RALEIGH, N.C. – After claiming its second America East title in program history, the Binghamton University Bearcats head to their second NCAA tournament appearance and will battle the top seed and host in the Raleigh Regional, N.C. State on Friday night at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN3.
The Bearcats defeated Maine, 4-0, on Sunday, May 26 in Kingston, R.I. to win their first conference title since 2009. Jake Lambert became the first pitcher since 1996 to record two wins in an America East tournament, throwing eight shutout innings after tossing a complete-game shutout in the team’s championship-opener against Albany.
Binghamton is 1-2 all-time in NCAA tournament play, earning an 11-6 victory over George Mason in Greenville, N.C., back on May 30, 2009.
Stony Brook University became the first America East team under the current NCAA tournament format to advance to the Super Regional Round and then went on to the College World Series last year. An America East team has won at-least one game in each of the last four NCAA tournament’s beginning with Binghamton in 2009.