NEWARK, NJ–The NJIT men's soccer team will make its first America East Conference road trip of the season on Saturday when the Highlanders visit Binghamton.

Looking to Start 2-0 in America East
Since joining the America East in 2020, NJIT will look to start off 2-0 for the first time.

Game Information
Kickoff is slated for 6:07pm at Vidas Field and will be streamed live on ESPN+ with in-game statistics available on BUBearcats.com.

All-Time Series
NJIT leads the all-time series 2-0-1. Last season, the two squads played to a scoreless tie in Newark on Oct. 1.

Maximus Barboto - Tied for First in Nation for Total Assists
Sophomore Maximus Barboto is tied for first in the nation and leads the America East in total assists (8) while ranking sixth in the nation in assists per goal (0.88).  This season, Barboto has tallied at least one assist in five out of nine matches and registered a pair of assists in three matches.

Men's Soccer NCAA RPI
The America East Conference is ranked third of all conferences and features five programs in the top 50.  NJIT is ranked #44.
#9 - Vermont
#28 - Bryant
#37 - UMBC
#44 - NJIT
#49 - UNH

Last Time Out
Drexel defeated visiting NJIT, 3-0, in a men's soccer non-conference match Tuesday evening at Vidas Field.

Drexel, winners of two straight, scored a pair of goals in the first 20 minutes and added a late goal in the second half.

2022 Rewind
The Highlanders will look to make it four consecutive appearances in the America East Conference Tournament after finishing the 2022 season with a 5-8-4 overall record, 1-4-2 in the league.

NJIT News and Notes 
–Eighth-year head coach Fernando Barboto returns 17 players from a season ago and announced the addition of 14 newcomers to the 2023 roster.
–Graduate student Samuel Reisgys and junior Goncalo Franco were named 2023 captains.
–Sophomore Maximus Barboto, son of Fernando Barboto, was named 2022 America East Rookie of the Year and was rated 76th out of 100 freshmen nation-wide in TopDrawerSoccer.com National Freshmen Top-100 Postseason list.
–Barboto, Andrea Campoli and Hugo Tavares were selected to the 2022 America East All-Rookie Team.
–Tavares paces NJIT with four goals and one assist.  His four goals ranks third in the America East.
–Newcomer Alvaro Heredia, a transfer from Xavier, has tallied three goals ranking second on the team.
–NJIT was voted to finish fifth in the 2023 America East Preseason Poll.
–The Highlander schedule features 18 regular season matches and seven America East matches to finish the season.

Scouting Binghamton
–Binghamton (2-6-1, 0-0-1 AE) lost 1-0 at No. 19 Hofstra on Tuesday evening. Sophomore goalkeeper Jack Root – the current America East Defensive Player of the Week - made a pair of first-half saves. In two starts, Root has a 0.500 Goals Against Average (GAA).
–Graduate student midfielder Jack Green continues to lead the Bearcats with two goals, three assists and seven total points. He ranks fourth in the America East with 0.333 assists per game. –Redshirt senior midfielder Anthony Lazaridis has also scored a pair of goals this season.
– Binghamton has already faced three nationally-ranked teams so far this season. The Bearcats took on then top-ranked Syracuse on Aug. 28 in addition to their matches against No. 18 New Hampshire and No. 19 Hofstra.

Next Up
NJIT will host Vermont on Homecoming Weekend, Saturday, October 7 at 3pm.

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