When Pat Popolizio took over head coaching duties for the Binghamton University wrestling team in 2006, he inherited a program in turmoil. The team went 0-12 in dual meets the season before, and the year preceding that Binghamton didn’t even have a wrestling team.
In 2010, the Bearcats are Colonial Athletic Association champions.
Tallying 87.5 points, Binghamton won the CAA tournament for the first time ever this past weekend at Rider University. The Bearcats’ best previous finish was fourth place, which was in last year’s tournament. Old Dominion University came in second place with 73 points, and host Rider rounded…
A shot at a first conference title will have to wait until next year.
That’s what Binghamton University women’s basketball (11-19, 7-9 America East) will need to say after losing its quarterfinal game in the America East tournament 71-60 to Stony Brook this past Friday night.
Binghamton’s quarterfinal loss to the Seawolves started on a high note. Senior Erica Carter hit the opening shot of the contest to put the Bearcats ahead 2-0; it would be the Bearcats’ only lead of the game.
Shooting a scintillating 50 percent from the field, Stony Brook pulled away from the Bearcats to take…
Going up against teams from powerhouse conferences SEC and Atlantic Sun Conference, the Binghamton University baseball team had an up-and-down weekend. The Bearcats split two games against the University of Tennessee and were swept by Kennesaw State in the University of Tennessee Tournament.
Binghamton (1-6) picked up its first win of the year facing Tennessee (6-5), a member of the SEC which includes Vanderbilt, LSU, Georgia and Ole Miss. While the 7-4 win was followed by a 19-2 drubbing at the hands of the Volunteers, a victory against Tennessee was significant for the Bearcats.
“I’m not sure a school from…
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…
Binghamton University’s women’s softball team looked to improve their 2-3 record this past weekend at the George Washington Colonial Classic held in Washington D.C. The Bearcats went up against Canisius College, George Washington University and Army in the four-team tournament, finishing 2-2 for the weekend.
To begin the first day of the tournament, Binghamton suffered a tough 3-2 loss to Canisius. The Bearcats had a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh, but a bases-loaded double by Canisius junior Lauren Hope gave the Golden Griffins the go-ahead run and a walk-off win.
The nightcap against host George Washington…
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