No. 5 Boston University and No. 3 New Hampshire won its respective first-round games and are moving on to the semifinal round of the America East Championship. The Terriers, who defeated Albany 1-0 in double overtime, will travel to top-seeded Binghamton on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The Wildcats, who won 4-0 over No. 6 Stony Brook, will travel to No. 2 Vermont in the other semifinal game on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Burlington.
Boston University’s Petur Sigurdsson (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland/Commercial Coll. of Iceland) netted a double-overtime goal to lift the fifth-seeded Terriers to a 1-0 win over No. 4 Albany on Sunday afternoon in Albany. Boston U. advances to play top-seeded Binghamton on Wednesday afternoon in Vestal, N.Y.
The game was scoreless through the first 103 minutes until Sigurdsson scored off a corner kick by Neil Hlavaty (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East), who was credited with the assist, at 103:25.
The Terriers improve to 10-4-4, while the Great Danes close out the 2006 campaign 7-10-2 overall.
Boston University’s Zach Riffett (Brenham, Texas/Brenham) made six saves in the shutout effort, while UA’s Steward Ceus registered two saves.
UNH’s Chris Banks (Westborough, Mass./Westborough) netted a pair of goals, while Scott Rowling (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) and Bryan Stewart (Swanzey, N.H./Monadnock) each scored a goal in a 4-0 win over No. 6 Stony Brook.
UNH’s Brian Levey (Pittsbugh, Pa./North Allegheny) made nine saves in his shutout effort. Stony Brook’s Brian Tepfer (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Technical) made eight saves in 77 minutes.
New Hampshire improves to 12-4-3, while the Seawolves close out the 2006 season at 6-12-1 overall.
Live scoreboards for all rounds of the 2006 America East Men’s Soccer Championship will be available over the internet via Championship LIVE! at the conference’s official website www.AmericaEast.com.
2006 America East Men’s Soccer Championship
First Round: Sunday, October 29
Game 1: No. 5 Boston U. 1, at No. 4 Albany 0 (2OT)
Game 2: at No. 3 New Hampshire 4, No. 6 Stony Brook 0
Semifinals: Wednesday, November 1
Game 3: No. 5 Boston U. at No. 1 Binghamton, 1 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 New Hampshire at No. 2 Vermont, 1 p.m.
Championship Game at higher remaining seed
November 4 or 5
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, TBD