The top two seeds in the 2026 America East Women’s Soccer Championship will play for the league title after No. 1 Binghamton and No. 2 Bryant both posted shutout victories in the semifinals on Sunday.
Binghamton scored a goal in each half to upend No. 5 UMBC, 2-0, while Bryant got second-half scores from Samantha Zaslaw and Grayson Edwards to beat No. 3 Maine, 2-0.
The two teams will meet for the league title on Saturday, November 14 at Binghamton’s Bearcats Sports Complex. Kickoff will be shortly after 1 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN+.
Semifinal Recap
No. 1 Binghamton 2, No. 5 UMBC 0
- Binghamton scored once in each half to advance to its first championship game since 2022.
- Megan Baker, a first-team All-Conference selection, got the Bearcats on the board in the 21st minute on a penalty kick.
- Lizzie Holstein added an insurance tally in the 71st minute on a header off assists from Taylor Gabel and Sophia Garofalo
- Binghamton goalkeeper Rebecca Kessler made six saves to earn her 11th shutout of the season.
No. 2 Bryant 2, No. 3 Maine 0
- Bryant scored twice in the game’s final 35 minutes to advance to the America East title game for the first time since joining the conference in 2022.
- After a scoreless first half, first team All-Conference selection Samantha Zaslaw netted her eighth goal of the year in the 55th minute to put the Bulldogs up 1-0,
- Grayson Edwards put the game away with her score in the 80th minute.
- The Black Bears extended the lead to 2-0 in the 83rd minute as Sandrine Brault fought off a defender on a cross into the box and was able to flick the ball home over the charging goalkeeper.
Binghamton beat Bryant, 3-0, on September 27. This is Binghamton’s fifth America East title game appearance and Bryant’s first-ever championship game appearance in any conference at the Division I level
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