FINAL SCORE: #17 Vermont 1, Binghamton 1
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Mike Bleeker scored in the 88th minute Tuesday night to lift Vermont (9-2-5, 4-1-2 AE) to a 1-1 draw with Binghamton (8-7-4, 2-4-2 AE) and secure a share of the America East Regular Season title. The Catamounts will share the title with UNH and both teams receive a bye into the conference semifinals.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bearcats opened the scoring in the 15th minute. In transition Binghamton placed a cross into the box, Cailen Thomas directed the ball towards a teammate and a UVM defender went to clear it out of danger. The clearing attempt hit Marcus Nahim and he quickly gathered himself to slot home his first goal of the season.
• In the 60th minute the Catamounts produced their best chance to that point in transition. Ioannis Vassiliou fed a cross into the box and Yaniv Bazini headed it to the far post, on a fully extended dive Binghamton's Dylan McDermott caught it and kept it out.
• In the 78th minute Binghamton's Alex Balkey received a second yellow card taking down a Vermont player in transition. As such he was sent off forcing the Bearcats to play with 10 players for the remainder of the contest.
• In the dying minutes the Catamounts would finally break through. Off a Vermont corner Bleeker headed a strike to the far post, it beat McDermott but Binghamton's Ryan Gillon saved it off the line.
• Sydney Wathuta gathered the clearance at the edge of the box and sent it right back on goal, this time Bleeker wouldn't be denied. He slotted a header just inside the post for his first goal as a Catamount.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vermont's current .714 winning percentage is the 22nd best in the NCAA.
• With his assist this evening Sydney Wathuta is now tied for second in the NCAA with 11 assists this season.
• The Catamounts offense and depth has come through time and time again this season. UVM has scored 13 goals in the 76th minute or later and 10 goals in the 83rd minute or later this year.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts will be the two-seed in the upcoming 2024 America East Tournament. UVM will host the winner of Saturday's UMBC/Binghamton (7 p.m., ESPN+) quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday, November 13 at 6 p.m. from Virtue Field. The contest will air live on ESPN+. Ticket information will be released later this week.

Vermont men's soccer Head Coach Rob Dow will be holding a Teams call on Thursday, November 7 at noon. All supporters of the program are invited to join for an update on the program as they head into the postseason. Follow go.uvm.edu/convowithdow to join.

For news and updates about the Vermont men's soccer program, follow @UVMmsoccer on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and visit UVMathletics.com.
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