All the University of Vermont winter sports teams are hot, coming off big wins. No team is hotter than the men’s basketball team which is the last undefeated team in America East play with a 3-0 start and the women’s hockey team is undefeated in its last four games with three wins and a tie.

The men’s basketball team has Saturday, Jan. 17 off, before a big Martin Luther King Jr. Day trip to Albany for a game televised on ESPNU at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19.

Can the Catamounts keep on winning this weekend? For schedule, scores and stats from all games, read on below:

FRIDAY, JAN. 16

Women’s hockey

Vermont 2, Maine 2 (Vermont wins shootout 2-1)

V: Oona Havana 1G. Julia Mesplede 1G, 1A. Josie Hemp 1A. Rose-Marie Brochu 1A. Natalie Zarcone 1A. Zoe Cliche 20 saves.

M: Stephanie Jacob 1G. Mackenzie Podewell 1G. Sade Sandilands 2A. Gracie Hanson 1A. Isabelle Michaud 1A. Kiia Lahtinen 26 saves.

Note: Kaylee Lewis made the game ending shot in the fifth round of the penalty shootout. Both teams converted their first try before missing in rounds 2-4.

Men’s hockey

UConn 4, Vermont 1

UC: Joey Muldowney 2G. Ethan Whitcomb 1G. Mike Murtagh 1G. Jake Richard 2A. Ryan Tattle 2A. Trey Scott 2A. Tom Messineo 1A. Ethan Gardula 1A. Tyler Muszelik 30 saves.

V: Jonah Aegerter 1G. Cedrick Guindon 1A. Matteo Michels 1A. Axel Mangbo 28 saves.

Note: The Catamounts’ three-game winning streak was snapped in the loss at No. 11-ranked UConn.

SATURDAY, JAN. 17

Women’s hockey

Maine at Vermont, 2 p.m.

Men’s hockey

Vermont at UConn, 4 p.m.

Women’s basketball

UAlbany at Vermont, 6 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 19

Men’s basketball

Vermont at Albany, 1 p.m.

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A former congressional IT aide is accused of abusing his trusted access to steal roughly 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones worth more than $150,000, shipping them to his Maryland home and selling most of them at a pawn shop, federal prosecutors say.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, Md., was arrested and charged in a federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court, accusing him of stealing about 240 government-issued cellphones from the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to evidence reviewed by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and her office, Southerland worked from about April 2020 through July 2023 as a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In that role, Southerland was authorized to order mobile devices for committee staff, prosecutors said, giving him direct access to the internal system used to procure government-issued phones.

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From January 2023 through May 2023, Southerland allegedly used that authority to order roughly 240 new cellphones and have them shipped directly to his home, despite the committee having only about 80 staff members at the time.

Prosecutors say Southerland later sold more than 200 of the phones to a nearby pawn shop, converting the government property into personal cash.

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As part of the alleged scheme, Southerland instructed a pawn shop employee to sell the devices “in parts,” investigators say, a move designed to bypass the House’s mobile device management software, which allows officials to remotely monitor and secure government phones.

The scheme began to unravel when one of the stolen phones was sold intact rather than dismantled, according to prosecutors.

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That device ultimately ended up listed on eBay and was purchased by an uninvolved buyer. When the buyer powered on the phone for the first time, a contact number for the House of Representatives Technology Service Desk appeared on the screen, the DOJ said.

The buyer called the number, prompting House officials to investigate and discover that multiple phones ordered under Southerland’s account were unaccounted for, prosecutors said.

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The case is being investigated by the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jake Green for the District of Columbia, with assistance from other federal prosecutors.