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Men's lacrosse to open season at No. 10 Syracuse

| By: Leigh Martino (lmartino@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats and Orange faceoff at 1 p.m. at the Carrier Dome

VESTAL, N.Y. - The Binghamton men's lacrosse team opens the 2018 season on Saturday, February 10 when they travel to Syracuse to take on the Orange. The non-league contest is set for a 1 p.m. start at the Carrier Dome. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra with live stats available on cuse.com.

Coach Kevin McKeown starts his second season at the helm for Binghamton after leading the Bearcats to the most successful season in program history in 2017.

Binghamton's Historic Season
Last season, the Bearcats posted 11 wins and advanced to the America East Championship game for the first time since 2004. The 11 wins set a new program record for wins in a season. Binghamton returns four of its top five leading point scorers from last season and a veteran midfield.

Lock down defense
Binghamton finished last season ranked fourth in the country in man-down defense (.789) and eighth in scoring defense (8.19 GAA). Sal Fama will look to replace 2017 USILA All-American, Garrett Waldron, who was tasked with shadowing the opposing team's top scorer in each matchup last season.

Bearcat's Attack
Binghamton returns four of its top five leading point scorers from last season and a veteran midfield. Joe Licata and Thomas McAndrew are back after both netting 18 goals last season. Licata and McAndrew with team up with Stephen Petrelli and Griffin Konen to take on the workload of 2017 graduate, Tom Moore. Moore set program records for both goals (48) and points (73) in a season for Binghamton last year.

Scouting the Orange
The Syracuse Orange went 13-3 and undefeated in the ACC conference in 2017. Brendan Bomberry, Nick Mellen and Austin Fusco return after being named USILA preseason All-Americans in 2018. Bomberry started all 16 contests last season recording 28 goals and 10 assists. Fusco appeared in every game and picked up 32 ground balls.

The Syracuse Series
Syracuse and Binghamton have met six times previously, with all matchups coming since 2007. The Orange control the series 6-0. Syracuse topped Binghamton, 9-8, in the last regular season contest of 2017. Tom Moore recorded 5 goals for the Bearcats while Jamie Trimboli and Ryan Simmons scored twice for Syracuse.

Stay connected with Binghamton Men's Lacrosse through social media. Follow on Twitter and Instagram. For postgame interviews, photos and videos, check-in with the Bearcats on Facebook at Facebook.com/BinghamtonAthletics.
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