Binghamton (7-8-1, 2-5-0 AE) lost 1-0 at Albany on Thursday night. The Bearcats need a win in their final regular-season game as well as three other matches to go their way to clinch a spot in the America East Tournament.
Junior forward
Ethan Homler ranks first on the team with 11 total points (five goals, one assist), followed by junior forward
Oliver Svalander, who has 10 total points (five goals). Graduate student
Noah Luescher holds the lead with three assists (he also has three goals and nine total points).
Among the America East leaders, Svalander ranks ninth in goals per game (0.357) while Homler ranks No. 10 in goals per game (0.333) and second in game-winning goals per game (0.267).
Redshirt junior goalkeeper, P.J Parker ranks fourth in goals against average (1.30), fourth in shutouts per game (0.300), third in save percentage (0.739) and third in saves per game (3.40).
Vermont (10-4-2, 5-1-1 AE) defeated UMass Lowell 3-1 last Thursday. Matt Black scored twice and Alex Nagy assisted on all three goals.
Nacho Lerech leads the Catamounts with five goals while Nagy has racked up a team-best 17 points (four goals and nine assists).
Nagy leads the conference in assists per game (0.563) and ranks fifth in points per game (1.06). Lerech ranks fifth in the America East in goals per game (0.357) and eighth in points per game (0.93).
Nate Silveira of Vermont leads the conference in shutouts per game (0.467), ranks second in both save percentage (0.764) and goals against average of 0.851 and is seventh in saves per game (2.80).
Vermont leads the all-time series against Binghamton 13-6-3. Most recently, the Catamounts took a 4-0 decision at home on Oct. 12, 2019. The Bearcats' last win in the series was a 2-1 triumph on Oct. 8, 2015 in Burlington.
Luescher enters the match on Monday tied for second in scoring during Binghamton's 21-year NCAA Division I era with 19 career goals. He is deadlocked with Charles Darkwah (2002-04) and Cameron Keith (2008-09). Jake Keegan (2009-2012) holds the Bearcats career goals record with 28.
Luescher is also second during the Bearcats' NCAA Division I era with 15 assists and 53 total points. Adam Whitehead (2009-12) is first with 17 assists while Keegan is top with 69 career points.
