Last season marked the first time since 2002 that the Binghamton University men’s soccer team failed to reach the America East championship game. The team was left with a sour taste in their mouths after falling to University of Maryland, Baltimore County 2-1 in the quarterfinals, just a week after defeating the Retrievers 4-0.
The Bearcats have redemption on their minds as they prepare for the 2010 campaign. The squad will be a relatively young one. Therefore it is particularly crucial that the veteran players lead by example and set the tone for the younger players. They have done just…
The Bearcats won’t be catching anyone by surprise this year. The Binghamton University women’s volleyball team has been picked to win the America East Championship for the second-straight year. The team earned five of the seven possible first-place votes and received a total of 33 points, beating out Albany by a mere two points.
“It is a great honor to be picked first,” head coach Glenn Kiriyama said. “From last year, we know it’s going to be a tough road. It’s not going to be easy and every team is going to be tough to play.”
The Bearcats are the…
A year after taking the America East by storm, the Binghamton University women’s soccer team is looking to continue the surprise success it experienced last season. The America East coaches believe in the team more too, predicting that they will finish third this season.
The Bearcats are coming off a 9-7-2 season, but they went 6-2 in conference to earn the No. 2 seed. That gave them a first-round bye in the America East tournament. The team beat third-seeded University of Maine to advance to the finals, which they dropped to No. 1 Boston University. The second-place finish was a…
The Binghamton University men’s cross country team is primed for another run at the America East championship this season. Leading a mature group of runners, head coach Annette Acuff believes the team could exceed its accomplishments from this past year.
“On paper, it should be our best year ever,” she said. “We return 11 of our top 12 guys and everyone is healthy.”
Seven runners are either graduate students or seniors, meaning this likely will be the last version of this team Binghamton sees. Graduate student standout Chris Gaube echoed his coach’s statements and said experience was a big reason…