AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP NOTEBOOK
The second-seeded Vermont Catamounts host No. 5 Binghamton in the America East Championship Game on Sunday (Nov. 15) at 12 p.m. at Virtue Field. Sunday's match will be broadcast in the United States on ESPN3 (click here) and internationally via AmericaEast.tv (click here).
 
GAME COVERAGE
ESPN3 Broadcast
AmericaEast.tv (international broadcast)

Vermont advanced to its eighth championship game with a 2-1 overtime victory against UMBC on Wednesday. Binghamton posted a 1-0 win at Albany on Wednesday to earn its seventh trip to the championship game in program history.
 
The Catamounts are hosting the America East Championship Game for the fourth time in program history and first time at Virtue Field.
 
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com or in person one hour before kickoff at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Ticket Office.
 
Prices are: $8 for Adults; $5 for youths 14 and under; FREE for youths 13 and under wearing their club team jersey; FREE for UVM students; $2 for students from other America East schools
 
PROMOTIONS
All youth players 13 and under who attend the game wearing their youth team jersey will get in free to the match … There will be free bagels for UVM students prior the game.
 
THE CATAMOUNTS (10-6-3)
Vermont hosted the first-ever night game in the men's soccer program history at Virtue Field on Wednesday vs. UMBC in the America East Semifinals with a record crowd of 853 spectators (lights were installed week of Oct. 26) … The Catamounts avenged the 2014 America East Semifinal loss (3-1) at UMBC with a 2-1 overtime victory … Brian Wright had a hand in both goals, scoring the first goal of the game and assisting on the game-winner by Bernard Yeboah just two minutes into overtime … Vermont is 5-1-2 in the last eight matches and 5-1-2 when it scores in the first half this season … The Catamounts are 5-2-2 at Virtue Field this year and 1-0-3 in overtime matches.
 
WRIGHT STUFF
Brian Wright ranks second in America East in scoring with 25 points (9 gls, 7 asts) … His nine goals are also second among the league leaders … Wright was named to America East All-Conference First Team for the second straight year and was the America East Rookie of the Year in 2013 … Wright's nine goals are the most by a Catamount since 2005 (Lee Stephane Kouadio – 9 gls) and his 25 points are the most by a Catamount since 2004 (Tony Anderson – 30 pts) … Wright has six points in his last two games, scoring once and handing out an assist in each match (at UNH, vs. UMBC) … Wright has 61 points (7th all-time at UVM), 24 goals (T6 all-time at UVM), 13 assists (T12 all-time at UVM) in his career … Wright's three points against UMBC pushed him past his coach Jesse Cormier into seventh among UVM's all-time points leaders … Wright is tied with Cormier in goals (24, 6th all-time).
 
TEAMMATES AGAIN
Brian Wright and Stefan Lamanna played club soccer together in Canada … Lamanna spent the first two years of his college career at Houston Baptist University, but transferred to UVM to be reunited with his former teammate this season … Wright and Lamanna have combined for 14 goals and 12 assists this season … Lamanna has tallied five goals and five assists on the year.
 
BIG TIME BERNARD
Bernard Yeboah's game-winning goal in overtime against UMBC in the America East Semifinals Wednesday was his third game-winning goal of the year for the Catamounts … He has six game-winning goals in his three seasons at Vermont … Yeboah is tied with Stefan Lamanna for second on the team in goals (5) and has 11 points this season.
 
ABOUT BINGHAMTON (10-7-2)
Binghamton stood at the top of the America East standings for much of the season but dropped its final two regular season games at Stony Brook (2-1) and at Albany (3-1) to fall to the No. 5 seed … The Bearcats avenged both regular season losses with a 3-2 victory at Stony Brook in the first round and a 1-0 win at Albany in the semifinals … Binghamton is in the championship game for the seventh time in program history … Pascal Trappe leads the team in scoring with 13 points on a team-high six goals … Zach Galluzzo and Logan Roberts ranks second on the team with nine points … Roberts had the game-winning tally in the 80th minute to lift Binghamton past Albany in the semifinals … Robert Moewes is the team's top goalkeeper having played every minute in net … Six of his 10 wins this season have been by shutout … He owns a 1.17 goals against average and a .785 save percentage.
 
SERIES
Vermont owns a 7-6-3 record against Binghamton in the all-time series ... UVM lost to Binghamton, 2-1, on October 3 at Virtue Field … Robert Logan (17') and Pascal Trappe (32') scored in the first half to stake a 2-0 lead for the Bearcats … Brian Wright added a goal in the 86th minute to ruin the shutout … It was the league opener for both teams and the loss snapped UVM's four-game win streak over the Bearcats ... The two teams have played each other 16 times and six matches have gone to overtime, UVM's record in those games is 2-1-3.
 
Vermont and Binghamton met in back-to-back America East Championship games in 2006 and 2007 … The Bearcats won the title with a 1-0 overtime victory in 2006 on their home turf and the Catamounts avenged the loss the next season, winning 1-0 at Binghamton in 2007, marking UVM's last America East Championship title.
 
TOURNEY TIME
Vermont is making its 11th appearance in the America East Tournament in 12 seasons under head coach Jesse Cormier … UVM is the No. 2 seed for the for the sixth time in program history and first time since 2007 when the Catamounts won their last America East title … Vermont earned a semifinal appearance for the second straight year, the Catamounts snapped a five game losing streak in tournament play with a 2-1 win at No. 4 Albany last season to move on to the semifinal round and faced UMBC in Baltimore … Vermont advanced to the championship game for the eighth time in program history with the 2-1 (ot) win over UMBC on Wednesday.
 
Vermont in the America East Finals (Record: 3-3-1 | Titles Won: 4 - 1989, 1990, 2000, 2007)
1989   vs. #3 Hartford          W, 1-0             Centennial Field - Burlington, VT
1990   at #1 Boston U          T, 1-1              UVM advanced on PKs (6-5)
1992   vs. #4 Hartford          L, 2-0              Centennial Field – Burlington, VT
2000   vs. #4 Hofstra           W, 2-1             Centennial Field – Burlington, VT
2002   at #1 Northeastern   L, 2-1
2006   at #1 Binghamton     L, 1-0 (OT)
2007   at #1 Binghamton     W, 1-0

WHAT'S NEXT
The winner of Sunday's match will earn an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament ... The NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Monday at 1 p.m. via NCAA.com.