Samuel Ditchek

Sports Editor

sditche1@binghamton.edu

75 Articles


Men's Basketball

Two Pennsylvania natives commit to Binghamton

Hot off a two-year contract extension, BU head coach Tommy Dempsey inked two high school forwards to National Letters of Intent (NLI) last week. Incoming freshmen George Tinsley and Jamil Riggins, both...


Basketball

Men's basketball falls to Big Red in season opener

Even though the end result was an 86-75 defeat to Cornell, the Binghamton men’s basketball team opened its season in electrifying fashion Tuesday night. Freshman guard Sam Sessoms torched the Big Red...


Basketball Issue 2018-19

Basketball Issue 2018-19: Retrievers shed underdog label

Virginia. Sharpie. At 9:36 p.m. on March 16, 2018, Seth Davis of CBS Sports seemed to have penciled in top-seeded University of Virginia over 16th-seeded University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) just...


Basketball Issue 2018-19

Basketball Issue 2018-19: J.C. Show

When the 2017-18 campaign ended for the Binghamton men’s basketball team, it was unclear what direction the program would take. With former forwards Willie Rodriguez, ‘18, and Bobby Ahearn, ‘18, graduating and...


Volleyball

Volleyball stays alive in AE playoff race with win over UMass Lowell

Following a tough matchup in which the Binghamton volleyball team fell to New Hampshire 3-1 on Friday night, the Bearcats (5-18, 3-7 America East) bounced back with a critical five-set victory over...


Volleyball

Volleyball swept by Stony Brook, downed by Hartford in four frames

Entering the weekend with a respectable 2-2 conference record, the Binghamton University volleyball team tacked on two more losses after it was swept by Stony Brook and downed by Hartford in four...


Volleyball

Volleyball defeats UMBC in contested five-set match

The year was 2014. “Boom Clap” by Charli XCX sat atop the Billboard Charts, Serena Williams captured her sixth U.S. Open of her career, Ewa Kopacz became the Prime Minister of Poland...


Volleyball

Volleyball swept at UT-Arlington Invitational

Heading into the UT-Arlington Tournament without a victory early in the season, the Binghamton volleyball team’s skid continued this weekend as it was swept by Loyola University (MD.), Air Force Academy and...


Volleyball

Volleyball eyes AE postseason revenge

After turning in an underdog campaign that featured advancing to the conference finals for the first time in five seasons and a trip to the America East (AE) title match, the Binghamton...


Women's Basketball

Women's basketball to hire Bethann Shapiro Ord as new head coach

Nearly a month after receiving news that then-women’s basketball head coach Linda Cimino had accepted a head coaching job at St. Francis, the athletics department announced the hiring of Bethann Shapiro Ord...