

The win secured a trip to the quarterfinals for the second time in the past three years.

“It’s a real, real blessing to be where we are,” head coach Rob Dow said at the Sunday press conference. “It takes an extreme amount of hard work and sacrifice, and it’s gonna take that to beat Pitt, but we’re up to the task and we’re just really happy to continue to define Vermont soccer as being one of the top programs in this country.”

The Catamounts will face the Panthers at Pitt’s Ambrose Urbanic Field on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.