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MEN'S SOCCER
DAILY UPDATE
October
31, 2008
Kudos to
the BU Women
While
the Binghamton Men's Soccer Team entered the 2008 season with
a veteran squad expected to contend for the America East title,
the women's team entered a rebuilding season under first-year
head coach Sarah McClellan. Having suffered through a rash of
injuries, it would have been understandable if the women's team
could be found preparing for offseason conditioning while the
America East semifinals took place this weekend. On Sunday night,
however, that team can be found in Stony Brook facing the Seawolves.
They're still standing.
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October 30,
2008
Home Sweet
Home
For
the third consecutive season, the Bearcats concluded the regular
season without dropping a game at home. Binghamton went 5-0-1
and won all four conference games this year. Since Oct. 11, 2005,
the squad has gone 18-0-5 in regular season contests at home.
In addition, since Sept. 24, 2003 Bearcats have gone 30-2-15
at home in all games (including postseason).
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October 29,
2008
Stony Brook
and Weather
For
the third straight year in a row, weather will play a factor
in the Binghamton-Stony Brook men's soccer team. The Bearcats
have won the past two meetings by 1-0 scores. Both times, heavy
wind and rain made for less than ideal conditions. With a cold
front currently in Binghamton, head coach Paul Marco and selected
players look ahead to the match against the Seawolves.
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October 28,
2008
Full House
The
Binghamton men's soccer team has always considered itself a close
family but this season, 14 players have taken that concept to
a new level. They share a old office building in downtown Binghamton
and have turned it into a home away from the field.
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October 27,
2008
Binghamton's
Number 9
Against
New Hampshire on Saturday night, Cameron
Keith added another
gem to his list of impressive performances during his two seasons
at Binghamton. In addition to recording his fourth career two-goal
game, he scored his eighth career game winner. In the spirit
of ESPN's Top Plays, here are Keith's Top Five games at Binghamton,
in reverse order (feedback is welcome to those who disagree):
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October 26,
2008
Binghamton-New
Hampshire Wrap Up
Cameron Keith took matters into his own hands to
ensure that the graduation players had more to remember than
just their pregame ceremony. Not only was it his fourth career
multiple-goal game, but it was also the first time in Binghamton's
Division I history that a graduating player scored a pair of
goals on Senior Night.
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October 25, 2008
Senior-itis
The Binghamton men's
soccer program will honor its nine graduating players prior to
the game against New Hampshire. Since 2002, Binghamton has gone
3-0-3 in Senior Day games. Having seen all six games, here is
my order of the most memorable matches.
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October
24, 2008
Reaching
Out
Senior midfielder Justin
Leskow grew up in Endicott, New York and was a product of
the Endicott Public School System. On Friday, he and senior midfielder
Darren McAllister as well as junior forwards Cameron
Keith and Brendan McGovern made a trip to George F.
Johnson Elementary School, located in Endicott, to speak to the
students about making good choices. Leskow went to George H.
Nicols Elementary School from 1992-98 but his principal, as well
as many of his teachers, now work at George F. Johnson.
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October 23,
2008
This Day
in Men's Soccer History: October 23, 2002
When Graham
Munro arrived on campus in the fall of 2002, he was immediately
put in charge of organizing and directing first-year head coach
Paul Marco's defense. They year before they Marco and Munro arrived,
Binghamton allowed a school record 51 goals and won just twice.
In just his first season, Munro helped the Bearcats slice their
goals against average in half and tripled the win total from
2001. His impact, however, went way beyond statistics.
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October 22,
2008
Heading
Down to Baltimore
Binghamton
may be 3-1-0 and UMBC may be 0-3-1 but the Bearcats know that
records can be misleading. After grinding out a pair of 1-0 wins
over the Retrievers last season, head coach Paul Marco and his
players know what awaits them on Wednesday afternoon.
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October 21,
2008
Overseas
Visitors
Seniors
backs Barry Neville and Mark Wood and junior forward
Cameron Keith have had a little extra incentive to play
good soccer the past week. All three of their families have been
in town visiting and were in the stands during the game on Saturday.
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October 20,
2008
Odds and
Ends From Homecoming Weekend
There is a
lot to talk about from this past weekend-and not just from the
win over Vermont. Unlike most Daily Updates, this entry will
contain some personal comments on some of the more interesting
moments from three days worth of BU Athletic Homecoming Events.
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October 19, 2008
Binghamton-Vermont
Recap
Before
a sellout crowd of 2,534 fans at the Bearcats Sports Complex,
Binghamton defeated defending champion Vermont 1-0 in a game
that was also televised locally by Time Warner Sports. The Bearcats
are now 2-0-0 on Homecoming Weekend at their current home facility.
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October
18, 2008
Coming
Home
There
was another men's soccer game that took place on Saturday at
the Bearcats Sports Complex. Five hours before the Bearcats and
Catamounts squared off, the men's soccer program held its annual
alumni game and nearly 20 recent graduates made the return trip.
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October
17, 2008
A Model
Student-Athlete
Whatever
Brendan McGovern is involved in, he keeps two things in mind:
Have a good attitude towards and make an impact in any way
possible. Looking at what he has done at Binghamton University,
he has certainly stayed true to his beliefs.
