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- Binghamton (7-4-1, 2-2-0 AE) lost 2-0 at UMBC on Wednesday night. Redshirt junior
P.J. Parker finished with five saves – including one on a penalty kick in the second half.
- Junior forward
Ethan Homler continues to lead the Bearcats with five goals and 11 total points so far this season. Fellow junior forward
Oliver Svalander is second with four goals while graduate student midfielder
Noah Luescher has two goals and a team-best three assists.
- Homler ranks seventh in the America East with 0.46 goals per game and is first with 0.36 game-winning goals per match. Parker is third with a 1.11 goals against average and is fourth with 0.43 shutouts per contest.
- Hartford (3-8-3, 1-4-0 AE) lost 2-0 at Vermont on Wednesday night. In goal, Rotem Fadida made a career-high 10 saves against the Catamounts.
- Tomer Drimmer leads the Hawks with three goals, three assists and nine total points so far this season. Addrian Knights-Browne also has scored three times.
- Fadida ranks third in the conference with a 0.75 save percentage. He is also second with 4.00 saves per game.
- Hartford leads the all-time series 11-9-4, having swept the past four meetings. Last year, the Hawks took a 3-2 double-overtime decision at home on March 14 and won 1-0 in the season finale on April 2 at the Bearcats Sports Complex. Homler and Luescher each scored a goal in the first match.
- The Bearcats are looking for their first win at Al-Marzook Field since their 1-0 double-overtime victory on Oct. 11, 2017. Since then, the Hawks have won the past three meetings.
- Luescher now has 18 goals during his career, which is the fourth-highest total during Binghamton's 21-year NCAA Division I era. He is one goal away from tying Cameron Keith (2007-08) and Charles Darkwah (2002-04) for second place all time.
- Binghamton's seven wins so far this season represent its highest total since finishing 7-6-6 in 2016. With one more win, the Bearcats would have their highest win total since going 10-8-2 in 2015.
