After an impressive quarterfinals game, the Bearcats head to the semifinals.

Having dismantled No. 6 New Hampshire on Saturday, the No. 3-seeded Binghamton University men’s soccer team travels to No. 2 Albany for the America East semifinals tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Binghamton is 4-0-1 against Albany in the last five games of the series, including a 3-0 road victory this season. The Bearcats are hoping that their recent dominance over the Great Danes will hold in the postseason.

“We beat them, 3-0, earlier in the season, but it’s a totally different game in a semifinal,” said Darren McAllister. “They’ll come out with all guns blazing in the heat of the playoffs. It’s at their place, so it will be a tight game.”

Looking back at the regular season game, Binghamton head coach Paul Marco cautions against reading too much into the score.

“It was a pretty even game; we got a late goal,” Marco said.

The Great Danes have several exciting players on their roster, including AE Striker of the Year Claudio Dantas, who has nine goals and 10 assists, and AE Goalkeeper of the Year Steward Ceus, who boasts a 0.97 goals-against-average and .859 save percentage. Ceus trails Binghamton goalie Jason Stenta in both categories, so his selection to the All-Conference team and Stenta’s exclusion raised some eyebrows in Vestal last week.

Asked who he thought was the best keeper in the conference, Marco said, “I like Stenta, but I couldn’t vote for Stenta. I voted for Steward.”

Still, the snub will not be motivating the junior keeper as he tries to help Binghamton reach an AE-record sixth consecutive tournament final.

“I hope he’s motivated because it’s a semifinal game,” Marco said. “Forget the awards, forget anything else, focus on what you need to do. In the moment, show that you can lead us to a championship, and all the individual awards go out the window.”

The Danes lead the conference with 2.29 goals per game, but are ranked fourth in defense. Binghamton ranks fifth and first, respectively. Tomorrow’s match could be a contrast of styles, depending on the Bearcats’ ability to finish plays.

“They’re a team that commits players forward, so we’ll get chances in the game,” Marco said. “We’ll have to be ready to take care of their players who are coming at us.”

The other semifinals game tomorrow is No. 4 Vermont at No. 1 Boston University. Should the Bearcats defeat Albany, they will be in the unfamiliar position of rooting for their arch-rival Catamounts since playoff games are played at the higher seed. A third straight Binghamton-Vermont final would be hosted at the Bearcats Sports Complex.

While the midweek game and 1 p.m. start time may hamper Binghamton students from traveling to Albany, live statistics will be available at ualbanysports.com.