ITHACA, N.Y. - The Big Red hosts the Bearcats of Binghamton University on Wednesday night in the final game of the three-game home stand and the second game of a Cornell soccer doubleheader at Berman Field. 

GAME INFORMATION
GAME #5: Cornell vs. Binghamton
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.
SITE: Charles F. Berman Field
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 10-4-1
LAST MEETING: Sept. 19, 2012 - Cornell won 5-0
2013 RECORDS: Cornell (3-0-1), Binghamton (2-2-1)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/msoc
LIVE AUDIO: www.ustream.tv/channel/brsn-live
 
ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell is coming off an exciting weekend that featured both the Big Red's third consecutive overtime game and first shutout of the season in defeats of Cal State Fullerton and Loyola Marymount en route to the team's third straight CU Inaria Classic title. The Big Red improved to 3-0-1 with the 2-0 weekend and continues its non-conference schedule with Wednesday's game against Binghamton. The team will play five more non-conference contests over the next two weeks before traveling to Penn on Oct. 5 for the first game of its Ivy League schedule.
 
HEAD COACH JARO ZAWISLAN
After taking over a program that was 1-15 the season before his appointment as head coach, Jaro Zawislan has steadily improved men's soccer at Cornell; transforming an eight-place team into Ivy League Champions and coaching the Big Red to the program's best season in nearly two decades. Zawislan, a native of Poland, now holds a 36-18-17 record after last weekend's CU Inaria Classic contests. He played soccer for four years at Clemson and then spent time professionally in the United States and Poland.
 
ABOUT BINGHAMTON
The Bearcats are off to a 2-2-1 start in 2013, after finishing 2012 with a 6-10-1 record. Binghamton blanked Buffalo 2-0 in its home opener on Friday in front of 1,200 fans at the Bearcats Sports Complex. Sophomore goalkeeper Stefano Frantellizzi is currently a top-20 keeper in the NCAA in both save percentage (.867) and total saves (26). Binghamton Head Coach Paul Marco is currently in his 12^th year with the program, during which he has amassed a record of 104-78-38.
 
THE SERIES
Cornell won the initial meeting of them two teams in 1974, 3-2. The Big Red faced the Bearcats for eight consecutive seasons from 1974-1981 before a 20-year hiatus. Since renewing the local rivalry in 2001, the teams have met seven times. In 2012, Cornell defeated Binghamton 5-0 in Vestal, N.Y. at Bearcats Sports Complex behind goals by Peter Chodas, Tyler Regan, Matt Kagie and a pair of scores by Daniel Haber.
 
A WIN AGAINST THE BEARCATS WOULD…
 …extend the Big Red's unbeaten streak against regular season non-conference opponents to 21 games, as Cornell is currently 17-0-4 in those games.
 
HONOR ROLLING
Conor Goepel was named to the Ivy League honor roll for the second consecutive week after his one goal, one assist game against Cal State Fullerton. Goepel factored in to both goals in the come-from-behind victory for the Big Red, setting up Jake Rinow's game-tying header and scoring the game-winner in the first overtime. Goepel and Rinow were named the offensive and defensive MVPs of the tournament, respectively.
 
A GAME OF FIRSTS
Against Loyola Marymount in the second game of the CU Inaria Classic there were a few firsts for members of the Big Red: Zach Zagorski recorded his first career shutout; Atticus DeProspo netted his first career game-winning goal; Tyler Conway logged his first minutes of the season at midfield and the program handed Loyola Marymount its first loss of 2013.
 
BACK TO BACK TO BACK
The Big Red opened the 2013 season with three straight overtime games; the last time a Cornell men's soccer team played in three straight games needing more than 90 minutes was in September 2006 against Buffalo, Boston University and Columbia.  
 
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
For the second season in a row the Big Red has three captains, as Jake Rinow, Patrick Slogic and Benjamin Williams have assumed the role for their senior seasons. Slogic is coming off a First Team All-Ivy season in 2012 and was named to the MAC Hermann watch list and as a contender for the Senior CLASS Award in the weeks prior to the 2013 season.
 
FRESH FACES
Cornell added 13 newcomers to the roster for the 2013 campaign, many of whom will challenge the veteran players for playing time throughout the year. Goalkeeper Evan King, midfielder Madison Heck and midfield/forward hybrid Sebastian Scales all come to East Hill from Eastside FC in Washington State.
 
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
Nearly all of the players on this season's roster hail from one of 12 states, as California, New York and Washington each claim claiming four players. The Big Red has three players from New Jersey, two from both Colorado and Indiana and one from Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan and Nebraska. Freshman JJ Black hails from Cambridge, England.  
 
UP NEXT
The Big Red travels to St. Joseph's on Saturday Sept. 21 for a 5 p.m. game against the Hawks.