Baseball (13-12, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) The Bulls face Western Michigan (13-15, 4-5 MAC) in a three-game series this weekend at Monroe Community College's Tribune Field in Rochester.
Khalil Mack. Javon McCrea.Tori Speckman. Tori Speckman? Anybody who even remotely follows University at Buffalo Athletics has certainly heard of the first two names listed above.
Baseball (13-12, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) MVP: Mike Burke, senior pitcher/infielder Burke has made a major impact both on the mound and at the plate thus far this season.
Last season, Buffalo wide receivers combined for 147 catches, 2,090 yards and 19 touchdowns. One hundred nineteen catches, 1,716 yards and 17 touchdowns of that production came from departed wide receivers Alex Neutz and Fred Lee. "They'll be missed," said junior wide receiver Devon Hughes.
In April 2013, quarterback Joe Licata was in the midst of a fierce competition for the starting position with Alex Zordich when Licata injured his hip. The injury never went away, and he knew he'd get a post-season diagnosis he wouldn't like. "I was able to [play], so I wanted to [play]," Licata said.
With the whole squad watching, junior Sebastian Ionescu held the fate of the men's tennis team's match against Western Michigan on his racket with a winner-take-all third-set tiebreaker. In the game's final hit, Ionescu connected on a return volley.
In what was mostly a weekend the baseball team would like to forget, there was one moment that will go down in team history. After Central Michigan (19-12, 8-1 Mid-American Conference) swept the Bulls (13-12, 4-4 MAC) in a doubleheader Saturday, resulting in Buffalo's first loss in a regular season conference series since May 2012, Buffalo turned to senior pitcher/shortstop and staff ace Mike Burke on Sunday. Burke turned in an outstanding performance, hurling a complete game while allowing two earned runs and striking out five to improve his record to 4-2 with the 11-3 win.
March 30, the lacrosse team matched up with a ranked team for the first time this season and left with disastrous results - a 12-3 blowout loss at No.
Senior pitcher Tori Speckman accomplished something Saturday that had only been done twice before in Buffalo softball history - throw a no-hitter. The Bulls (16-15, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) defeated Ohio (19-15, 4-2 MAC), 4-0, on Speckman's historic day, but dropped Sunday's game 6-3 in their first two games of MAC play.
The baseball team scored 43 runs in the first seven games of its season while only allowing 15 runs, leading to a program-best 6-1 mark to begin the season.
Following a blowout loss last weekend at No. 4 Michigan State, the men's lacrosse team doesn't get much of a respite. The Bulls (4-2) open conference play this weekend, hosting No.
Damien David is quiet, but you wouldn't know it if you saw him on the dance floor. He was born fewer than 400 miles from Buffalo, but English is not his first language.
The softball team has finished with its most wins (15) before the beginning of Mid-American Conference play since 2009.
The University at Buffalo's men's basketball team finished its 2013-14 season 19-10 and fell in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Quarterfinals.
Men's Basketball (19-11, 13-6 Mid-American Conference) Senior forward Javon McCrea was named one of the 30 finalists for the Lou Henson award Friday.
To some students, mediocrity has become the norm when referring to Buffalo basketball. The men's basketball team's 19-win season and first-ever outright Mid-American Conference East Championship pleasantly surprised those students. The Bulls went 19-10 in 2013-14, including a 13-5 MAC record after a 14-20 2012-13 season.
Despite scoring at least one run in every inning from the third to the ninth on Friday, the baseball team never held a lead until the game's final swing. Senior Mike Burke's one-out double drove in sophomore infielder Tyler Mautner for Buffalo's 14th and game-winning run in the first game of the squad's weekend series, which was split between two days after being delayed by darkness on Friday night. The Bulls (11-9, 3-2 Mid-American Conference) won the first game of a two-game series Friday in an 11-inning marathon against conference rival Ball State (18-9, 4-1 MAC play), 14-13.
The men's lacrosse team took an early 2-1 lead in its game against No. 5 Michigan State (7-2, 3-0 Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association), only to watch its momentary lead evaporate as the team was outscored 11-1 the remainder of the contest. The Bulls (4-2) ended a six-game road trip with a 12-3 loss to Michigan State Saturday in East Lansing, Mich.
The women's tennis team's motto this year has been to play with consistency and discipline. The Bulls (11-3, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) followed this game plan on Saturday, as they took an early lead in the match and never slowed down, defeating Northern Illinois (6-8, 1-3 MAC) 6-1 Saturday afternoon. Head coach Kristen Maines believes the players executed the game plan perfectly, sticking to what has worked for them all season long. "It's been a theme for us on how we work, by being consistent first and then we're able to win the big point," Maines said.
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