OLEAN, NY – The visiting Binghamton women’s soccer team (1-1-1) took advantage of a second-half goal by veteran striker Hannah Mimas to a 1-1 draw at St. Bonaventure (0-3-1) on Sunday afternoon at the Marra Athletics Complex

The Bearcats had a 10-4 shot advantage and used a season-high seven corner kicks to create dangerous moments. But head coach Neel BhattacharjeeThe team was 1-0 down before equalising.

Binghamton had the edge in terms of possession and chances through the first 45 minutes, but the Bonnies capitalized on their best opportunity in the 29th minute.^th Minute. An attack down the left side led to a through ball into the middle and a shot from seven meters into the far corner.

In the second half, the Bearcats applied pressure with three corner kicks in the first seven minutes and finally made the breakthrough.

Mimas equalized with a long run and a great finish in the 66th.^th Minute – her second goal of the season. The Bearcats built from the left with junior defender Brooke Herber He deftly redirected the ball to Mimas on the sideline. Mimas began a quick 30-meter run, passed a center back and rifled a shot into the top of the net from 20 yards out.

Mimas then had the chance to score the winning goal with 1:03 minutes to go when she broke through again on her own on the left side. But her shot from nine meters went past the onrushing goalkeeper and rolled towards the far corner just wide.


In the second half, the Bearcats had more shots on goal than St. Bona (6:1).

“We can be happy with a lot of things but we were a little disappointed with the final result,” said Bhattacharjee. “I’m glad that we recovered so quickly after the unfortunate result of the last game and kept our focus even after conceding a goal. We played well at times in the first half and then the second 45 minutes were very strong in which we created a lot of quality chances which led to a good goal. We were probably unlucky not to score more goals to win. But we know that if we play at this high level throughout the game, good things will come our way.”

Binghamton will play its first home game on Thursday afternoon, welcoming Monmouth to the Bearcats Sports Complex.