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October 16, 2008
Pipe and
Drum
Since
2003, the Binghamton athletic department has arranged for a group
of bagpipers to come out and perform at the biggest men's soccer
games of the season. On Saturday night, when Binghamton and Vermont
walk out to midfield for pregame introductions, they will be
escorted by the Broome County Celtic Pipes & Drums.
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October 15, 2008
Binghamton-Hartford
Wrap Up
Binghamton
remained unbeaten at home this season with its 1-0 win over Hartford
on Wednesday night. Senior midfielder Justin Leskow knocked
in the game winner in the 52nd minute while junior goalkeeper
Jason Stenta made five saves to record his seventh shutout
of the season.
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October 14, 2008
Home Sweet
Home
Binghamton
returns home for a Wednesday match against Hartford. It marks
a stretch in which the Bearcats play four of their last regular
season games at the Bearcats Sports Complex. Here are pre-game
quotes from head coach Paul Marco and junior forward Cameron
Keith.
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October 13, 2008
The Oneonta
Connection
Here's
a little known fact. Two of the Bearcats biggest fans are part
of the Oneonta men's soccer program, which also competes at the
Division I level. Jason Stenta's twin brother, Justin, played
three years for the Red Dragons while Kyle Manscuck's older brother,
Keith, completed a stellar career last season and is now completing
his academic coursework in Oneonta.
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October 12, 2008
Alumni
Update: Stephen Bruce
Every
player aspiring to compete at the college level wants to make
a lasting first impression with a head coach. Stephen Bruce
had no trouble doing that the first time he met Paul Marco back
in February 2002.
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October 11, 2008
BU vs.
BU
Binghamton
renews perhaps its most storied rivalry (since joining the America
East Conference) when it heads to Boston on Saturday for a 1
p.m. match against the Terriers at Nickerson Field. In nine previous
matches, the two squads have gone into overtime six times. Three
times in the America East Tournament, the game was decided by
a penalty kick shootout.
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October 10, 2008
Thanks
for Everything
While
the Binghamton men's soccer season continues for at least another
month, Saturday's game up at Boston marks the final day on the
job for Sean O'Keefe, the team's athletic trainer for
the past four seasons. He has accepted a similar position with
the University of Maryland, where he will be the trainer for
the nationally-ranked Terps' men's soccer program.
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October 9, 2008
Binghamton-Albany
Wrap Up
Binghamton
won its America East Conference opener for the fourth consecutive
year with a 3-0 win at Albany. Here are quotes from head coach
Paul Marco and selected players following the game.
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October 8, 2008
Heading
Up Route 88
America
East Conference action begins for Binghamton on Wednesday afternoon
with a 3 p.m. game at Albany. The contest will feature the top-ranked
defense in the America East (Binghamton) against the No. 1 offense
(Albany).
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October 7, 2008
A New Chapter
Binghamton
enters the America East portion of its schedule as the two-time
defending regular-season conference champions. The past two seasons,
however, the Bearcats have traveled very different paths to earning
the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Simply put, the
end of the non-conference schedule is the time teams move forward
and not look back.
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October 6, 2008
This Date
in Men's Soccer History: October 6, 2007
For
weeks, the Binghamton Athletic Department had been preparing
for Oct. 6, 2007. On that Saturday night, the university would
formally dedicate the Bearcats Sports Complex before what was
expected to be a near-capacity crowd. The men's soccer team would
then open its America East title defense against longtime rival,
Boston University. Before the night was over, however, it would
be Cameron Keith who would truly christen the new complex.
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October 5, 2008
Alumni
Update: Joey Neilson
Since
becoming the Bearcats' head coach in 2002, Paul Marco has brought
in several players he knew ahead of time would make a major impact.
If he had to pick a player who exceeded expectations, however,
Joey Neilson would be near the top of the list.
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October 4, 2008
This Day
in Men's Soccer History: October 4, 2006
In
Tuesday night's Binghamton-Maryland game, play was halted in
the first half due to thunder and lightening around the College
Park area. It was the first time that a game involving the Bearcats
was stopped due to the weather since Oct. 4, 2006. That match
against Hartford at West Gym Field turned out to be a crucial
moment for the Bearcats.
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October 3, 2008
Alumni
Update: Kyle Antos
For
five years, Kyle Antos, was a cornerstone in head coach
Paul Marco's building of the Binghamton men's soccer program.
Recruited out of nearby Union-Endicott High School, his impact
on the Bearcats program was felt right away.
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October 2,
2008
Bearcats
supporting Bearcats
Binghamton
athletes have long been known for backing their fellow student-athletes
but three volleyball players took their level of support to a
new level on Tuesday night at the men's soccer team's match at
No. 6 Maryland.
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October 1, 2008
Binghamton-Maryland
Wrap Up
Quotes
from both Binghamton Head Coach Paul Marco and Maryland Head
Coach Sasho Cirovski following Tuesday night's game in College
Park, Md. The Terps snapped the Bearcats' eight-game unbeaten
streak in a contest that was halted for 45 minutes due to lightening.
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