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

Men’s soccer squads went 2-2-1 last night but the two wins were firsts for the two program’s head coaches, the two losses were by a combined two goals and the one tie only happened because the power went out.  A solid effort overall last night. 

Down in New Jersey, Trevor Gorman and the Albany Great Danes were in search of their first win of the season.  Victims of two one-goal losses in their only games this year, the Danes overmatched the New Jersey Institute of Technology rolling past the Highlanders to the tune of a 4-1 drubbing.  The win marks the first for Trevor Gorman in his tenure at Albany. 

The Hartford men’s soccer team hadn’t officially started it’s season until last night.  A ‘no-contest’ was ruled in the Hawks’ first game of the season thanks to Hurricane Irene, which made Thursday night’s tilt with Siena in Connecticut the ‘official’ season opener for first-year head coach Tom Poitras and company.  Ryan Wahab tallied the lone goal for Hartford off a header in the 42nd minute and it ultimately proved to be the game winner for the Hawks.  Poitras has led three different teams to wins in his coaching career and he can now add a fourth, picking up his first win at the helm of the Hawks.

Another men’s soccer coach, Stony Brook’s Ryan Anatol, will get two chances to pick up his first win with the Seawolves this weekend.  Stony Brook travels to Pittsburgh, Pa., to tangle in the Duquesne Invitational with games against the host Dukes and the Pittsburgh Panthers. 

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