With the Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team creating a buzz on campus, the UB men's ice hockey club is hoping that in the near future they will be able to generate the same type of excitement.The regular season is winding down for the Ice Bulls, who have one final game against Robert Morris on Saturday night before their league playoffs begin on Feb.
Feeding off of the anticipation of the season opener against the Canisius Golden Griffins, the atmosphere may feel a little like March Madness inside of Alumni Arena tonight.Well, maybe it will not be that crazy, but it's a start for UB athletics.The UB Bulls men's basketball team will kick off their 2003-04 campaign tonight at 8 p.m.
Another season of Mid-American Conference women's basketball is closely looming and that means dreams of March Madness runs start now.
The Buffalo Bulls (1-9, 1-5 Mid-American Conference) are looking to get back on the winning track this Saturday after last week's setback against Toledo, in which they lost 56-29.
After the second game of Saturday night's volleyball match against the Northern Illinois Huskies, it appeared as if the UB Bulls were going to return from their weekend road trip with nothing to show for it.
Heavy rain, sloppy mud and big time losing streaks made no difference to the Buffalo Bulls, who were able to capture their first victory of the year and create one of the more emotional scenes at UB in recent history on Saturday.After a close hard fought game against Marshall last week, the UB Bulls (1-8, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) made sure there was no letdown this week as they overcame an early 14-0 deficit to defeat the Ohio Bobcats 26-17.It was the Bulls first home win - and MAC win - since beating Ohio in 2001 by a score of 44-0.There were only 4,423 in attendance, but those who came witnessed another solid game for the second week in a row by the Bulls who smoldered their nation-leading 18-game losing streak.This time the Bulls completed the comeback and finally were able to celebrate a win with a few of the students in the crowd who rushed to the field to help celebrate with the players in a feel good moment for all involved as they jumped for joy and celebrated on the 50-yard line."Right now this is the best feeling in the world," said UB's quarterback P.J.
The UB women's soccer team is gearing up to snap a two game winless streak this weekend with a couple of games that could get them off their current skid.
When a team is limited to only eight total hits over the span of a doubleheader, they will in most cases be swept.But miracles do happen.The UB Bulls baseball team somehow managed to topple the Canisius Golden Griffins in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday, despite the fact that their offense pulled off some sort of Houdini-like disappearing act.They are going to have to use a heck of a lot more magic if they expect to beat the Marshall Thundering Herd in a four-game series at UB this weekend with their anemic offense.The series was originally set for one game Friday, a doubleheader Saturday and a game Sunday.
Nasti the Difference in Game One Pitcher's DuelIt had to be agonizing to watch, especially for pitcher Stacey Evans.Thursday's first game of a doubleheader with Niagara saw UB leave five runners on base through the first four innings.
UB senior pitchers Tyler Balentine turned in a very solid performance as he struck out a career high eight batters while allowing three runs against the Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday.Unfortunately for him and the rest of the Bulls (3-12, 0-2 MAC), he received no offensive support as the Bulls lost their MAC opener to Bowling Green 3-1.Buffalo left ten runners on base and could only manage one unearned run.Kyle Knoblauch turned a solid pitching performance of his own for Bowling Green.
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