Men’s Soccer Hosts UMBC on Homecoming Weekend

9/25/2024 3:54:00 PM | By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu) and Allie Stern (astern23@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats and Retrievers kick off AE play Saturday at 6:07 p.m.

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- Binghamton (6-2-1, 0-0-0 AE) defeated CCSU 2-1 on Family Weekend this past Saturday. Sophomore forward Anthony Randazzo and graduate student forward Tom Cohen scored the Bearcats' goal while sophomore midfielder Marcus Nahim recorded a career-high two assists.

- The Bearcats' four-game winning streak is its longest since they won five straight matches to start the 2007 season. In addition, Binghamton's current five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) is its longest since that 5-0-0 start in 2007.

- Binghamton has broken into the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Northeast Region Poll for the first time since 2021. The Bearcats were ranked No. 10 in the Sept. 17 poll before moving up to seventh in the current Sept. 24 poll.

- Freshman back Ryan Gillon is the current America East Rookie of the Week. He made the first two starts of his career last week and assisted on the game-winning goal against Saint Peters on Sept. 17. Gillon is one of six Binghamton newcomers to have made the starting team so far this season.

- Randazzo leads the Bearcats and is tied for first in the America East with four goals and is eighth in overall points (with eight). Senior midfielder Billy Clark and Nahim are tied for third in the America East with three assists each. Senior back Luke Yates is second in the America East with game-winning goals.

- UMBC (3-3-2, 0-0-0 AE) lost to Cornell 1-0 last Saturday night. UMBC is ranked second in the conference in scoring offense (2.00 gpg.) and is third in scoring defense (1.25 gpg).

- Ryan Calheira leads the retrievers with three goals and is tied for fourth in the conference. Hans Nesheim is second in the America East with five assists.

- Binghamton leads the all-time series against UMBC 13-9-5. This includes victories at UMBC in each of the last two America East quarterfinals. In the most recent match at the Bearcats Sports Complex, Binghamton won 4-2 back on Nov. 1, 2022.

- Since 2007, Binghamton has gone 5-7-4 on Homecoming Weekend and has averaged 1,730 fans at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The Bearcats' most recent win on Homecoming Weekend came in 2016, when they beat Buffalo 3-0.

- This is the second time that Binghamton and UMBC have met on Homecoming Weekend. The two squads played to a 1-1 deadlock back on Oct. 7, 2017.

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Bearcats and Retrievers kick off AE play Saturday at 6:07 p.m.

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