Box Score Sept. 20, 2009
Final Stats
ALBUQUERQUE - The UC Davis men's soccer team fell 1-0 to Binghamton Sunday on the second day of the Nike/TLC Plumbing Invitational at the UNM Soccer Complex in Albuquerque. UC Davis falls to 2-5-0 overall while Binghamton now stands at 3-3-0. John Joslin led the Aggies with two shots.
Binghamton came out strong on offense in the first half and found the back of the net in the 26th minute. Scott Zobre headed in a cross from Kyle Kucharski, just beating UC Davis goalkeeper Ryan McCowan, to give Binghamton the 1-0 advantage.
UC Davis tried to recover with a flurry of shots throughout the rest of the first half. Joslin's first shot in the 30th minute went wide while his second was saved by Binghamton keeper Jason Stenta. Rene Cuellar tried a shot in the 42nd minute but it was blocked by a Binghamton defender.
The Aggies kept the offensive efforts alive in the second half. Paul Marcoux took a shot that Stenta was forced to save three minutes into the period. Stenta also stopped a shot from Lance Patterson in the 50th minute, and the Aggies were unable to recover from the 1-0 deficit.
McCowan had three saves for UC Davis, while Stenta posted four. Binghamton edged UC Davis in shots with 11 to the Aggies' nine, but UC Davis recorded eight corner kicks while the Bearcats only had four.
Marcoux and Patterson were both named to the All-Tournament Team.
UC Davis will travel to Saint Mary's for a 4:00 pm matchup Friday, Sept. 25. The Aggies then take on crosstown rival Sacramento State Sunday, Sept. 27 at 2:30 pm in a Causeway Cup duel.
BINGHAMTON (3-3-0) vs. UC Davis (2-5-0) Date: Sep 20, 2009 Attendance: 50 Weather:
Goals by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- BINGHAMTON.......... 1 0 - 1 UC Davis............ 0 0 - 0
SCORING SUMMARY: 1. 25:50 BING Zobre, Scott (1) (Kucharski, Kyle) - Header off cross, beat keeper far post
Shots: BINGHAMTON 11, UC Davis 9 Saves: BINGHAMTON 4 (Stenta, Jason 4), UC Davis 3 (McCowan, Ryan 3)
