The Binghamton University softball team fought hard to try to win a doubleheader with St. Bonaventure and Jessica Phillips was doing her best to help the team do just that. What resulted was Phillips’ own personal home run derby.
Freshman outfielder Phillips launched three pitches out of the park in the two-game set as the Bearcats (22-16, 6-9 America East) took the opener 7-5 but fell in the nightcap 8-6 at home against St. Bonaventure (10-23).
In Game 1, Phillips finished 3-for-4 with two homers, three runs and four RBI. The run support allowed freshman pitcher Rhoda Marsteller to preserve…
With its playoff hopes on the line, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team refused to let its season dwindle away without a chance to enter its seventh consecutive conference tournament.
The Bearcats (4-9, 1-3 AE) nearly blew another late lead, but hung on to save their playoff hopes with a 13-12 victory at the University of Hartford (3-10, 0-4 AE) on Saturday for its first conference win of the year.
Curiously, the Bearcats were beaten in nearly every statistical category besides the one that mattered — the score. Binghamton lost the shot margin (46-30), ground ball battle (40-33) and faceoffs…
On the heels of a three-game losing skid, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team held on in the second overtime for a 9-8 victory over the Siena Saints, regaining vital momentum for its upcoming conference slate of matches.
The Bearcats (3-7, 0-1 AE) took down Siena (5-4) at the Bearcats Sports Complex on Wednesday despite starting three freshmen in the six offensive slots. But the youthful lineup, including leading scorer freshman Matt Springer, kept its composure and gave Binghamton its first win since March 13.
“We were poised on both ends of the field,” Binghamton head coach Ed Stephenson said.…
After a momentous win to start the season, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team hasn’t been able to rediscover the flair that put it over the top, and another slow start dropped the team into a three-game losing skid.
The Bearcats (1-3) fell to the Drexel Dragons (3-1) 12-7 on Saturday at the Bearcats Sports Complex. It was Binghamton’s second straight loss on its home turf, which the team will not play on again until March 30 following a three-game road trip.
Binghamton started slow once again, allowing Drexel to jump out to a 7-2 lead before junior goalie Dan…
Last season, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team opened the season with four straight losses and dropped eight of its first nine games. But on Saturday, the Bearcats took down a nationally-ranked team to send a powerful message that this season might mark a very different chapter in the history of the program.
The Bearcats overcame an early deficit and held off a third-quarter flurry from the Colgate Red Raiders to defeat the No. 20 team in the nation by a score of 7-6 at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The win marked the program’s first victory over a nationally ranked…
The Binghamton University women’s basketball team has had a rough February; after three consecutive losses, the Bearcats have dropped five of six games this month. But with tournament play coming up, anything can happen for this Bearcats squad.
The Bearcats (9-18, 5-9 America East) fell at home to defending conference champion University of Vermont (21-5, 11-2 AE) on Saturday by a score of 64-39. Binghamton was undone by both poor shooting on the offensive end (28 percent for the game) and sharp shooting from the Catamounts. Vermont guard Courtnay Pilypaitis had a perfect-shooting day from the floor, including four 3-pointers,…
The Binghamton University women’s basketball team struggled with rebounding and with getting its leading scorer the ball, leading to a 74-60 loss on the road at the hands of Stony Brook (7-16, 5-6 America East) on Saturday, dropping its third consecutive road game.
Senior guard and leading scorer Erica Carter, who is averaging just under 14 points per game, was held to just 8 points in the loss for the Bearcats (8-15, 4-6 AE). With Carter leading the way, the team had been averaging a conference-best 7.5 3-pointers per game, but shot just 4-of-13 at Stony Brook.
“In the last…
Using its dynamic 3-point shooter, an effective zone defense and key rebounds in crunch time, the Binghamton University women’s basketball team was able to stave off a late Albany comeback and secure its fourth conference victory.
The Bearcats (8-13, 4-4 America East) held off the last-place Great Danes (7-14, 0-8 AE) on Saturday afternoon, clinching a 65-60 victory at the Events Center. The win gave Binghamton its first back-to-back victories of the season.
Senior guard Erica Carter led the attack for the Bearcats, hitting on five of her 12 3-point attempts and finishing with a game-high 21 points. Sophomore forward…
Against Niagara, Erica Carter scored 20 points only to see the team’s 15-point lead evaporate en route to a Bearcats loss.
So Carter decided to kick it up a notch. This time, the Bearcats would not let victory slip away.
