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…

Teams from the Northeast who fail to make the NCAAs head to one location for the annual IC4A and ECAC meets. This past weekend, the Reggie Lewis Center at Boston University stood as the host for both of this season’s meets. The IC4A competition for the men and ECAC for the women contain weekend-long events that require athletes to attain certain qualifying standards to even be allowed to compete. The meets are the last competitions before the NCAA championships. Day 1 of the women’s competition started with the 4 by 400-meter relay, where the Bearcats ran a 3:48.8 in the…

Junior Sven Vloedgraven led the way as the Binghamton University men’s tennis team continued its dominance this past weekend, defeating Princeton and St. John’s to improve to 8-1 in dual play this season. With outstanding play all around, the Bearcats are currently ranked No. 3 in the Northeast, according to the ITA. Vloedgraven had another perfect weekend, teaming with sophomore Gilbert Wong at doubles and defeating both of his singles opponents without losing a set. He looks to improve upon his national ranking in future matches. Against Princeton on Saturday, the Bearcats lost the doubles point, but won four of…

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…

The Binghamton University women’s tennis team’s seven-game win streak ended on Sunday with a 5-2 loss to Marquette. Binghamton (7-1) lost two three-set matches in singles play, and a tiebreaker at third doubles. The Bearcats’ highlights were fronted by Anna Edelman, as she was the lone Bearcat to win both her singles (6-2, 6-4), and doubles (8-4) matches. The doubles team of Edelman and Marina Bykovskaya is 5-1 so far this season, and is currently ranked an impressive 59 on the ITA national doubles rankings. Junior Lauren Bates continued to impress with a 6-0, 6-3 victory. She has moved into…

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…

After dropping its home opener to the Louisville Cardinals last week, the Binghamton University women’s lacrosse team hosted Big East foe University of Connecticut, hoping to get its first victory. But the Huskies had other plans. The Bearcats struggled to hold the ball in their possession, allowing the Huskies to score four unanswered goals to start the game, ultimately leading to a 16-12 Bearcats loss on Sunday afternoon. “We could have executed better in the first half,” said head coach Tony Zostant. The Bearcats struck back early as junior Beth Moore scored Binghamton’s first goal of the day, followed by…