UMBC Men's Soccer Goes For Third Straight League Title at Home, NCAA Bid on Saturday Evening

With a 3-1 tournament semifinal victory over Vermont, UMBC will be competing for the America East title and automatic NCAA Tournament bid for the fifth time in the last six seasons. They dropped the first championship game final at Stony Brook in 2009, but have advanced in home efforts in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

UMBC clinched a spot in the America East Tournament for the eighth consecutive year and the ninth time in 12 league seasons. The Retrievers’ 6-0-1 league record is their best in AE competition.

The Retrievers are looking to become just the second team in America East history to win three consecutive league titles. Boston University won five in a row from 1993-97.

With three AE tournament titles, UMBC joined Hartford, Stony Brook with the second-most in AE history. Boston University captured seven league tournament titles during their tenure in America East.

The Retrievers are hoping to become the second team in league history to win regular season and tournament titles in back-to-back years. Boston U. achieved that feat in 1993-94.

UMBC is now unbeaten in its last 19 America East regular season contests (16-0-3) and is unbeaten versus its last 24 league foes (include playoffs), an America East record. At Retriever Soccer Park, UMBC is unbeaten in its last 15 (13-0-2) contests when playing America East foes.

The top-seeded Retrievers (11-5-3) have won five in a row entering the game, while No. 2-seeded Hartford (11-5-2) rides a six-game streak into the title contest.