Carter erupted for 35 points on 9-for-13 shooting from behind the arc to help Binghamton (2-5) overcome Bryant (3-5) on the road Monday, 75-59. The senior guard finished just three points shy of the all-time single-game record for points. Her nine threes set a school record, and it was the most points a Bearcat has scored since 2002.
Binghamton’s overall…
Staring at the threat of a fifth consecutive loss to begin the season, the Binghamton University women’s basketball team refused to let victory slip away this time.
The Bearcats used clutch free throws in overtime and a career night from junior guard Jackie Ward to earn its first win of the season, a 76-70 victory over Siena College (0-6) on Wednesday night. Binghamton (1-4) tallied its highest point total of the year in the winning effort.
Ward dropped a career-high 26 points on 10-of-23 shooting and added six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Ward had scored just six points…
After a winless November, the Binghamton University women’s basketball team is taking the lessons it has learned into a new month as the players continue to search for their first victory of the year.
After dropping its home opener to St. Bonaventure University, the Bearcats (0-4) continued their season with an 87-74 loss against Syracuse University at the Carrier Dome on Nov. 22, their first road test of the season.
Strong shooting from the Orange doomed the Bearcats. Syracuse shot 51.5 percent for the game, and hit 14 of 31 3-pointers to shoot 45.1 percent from behind the arc. Senior…
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team has seen drastic improvement over the past few years, and one important team element has been there through it all: Amanda Casares. She has grown, too — as an athlete, a leader and a student. The senior midfielder and team captain garnered multiple conference awards and led the Bearcats to the America East championship game this year, where her career came to a close.
But the game began for Casares at age four in a muddy grass field in Rahway, N.J. From there she moved up to the club level and then to the…
Senior goalkeeper Jen McEachron has seen a variety of situations in her time at Binghamton University. She learned the ropes as a freshman, started every minute in goal as a junior, and split time in net as a senior. But as McEachron has developed and improved, so has Binghamton’s women’s soccer program, and her career ended at the pinnacle of conference play: the title game. Amidst changes in coaching, lineups, and playing time, McEachron has continued to work at improving her game as an athlete and her education as a student.
McEachron began playing soccer at age five and started…
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team found itself in a difficult place in Thursday’s game: down 1-0 in the second half to a University of Vermont team that had won just one match all year. How did the team respond?
Well, let’s just say that the Bearcats left no doubt about which was the best team on the field.
Binghamton (8-6-1) used an 18-minute blitz of offense to take down Vermont 3-1 on Thursday night at the Bearcats Sports Complex for its eighth win in 11 games. The win gave the Bearcats a 5-2 America East record, and another win…
Last season, the Binghamton University women’s soccer team had to hang its playoff fate on an overtime regular season finale. This year, the Bearcats can breathe a little easier for the final week of the season.
Binghamton (7-6-1, 4-2 America East) clinched its sixth consecutive America East tournament berth with a 2-0 victory over the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon. The Bearcats have two regular-season games remaining in which they will try to achieve a higher playoff seed and possibly a home playoff game.
In addition to celebrating the postseason berth, Sunday’s game was Senior Day for…
Binghamton University’s annual Late Nite Madness is set to kick off tonight at 10 p.m. in the Events Center. The event introduces the Bearcats’ men’s and women’s basketball teams and includes various competitions, festivities and performances for students to enjoy.
Late Nite Madness is a joint effort of the athletic department, Late Nite Binghamton and the Student Association, and will be free to all students. Free T-shirts will be handed out starting at 9:30 p.m., when the doors open.
“During the 90-minute event, both basketball teams will take part in a Shooting Stars competition, followed by members of the men’s…
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team hit a snag before its final slate of conference matches, dropping its first-ever match against the University of Pennsylvania by a score of 3-0. The Bearcats had won six of their past eight before the loss.
Penn, playing at home, opened the scoring on a one-timer at the 6:44 mark. Soon thereafter, the Bearcats had two opportunities to even the score. The first came from freshman forward Jamie Holliday, who hit the crossbar in the 16th minute, and the second came from sophomore midfielder Mary DeWitte, whose shot banked off the post at the…
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team overwhelmed the University of Hartford Hawks on Thursday night with a barrage of shots and offensive opportunities. They only found the back of the net once, but it was enough to defeat the conference rival Hawks 1-0 at the Bearcats Sports Complex for their fifth win in seven games.
Binghamton reeled off 17 shots, a season high, while Hartford amassed just seven. Ten different Bearcats had a shot in the contest.
