Every
gameday throughout the 2010 season, America East will provide a men's
soccer update that previews the day's matchups as well as recaps the
previous day's action. The update will also provide links to live
coverage, box scores and highlights of select games. Fans can also
follow men's soccer action throughout the season at the America East Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube page!
Upcoming Games
Saturday, September 4
St. Francis (N.Y.) at Albany, 1 p.m. Live Stats
The Great
Danes host the Terriers, who dropped their only game of the season thus
far, a 2-0 defeat to UConn Wednesday, in their home opener at Varsity
Field. The contests kicks off a four-game homestand for Albany.
Albany downed Fairfield, 2-0, in its season opener Wednesday to snap an
18-game winless streak which dated back to 2008. Forwards Bo Jelovac and
David Hawksworth each scored goals and netminder Adrian Foncette made
nine saves. Foncette picked up where he left off last year when ranked
third among league leaders a year ago with a .789 save percentage.
These two teams have not met since 2005 when Albany downed St. Francis, 4-0, at Varsity Field.
Wofford at UMBC, 4 p.m. Live Stats
The
Retrievers take on the Terriers on the second day of the UMBC/Navy
Classic. UMBC is coming off a 5-3 win over VMI Thursday, while Wofford,
the reigning Southern Conference champion, fell to Navy, 3-1.
UMBC jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead over the Cadets on scores by
freshmen Dan Shannon, last year's America East Midfielder of the Year
Levi Houapeu and Pete Caringi, III, the son of UMBC head coach, Pete
Caringi, Jr. Caringi added another score in the second half and tranfer
Nirav Kadam tallied his first goal as a Retriever.
Vermont vs. Central Connecticut, 5 p.m. Live Stats
The
Catamounts will partake in the 21st annual UNH Nike Fall Classic and
face the Blue Devils in the first game of the tournament.
In last year's meeting, UVM dropped a 2-1 decision to CCSU, which went
on to win UNH's tournament. The Catamounts' last win over the Blue
Devils came in 2006 when they were ranked No. 22 in the nation.
Vermont is coming off a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over No. 13 Stanford
Wednesday. It was the Cats' seventh straight year with a win over a
ranked opponent. Junior Nick O'Neill, a tranfer from Missouri Valley
soccer powerhouse Creighton, headed in a cross from Connor O'Brien in
the 97th minute to give UVM the win.
Boston University at Hartford, 7 p.m. Live Stats | Live Video
The Terriers
face the Hawks in a rare non-conference meeting between the two teams in
West Hartford, Conn. They will play their conference contest on Oct. 9
in Boston.
The two teams also met twice a year ago, once in the regular season and
once in the in America East Championship, with Hartford winning both
meetings. The Hawks downed then No. 16 Boston U., 3-1, on Oct. 10 and
won again, 2-1, in the conference tournament quarterfinals. Sophomore
James Stamapolous, an America East all-rookie choice last season, scored
in that game.
This will be both teams' second match of 2010. Hartford is coming off a
3-2 loss at No. 12 Boston College, while Boston U. earned a 1-1 draw
with UMass.
UW-Milwaukee at New Hampshire, 7:30 p.m. Live Stats
The Wilcats open their 2010 season by entertaining the Panthers on the first day of the 21st Annual UNH Nike Fall Classic.
New Hampshire captured its first regular-season title since 1994 last
year on the heels of a defense that allowed a league-low 0.94 goals per
game. The Wildcats welcome back nine starters from that team, including
the 2009 America East Goalkeeper of the Year Colin O’Donnell, who led
the league in goals-against average (0.76), save percentage (.831) and
shutouts (5).
Recent Results
Friday, September 3
UNC Wilmington 1, Binghamton 0 -- Box Score
In their opening game of the 2010 season, the Bearcats fell 1-0 in an exciting encounter with No. 17/22 (CSN/NSCAA rankings) UNC Wilmington in the opening game of the West Virginia Tournament.
The Seahawks scored the only goal of the game in the 14th minute when senior forward Nassim Berhouni netted his first goal of the season. Binghamton remained aggressive throughout the game, but couldn’t get the ball past senior goaltender Brock Duckworth. Sophomore forward Adam Whitehead led the Bearcats in attack, attempting two shots on goal.
Binghamton concludes its play in the West Virginia Tournament with a match up against No. 9/15 Monmouth on Sunday.
Lafayette 3, Stony Brook 1-- Box Score
After opening the season with a 1-0 victory over Hofstra, the Stony Brook Seawolves fell 3-1 to Lafayette in the opening game of the Lafayette Puma Classic.
Despite an action-packed first half, neither team managed to get on the scoreboard. It was Stony Brook that broke the deadlock in the 61st minute, when freshman forward Will Casey scored his first career goal to give the Seawolves the lead. However, Lafayette responded with three goals in the next 14 minutes to secure the comfortable victory.
The Seawolves close out play in the Lafayette Puma Classic on Sunday when they take on Colgate. Following the game against Colgate, Stony Brook will travel to Tampa, Fla. to face USF.