Daily Word: Let the Fun Begin - AmericaEast.com

Daily Word: Let the Fun Begin - AmericaEast.com

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

We've got a lot to talk about today after the first full weekend of America East Conference play.  Men's soccer teams started their conference slates as did field hockey squads, while the volleyball and women's soccer races are starting to take shape.  Even cross country got in on the act this weekend with plenty of teams hitting the trails.

Let's head out to the soccer pitch where we had a busy weekend for the men and women.  We'll start on the men’s side where some teams were looking to shake off the non-conference woes and turn them into conference success.  Boston U. was certainly one of those teams, heading down to Hartford for the opener against the Hawks.  The Terriers broke a 77th minute deadlock to down Hartford, 1-0.  Elsewhere, Vermont continued its sizzling start scoring a 3-0 win against Binghamton in Burlington.  Albany made things interesting against UMBC down in Baltimore, even taking a one goal lead in the second half.  Pete Caringi III and Andrew Bulls had other ideas, though, rallying the Retrievers to a 2-1 win. 

Yesterday was full of women's soccer action.  Undefeated Hartford hosted New Hampshire, which was coming off a big win over Albany.  The Hawks proved to be too stingy on defense and too dynamic on offense, earning a 3-0 shutout.  That is Hartford's ninth shutout of the season as they continue the best start in program history.  Boston U. kept pace with Hartford as the Terriers notched a 2-1 win in Orono against Maine.  Vermont and UMBC played to a 2-2 draw in Baltimore and neither Binghamton nor Stony Brook could find the goal-scoring magic in a 0-0 stalemate in Vestal.

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