“We really got numbers forward nicely,” said Binghamton head coach Sarah McClellan. “We talked about it, the girls executed it and really started…
If your soccer team is hoping that a penalty kick will even the score of a game and breathe new momentum into your squad, you’d better hope you’re not playing against Jason Stenta.
Stenta became the first Division I Bearcats goalkeeper to stop a penalty kick, helping the Bearcats win a road match against Cornell University on Wednesday by a score of 2-0, despite poor weather conditions on the field.
The match was delayed 30 minutes due to the inclement weather, and the field was left in difficult condition to play on.
“We had some rain before the game, so…
In front of a home crowd of more than 200 fans, the Binghamton University women’s soccer team won its third consecutive game with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Temple University Owls on Friday evening.
Freshman forward Jamie Holliday continued her stellar play by scoring the Bearcats’ first two goals in the game. For her efforts, she was named America East Rookie of the Week, announced on Monday afternoon.
“[Holliday] has the ability to really be dangerous through the back line,” said Bearcats head coach Sarah McClellan. “I don’t know that people are necessarily noting her and making adjustments for…
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team has played five of its first six games on the road, and although it returned from Western New York with two solid road wins last weekend, it’s about time it played on the green grass of the Bearcats Sports Complex once again.
The team is scheduled to face off against the Temple University Owls at the Bearcats Sports Complex tonight. The Owls are fresh off a 4-3 win over Bearcats conference rival University at Albany, bringing the squad to a 4-1-1 record. Out of the six matches, only one was played on the road,…
Score.
The Binghamton University women’s soccer team couldn’t do it in its first four games. That all changed in the team’s two weekend games; this time, it was their opponents who couldn’t score.
The Bearcats took down Niagara on Friday, 2-0, for its first win (and first scoring) of the season, then blanked Buffalo on Sunday, 1-0, the team’s third shutout. The Bearcats have allowed just two goals in the past five games. Goalkeepers Jen McEachron and Erin Iman split time in each game and made a combined total of 13 saves over the weekend.
“Our team played extremely well,”…
Despite significant improvements over the past few games, the Binghamton University women’s soccer team is still without a goal, and therefore without a win, over its first four games.
On the road Friday, the Bearcats kept Cornell at bay despite a blitz of second-half shots, but could not find the back of the net themselves, as the game ended in a 0-0 tie after two overtime periods. The Big Red reeled off 14 shots in the second half and overtime periods, but junior goalkeeper Erin Iman made five saves to help keep the home team scoreless.
Despite the lack of…
It’s going to be a tough road for the Binghamton University women’s soccer team this year. The Bearcats began their long schedule of away matches this weekend with losses at University of Delaware, 3-0, and St. Joseph’s University, 1-0.
“Delaware was a good team,” said Bearcats’ head coach Sarah McClellan. “They were able to kind of lock us into our end, which is why they got the goals that they did.”
The Bearcats were outshot 18-10 in the contest. Freshman forward Kerry Sullivan had a team-high three shots, while fellow freshman Carly Kirschner and sophomore Taylor Kucharski each had two…
Just two years ago the Binghamton University women’s soccer team won only three of its 19 total games. Now the team is coming off an eight-win season and hoping to rise into contention for America East conference prominence. With a noticeably young roster and nearly twice as many road games as home games, the task will not be easy for the Bearcats.
BU head coach Sarah McClellan is confident that her young squad is ready to be a competitor in the America East, as well as on a national stage. One difference between this year and last year is the…
You don’t have to be on a team roster to play a role in Binghamton University athletics. Sometimes, you don’t even have to leave your dorm room. There are many opportunities for students to participate in free events that can be fun, supportive of our beloved sports teams and helpful to your career aspirations.
The first big event in the fall will be the annual homecoming celebration in October. And if you think that a homecoming weekend without a football team is strange or even impossible, think again.
“[First], we have the big tailgate which is going to be Oct.…
The last stand of senior goalie Larry Kline was a heroic one that included 13 saves and scoring a first period goal. But the Bearcats were still dealt one of the most heartbreaking losses in the program’s history, a defeat that was eerily familiar in circumstance.
“It was like deja vu,” Kline said. “Same kid, same play, different side of the net. It’s heartbreaking.”
The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team fell to the top-seeded Maryland-Baltimore County in the America East semifinal on Wednesday night in double overtime, 9-8, after a goal by UMBC attack Ryan Smith 55 seconds into the second…
With their college lacrosse careers on the line, the Bearcats’ seniors took center stage to extend their season by at least one more game.
