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A native of Stony Brook, N.Y., Skip Curth played soccer at Binghamton from 1986-1989. A four-year midfielder and two-time all-conference and all-state selection, Curth led his teams to three NCAA tournament berths, 13 wins a season and a lofty win percentage of 73% during his tenure.
As a freshman, Curth earned a steady role for a squad that won 12 of its first 14 games and was ranked as high as No. 5 nationally.
In 1987, Curth was entrenched in a key central midfield role and the Colonials again moved to the top of the New York State regional rankings and No. 5 in the country with a 13-1-1 regular season. The team produced school-records of 10 shutouts and eight consecutive wins, earned a share of the SUNYAC title and served as host for the NCAA first round as the top seed in the region.
The 1988 squad leaned on Curth and his production and leadership advanced the Colonials to a second-straight NCAA tournament berth. After an up-and-down regular season, the team needed to win the SUNYAC title to pave its way to the 24-team national tournament. Curth played a key role in a pair of 1-0 wins over Fredonia and Oswego that accomplished that task. He drew the foul that resulted in the deciding penalty kick goal at top seed Fredonia and then assisted on the game-winning goal in the title-game victory over Oswego. For the season, Curth scored a team-high eight goals and totaled 20 points. He was named All-SUNYAC and All-Region and was the department's team sport Athlete of the Year.
As a senior captain, Curth notched five goals and led a veteran Colonial team to the program's sixth SUNYAC title and third straight NCAA berth. Along the way the team set school records for wins (16) and consecutive wins (12). Curth was honored as the Fred Holloway Award recipient as the best player in the SUNYAC East Division and he repeated as both an All-SUNYAC and All-Region selection.
Curth capped his senior year as the John Bilos Award winner for career achievement and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1990.
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