New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

Thursday’s men’s soccer action took a lot of drama out of the playoff race with two more teams clinching spots in the postseason conference tourney. Vermont and Hartford join Boston U., Stony Brook and UMBC in the tourney field.

There is still plenty to be decided, though, in the final two days of the regular season.

We’ll start in Burlington where the Cats needed to win or tie Albany to earn a berth. UVM jumped out to a 1-0 first-half lead and went on to win, 3-1 over the Danes thanks to two second-half goals from D.J. Edler. Vermont could be seeded anywhere between No. 3 or No. 5 come quarterfinal action next week. Albany, meanwhile, still has life, needing to win its regular season finale against New Hampshire on Saturday. The winner of that game gets the final spot in the six-team field.

Thanks to the Albany loss, Hartford was in the playoffs if it could beat Binghamton. The Hawks did just that, notching a 2-1 win over the Bearcats to qualify for the postseason. It’s Hartford’s second conference victory in a row after having gone winless in America East play until last Saturday. Tom Poitras and company can be seeded No. 4 or No. 5 next week.

Boston U. is in the driver seat for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and the No. 1 seed in the tourney thanks to its 3-0 victory over New Hampshire last night. The Terriers got their highest scoring output of the season, on senior night no less. Boston U. will be the No. 1 seed with a win or tie on Sunday.

Look out for Stony Brook, though. Ryan Anatol has his Seawolves peaking at the right time as they won again last night. This time, tough, they took out UMBC in convincing fashion, 3-0. Stony Brook climbs to second in the standings ahead of the Retrievers, who have dropped three straight. Both teams could be the No. 1 seed in the tourney with wins and a little help over the weekend.

Five teams are in. New Hampshire and Albany play in the biggest match of the year on Saturday. The winner gets to play at least one more game.

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