The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team (3-11, 2-3 America East) clinched their sixth consecutive AE tournament berth on Saturday with an 11-9 win over Hartford (2-11, 1-4). Senior attack Jake Boyce and junior midfielder Steve Carlson each netted a hat trick. Boyce’s eighth three-goal effort of his career moved him into second place all-time in goals scored for the Bearcats with 61.
Boyce wasn’t the only senior that stepped up. Midfielders Jonny Baron and Kevin Joy scored…
BINGHAMTON ATTACK
Junior Andy Cook leads the attack with 15 goals and 10 assists, and sophomore Brian Donahue, who had just one point last year, has 12 goals and five assists. Overall, the Bearcats have scored a team total of 86 goals, a far cry from their season total of 64 goals last year. Binghamton has seen more opportunities to score with 53 more total shots and a higher percentage of faceoff wins than last year. Despite this improved production, the Bearcats have mustered only four goals in four different losses and have scored double-digit goals just once this season.…
The Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team is faced with a seemingly simple scenario: Win and get in.
The America East tournament field came into focus on Saturday after Binghamton’s 14-9 loss to conference foe Stony Brook. The top four teams out of the six in the conference make the tournament and get a chance to play in the NCAA championship. With Saturday’s win, Stony Brook joined UMBC and Albany in the tournament, as all three teams now have 3-1 conference records. Binghamton, Vermont and Hartford all have 1-3 records and only one last playoff spot remains.
The Bearcats will square…
After disappointing losses over spring break, the Bearcats men’s lacrosse team found enormous hope in a single victory that may have kept their postseason hopes alive.
When the Bearcats came home to face conference foe Vermont on Saturday, it was a must-win, and Binghamton came through.
Vermont opened up the scoring with a goal, but it would be their only lead of the entire game. Just one minute later, Binghamton struck back with a goal by senior attack Jake Boyce, one of his two first-quarter goals in a span of two minutes.
“That was a huge win at home,” Bearcats…
As the sun set over the Bearcats Sports Complex on a crystal clear Saturday evening, so did the chances of the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team winning its first conference matchup of the season, as they fell to the No. 20 Albany Great Danes by a score of 9-7.
With the loss, the Bearcats fell to 1-7 on the season.
Senior midfielder Jonny Baron and sophomore attack Brian Donahue scored two goals apiece for the Bearcats. Donahue also added an assist. Junior Andy Cook scored a goal and added two assists, while senior midfielder Duncan Streeten had a goal and an…
Seven games down. Seven to go. After a 1-6 start, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team is hoping that the best is yet to come.
With five crucial conference games on the horizon for the Bearcats, the season thus far hasn’t been exactly what the team anticipated it would be. The Bearcats dropped their first four games of the season before earning their first win against Marist, but they have since lost two consecutive games, the first of which was to the Bellarmine Knights by a score of 9-7.
“I don’t think we took care of the ball very well,”…
If two’s company, three’s a crowd, so the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team will look to avoid their third-straight loss when they play the University at Albany this Saturday.
The Bearcats fell to 1-6 on the season after two losses last week. On Wednesday afternoon, the Bearcats fell to the Bellarmine University Knights, 9-7. Meanwhile, on Saturday, Binghamton dropped a 13-4 decision to No. 2 Syracuse.
The Bearcats fell short against Bellarmine despite keeping the score close. Sophomore midfielder Frank Donlon scored two goals, a career high, while junior midfielder Steve Carlson also netted two goals. Junior attack Andy Cook,…
After opening the season with four consecutive losses, the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team used a patient, explosive offensive attack and effective defensive pressure to defeat Marist on Saturday afternoon by a score of 12-7 to win its first game of the 2009 season.
Junior attack Andy Cook scored two goals, handed out four assists and scooped up two ground balls in the contest. The six points were a career high, and the four assists matched his total from the entire 2008 season.
Cook’s assists came from all sorts of offensive opportunities. He received a pass on a breakaway and…
Four games into the season, the Bearcats are still in search of their first win of the season.
In the past two weeks, Binghamton University’s men’s lacrosse team lost at home to the Hobart Statesmen by a score of 8-4, traveled to Drexel and lost 11-4, and then returned home to lose an overtime heartbreaker to the Villanova Wildcats by a score of 7-6.
On Feb. 24, Hobart used a strong first half on offense to stifle the Bearcats early in the game. Hobart had a 6-0 lead before the Bearcats got on the board in the third period. Binghamton…
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