In a rematch of last year’s America East semifinals, the third-place Binghamton men’s soccer team travels to Maryland tomorrow, where it will take on sixth-place University of Maryland, Baltimore County at the site of last fall’s 4-1 Bearcat victory, a win that ended the Golden Retrievers’ 2005 season.

Binghamton (5-6-3, 3-1-0 AE) won its last outing against an eighth-place Hartford team by a score of 1-0, but should face a tougher test against the Retrievers (4-7-3, 1-2-2 AE), who feature a dynamic attack that will test the BU backfield.

“Our backs are going to have their hands full,” said head coach Paul Marco. “Liam Carson, Adam Chavez, Mark Wood and Kyle Kucharski and Barry Neville — those five guys are going to have to be sharp.”

UMBC’s attack is led by midfielders Dan Bulls, a sophomore, and Kevin Mezzadra, a senior and the team’s leading scorer with nine goals, who is tied for the conference lead in goals with UNH’s Chris Banks.

Binghamton, which is tied for the second-worst offense in the AE at an average of .86 goals per game, will need its forwards to score some goals of their own Wednesday if the team intends to best the Retrievers’ high-powered attack, which is second in the conference, scoring an average of 1.43 goals per game.

“We need a lot more than what we’re getting right now from Peter [Sgueglia] and Joey [Neilson],” Marco said. “You know, I think that those two guys will have to have a great day for us up front.”

The Bearcats have not been road warriors thus far this season, having reeled in only one win away from the comfort of West Gym Field, the victory coming against lowly Maine, which has lost all 13 games it has played.

UMBC is coming off a double overtime victory on the road over the Black Bears, though before that the Retrievers had not won in four games.

Regardless of its sub-par record, though, UMBC will not be a pushover for the Bearcats, particularly after having suffered a knockout blow at the hands of BU last season.

“It’s going to be a fast, exciting soccer game, and you know our guys show up to play hard and compete,” Marco said.

After tomorrow, three regular season games remain for Binghamton before the playoffs begin.