September 11, 1997-Vol29n03:

VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1997

Football

UB 28, Illinois State 40

The Bulls lived the old adage "statistics are for losers" on Saturday

in a 40-28 loss at Illinois State before 8,262 fans in Normal, Ill.

Despite several tremendous individual performances and 500 yards of total offense, the Bulls were undone by six turnovers and several big Redbird plays in falling to 1-1 forthe season. Buffalo squandered

a 21-7 first-half lead and allowed the Redbirds 21 second-half points in the loss.

Junior wide receiver Kali Watkins tied the second-best mark in school history with 12 catches for a career-high 167 yards, while teammate Drew Haddad had a career-high of seven catches for 174 yards before injuring his knee in the third quarter. Junior quarterback Chad Salisbury completed 29-of-45 passes for 445 yards (the second-highest total in school history) with three touchdowns, but was hurt by four interceptions.

Men's Soccer

UB 2, Long Island 3
UB 3, Iona 5

The Bulls went 0-2 over the weekend, with losses against Long Island and Iona universities.

On Saturday, Long Island squeezed past Buffalo by a score of

3-2. UB's Steve Butcher scored a career-high two goals in the loss.

On Sunday, the Bulls lost to a talented Iona team, 5-3. Freshman Brian McCallion, Frank Butcher and Steve Butcher each scored one goal apiece for Buffalo.

Men's and Women's Cross Country

Pat Nolan finished eighth overall for the Bulls in the men's 7,800-meter run at the Colgate Challenge on Saturday with a time of 26:15:00. The men's team finished third overall in a field of five teams.

In dual meets, Buffalo finished 2-2, with wins against Holy Cross, 27-29, and St. Bonaventure, 16-45, and losses to Bucknell, 45-15, and Colgate, 34-22.

The women finished second overall in the Colgate Challenge in a field of four teams. Sophomore Jenny Folckemer led the way for UB, finishing fourth in a time of 20:18. Freshman Eileen Rose (sixth place, 20:28), sophomore Marie Macander (seventh place, 20:33) and junior Kerri Shpur (10th place, 20:42) all finished in the top 10 for the Bulls.

In dual meets, the Bulls finished, 2-1, with wins over Colgate, 23-32, and St. Bonaventure, 15-40. Buffalo's only loss came against Bucknell, 32-23.

Women's Volleyball

The Bulls traveled to Pittsburgh last weekend to participate in the Pittsburgh Invitational. In its first match on Friday against Wright State, Buffalo got off to a convincing start-winning the first game, 15-11. However, Wright State battled back to win the next three games, 15-5, 15-8, 15-13 to take the match. On Saturday, the Bulls lost to Pittsburgh, 2-15, 14-16,13-15 and to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 3-15, 15-11, 8-15, 14-16.

Senior middle hitter Kathy Brinkworth led the Bulls, totaling 27 kills and 23 digs in the three matches.

Men's and Women's Tennis

The men's tennis team lost to St. Francis (Pa.) this weekend. UB's Onke Murdono defeated Brian Akers 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles slot, and Jordan Levitt defeated Tony D'Abrasio 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the No. 6 singles slot. Levitt also teamed with Travis Melnick to win 9-8, 7-3 in No. 3 doubles play.

The women's team lost to Duquesne, 9-0.

-Andrew Punzal, Assistant Sports Information Director