It’s early in the college soccer season, but the Binghamton men’s soccer team (2-0-0) already has a winning streak to protect.

The Bearcats will head to the Pittsburgh Invitational Tournament to face Robert Morris (3-0-0) at 5 p.m. today and will host Pittsburgh (0-2-1) on Sunday.

The Colonials and Panthers squared off this past Tuesday, giving Binghamton coach Paul Marco the rare opportunity to watch his next two opponents play each other.

Robert Morris defeated Pittsburgh 3-1 as senior Jacek Przednowek scored twice. Przednowek and freshman Neil Shaffer have both scored three goals and have one assist on the season.

The Colonials have scored seven goals in three games, but Binghamton features one of the toughest defenses in the region.

‘Binghamton was the most direct team we’ve probably ever played,’ said Winthrop head coach Rich Posipanko on Winthropeagles.com after his team lost to the Bearcats. ‘It was very difficult to break them down defensively ‘ Give credit to Binghamton as their style was very difficult to play against and they were well organized in the back.’

One question mark lingering for the Bearcats is goal scoring.

‘We’ve only scored two goals in two games so it’s too early to tell if we’re going to get goals, but I’d like to think we are going to get them,’ said head coach Paul Marco.

Senior E.J. McCormick has scored Pittsburgh’s only three goals.