CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Conference play shifts to midweek action as four America East men's soccer games take place Wednesday. Three of the four games will air on AmericaEast.TV.
Wednesday, October 16
#8 UMBC (10-1-1, 1-0-1, 4 pts AE) at Vermont (7-2-3, 1-1-0, 3 pts AE) - 3 p.m.
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- Two of the top teams in the league square off in Burlington Wednesday as UMBC is ranked eighth nationally and first in the Northeast region, while Vermont is slotted seventh in the region.
- Contrasting styles will be on display as UMBC ranks among the top scoring teams in the country (2.25 gpg) and Vermont among the best defensive squads (0.72 GAA).
- The Catamounts fell at Hartford, 3-2, in overtime their last time out while the Retrievers played Albany to a scoreless tie.
- Vermont is unbeaten at home this season (5-0-1).
Hartford (8-2-2, 1-1-0, 4 pts AE) at New Hampshire (8-3-0, 2-0-0, 6 pts AE) - 7 p.m.
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- Another matchup of top teams takes place in Durham where Hartford, which is ranked fourth in the NSCAA Northeast Regional Poll visits UNH, the lone 2-0-0 in America East play, is ranked 10th.
- Both squads won by a single goal Saturday as Javoni Simms' overtime score gave Hartford a 3-2 win over Vermont while Steven Palumbo's goal lifted UNH to a 2-1 win over Stony Brook.
- The matchup features two of the top defensive teams in the league as UNH sports a league-best 0.53 team GAA while Hartford is second at 0.71.
- The WIldcats have not lost to the Hawks in Durham since 2003, going 2-0-2 in that stretch.
Binghamton (3-6-2, 1-1-0, 3pts AE) at Stony Brook (5-6-0, 1-1-0, 3 pts AE) - 7 p.m.
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- Binghamton and Stony Brook enter Wednesday both seeking its second conference win.
- The Bearcats snapped a five-game winless streak with a 3-0 victory over UMass Lowell Saturday while Stony Brook has dropped two in a row, most recently a 2-1 defeat at UNH Saturday.
- Five of Binghamton's seven losses have been by just one goal.
- Stony Brook has won five straight get togethers with Binghamton, including an epic 5-4 overtime win in last year's America East quarterfinals.
UMass Lowell (2-11-0, 0-2-0, 0 pts AE) at Albany (2-7-3, 0-1-1, 1 pt AE) - 7 p.m.
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- Both UMass Lowell and Albany seek their first league wins Wednesday.
- This is the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
- Albany is 1-0-1 in its last two games after going 1-7-2 in its previous 10.
- Lowell's Homero Morais ranks fourth among league leaders with 12 points.