VESTAL, N.Y. - With just two regular season games left on the slate, Binghamton women's soccer (10-1-3, 5-0-1 America East) travels to Durham to face New Hampshire (4-4-5, 2-1-2 AE) Sunday afternoon. The teams meet at 2 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.
Binghamton is on a record-setting 11-game unbeaten streak - second-longest in the nation behind MAC frontrunner Bowling Green (13 games). The Bearcats have gone 8-0-3 during the streak, which has spanned seven weeks. On Thursday, the team blanked UAlbany 3-0 for its second straight shutout. Binghamton sits atop the America East standings with 16 points but Vermont also is unbeaten and right behind with 13 points and a game in hand. New Hampshire has just one loss and could move into the mix for a top-2 spot with a positive result.
Junior forward
Paige Luke scored twice against UAlbany on second-half headers and moved into the team lead with 18 points (6 goals, 6 assists). Sophomore forward
Jahkaya Davis has seven goals and 16 points. Luke (1st in assists, points) and Davis (3rd in points, 1st in GW goals) continue to pace the conference in offense. Sophomore
Alexus Worrell is second with three game-winning goals and sophomore midfielder
Anna Buckwalter has three goals and three assists.
Junior
Rebecca Kessler has posted back-to-back shutouts and ranks second in the conference in goals against average (0.83) and fourth in save percentage (.796).
New Hampshire is coming off a scoreless tie at Bryant on Thursday. The Wildcats have a four-game unbeaten streak (2-0-2) and are unbeaten at home this season (3-0-3). The team's lone defeat was a 2-1 loss at Vermont. Eleven different players have scored for UNH, with no player having more than four. UNH has scored 21 goals this season and also has given up 21.
The Wildcats lead the all-time series 15-8-7 and are 3-1-1 in the last five head-to-head. Last season, UNH posted a 1-0 win in Vestal and then ended the Bearcats' season with a 3-1 home win in the America East semifinals. In that playoff game, host and second-seeded UNH scored three straight goals to defeat third-seeded Binghamton. The Bearcats jumped ahead 1-0 on a 10th-minute goal but UNH countered with goals in the 32nd and 44th minutes and finished off the scoring with an insurance goal in the 66th minute. Meanwhile, the top defensive team in the conference limited the Bearcats to two shots on goal.
Binghamton has already clinched their seventh consecutive tournament berth but can clinch a top-2 position and home semifinal game with a win or tie agaoinst UNH. The Bearcats close their regular season by hosting Vermont on Senior Day next Sunday.
