Women’s soccer loses 5-0 to Ball State
By RICARDO CASTILLO | Oct. 9, 2023The loss knocked UB to fifth in the MAC. They currently don’t qualify for the MAC Championship with five games to go.
The loss knocked UB to fifth in the MAC. They currently don’t qualify for the MAC Championship with five games to go.
After a 0-4 start to the season, UB football seems to have found its footing in MAC conference play.
Thursday’s game had both teams battling the entire 90-minute allotment, with each side holding the lead at different points in the game.
The UB ACHA hockey team visited Niagara University on Friday, Sept. 29 to play in the second annual “Midnight Madness” game, honoring former Niagara player Patrick Romano, who died in a house fire in 2021. Niagara held a pregame moment of silence to honor Romano. His mother, Charlene Romano, took the ice for a ceremonial puck drop between the two teams.
Last year, UB women’s soccer won its second MAC championship in program history after a historic 17-game winning streak. But that was 2022.
Friday's loss was the first the Bulls have suffered at home this season after winning their last three home games, giving them a 4-1 record at home. It was also UBu2019s first loss in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) after sweeping Kent State last week to open MAC play.
It took extra time, but UB football (1-4, 1-0 MAC) finally earned its first win of the 2023 season.
The UB women’s soccer team (5-2-3, 2-1 MAC) avenged last Sunday’s heartbreaking loss to Ohio with a decisive 2-0 victory over the Miami (OH) RedHawks (3-7-1, 0-3 MAC) Thursday night at home. The win marked the 100th career victory for UB head coach Shawn Burke.
Wide talent gaps, longer games and high turnover will always relegate college football to the NFL's shadow.
Mid-American Conference (MAC) play began for the UB women’s volleyball team (12-2, 2-0 MAC) as it traveled to Kent State and beat down the Golden Flashes (4-9, 0-2 MAC) twice in two matches.
Following Thursday’s victory at Akron (2-7, 0-2 MAC), UB (4-2-3, 1-1 MAC) lost 0-1 to the Ohio Bobcats (3-4-2, 1-1 MAC) on Sunday afternoon.
The Bulls' loss to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns marks the first time UB has failed to win a non-conference game since 2005.
The Bulls kept up their reputation as a “second half team” in their last game before MAC play.
UB started the Queens-based tournament with a 3-0 loss to No. 16-ranked Arkansas before winning the other two games.
Despite hauling in the MAC’s top-ranked overall recruiting class in the past two seasons, third-year head coach Maurice Linguist has failed to re-establish UB as a MAC powerhouse.
The Flames pulled ahead in the first half and widened their lead in the second.
Despite tying their most recent game, three players stood out from the rest.
Men’s basketball begins its season on Oct. 23 with an exhibition against Daemen University and then officially kicks things off with a game against Fairleigh Dickinson University on Nov. 6.
The UB women’s volleyball team (8-1) traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio for the Xavier Invitational tournament this weekend, finishing 2-1 in three matches.
Stats and takeaways from UB football's home opener loss to Fordham.