Tirabassi, Boring Lead UAlbany to FIrst-ever Win Over Binghamton

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. – Sophomore Ashley Tirabassi tallied her first goal of the season and freshman Teresa Boring scored her conference-high eighth to lead UAlbany to its first-ever win over Binghamton, 3-1, in America East Conference women’s soccer action on Thursday afternoon at Varsity Field. The Great Danes snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Bearcats.

The Great Danes took a 1-0 lead with 25:33 to play in the first half when Alicia Gibson sent a free kick from the left of the goal into the box that found its way through a string of Binghamton defenders to Tirabassi at the top of the box. Tirabassi sent a shot that struck the crossbar and fell in behind Bearcat keeper Erin Iman for the goal. Diana Barrera was credited with an assist. UAlbany would take the one-goal lead into the intermission.

Boring scored what would stand as the game-winner with 41:20 left to play in the second half when she took an Uju Ogbuawa feed and beat a pair of Binghamton defenders for the score. The Bearcats fought back to tally just over two minutes later to make the score 2-1 on an Amanda Casares shot that beat UAlbany goalie Maria Liguori high and to the left. The Great Danes added an insurance goal in the 82nd minute from Caitlin Mulligan when her shot from 30 yards out slipped through Iman’s hands. Barrera earned her second assist on the day on the goal.

UAlbany outshot Binghamton 14-11 in the contest. Liguori made six saves in goal for UAlbany, while Iman stopped six shots for Binghamton (2-9-2, AE 1-3) .

UAlbany (4-6-3, AE 1-3) will return to America East Conference action on Sunday, Oct. 14 at Stony Brook.




UAlbany 1 2 -- 3

Binghamton 0 1 -- 1



UAlbany: Scoring- Ashley Tirabassi (1-0), Teresa Boring (1-0), Caitlin Mulligan (1-0), Uju Ogbuawa (0-1), Diana Barrera (0-2); Goalkeeping- Maria Liguori (90:00 minutes, 1 GA, 6 saves)

Binghamton: Scoring- Amanda Casares (1-0); Goalkeeping- Erin Iman (90:00 minutes, 3 GA, 6 saves).