Call it the "Heartbreak in Storrs." The Bulls played a tremendous game Saturday night at Connecticut against the heavily favored and undefeated Huskies falling 26-25 as UConn's David DeArmas kicked an 18-yard field goal with 10 seconds left in regulation.

UB built a 10-0 lead in the first quarter behind a Gerald Carlson 47-yard field goal-tying a career-best-and a 56-yard interception return by Terrence Fisher. It became 16-0 when Mike Chichester forced a fumble by DeArmas, UConn's punter, in his own end zone that Ibrahim Giles recovered for another UB score.

Sophomore tailback Anthony Swan, who had 145 yards on the night, made it 22-0 with a five-yard run late in the first half, before the Huskies scored to make it 22-6 at halftime.

Todd Pace added 73 yards rushing for the Bulls in the game, while Fisher, Craig Guest and Pete Conley led the UB defense. Fisher had seven tackles and a fumble recovery to go with his first career touchdown, while Guest and Conley each had 15 tackles.

Jason Kuehn had a career-best three quarterback sacks. Keith Hansen (seven tackles) and Steve McDuffie (six tackles) combined on a sack as well for the Bulls. Freshman kick returner Kali Watkins had 106 yards on three returns, including a career-best of 59 yards.

The Bulls, now 2-2, return to UB Stadium to host the Villanova Wildcats for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The series is tied at five wins each with the Bulls posting a 29-27 win in the last meeting between the two schools. Ironically that win by UB, over the Division I-AA Wildcats prompted talk of the then-Division III Bulls returning to Division I. That became a reality in February of 1986 when the Intercollegiate Athletics Board (IAB) approved UB's eventual move back to Division I in 1993.

VOLLEYBALL

The Royals raised their record to 13-3 with a pair of victories Saturday at Alumni Arena. The Royals downed St. Francis (Pa.) 15-6, 15-9, 15-9 and Loyola (Md.) 15-11, 20-18, 10-15, 15-10 to extend their winning streak to nine matches.

In the win over St. Francis, the Royals were led by Nancy Rose's 10 kills and three blocks. Candi Sims tallied 28 assists along with 12 digs and five kills while Aprille Sweeting added three service aces.

Against Loyola, Candie Hirst led the way with 25 kills and 11 digs. Laurie Santelli with 19 kills and Sweeting with 11 were also in double figure kills for UB. Kathy Brinkworth tallied a game-high 19 digs while Sweeting also contributed 10 blocks. Sims led the setters with 52 assists.

Friday night UB defeated Missouri-Kansas City 15-7, 13-15, 15-6, 15-12 to open their homestand.

Hirst led the Royals with 13 kills while Santelli added 11 kills and a team-high 12 digs. Sims tallied 47 assists and 10 digs while Rose and Kathy Brinkworth had seven blocks each.

MEN'S SOCCER

The Bulls took a pair of shutout victories last week to raise their record to 5-3 downing Niagara 5-0 at home and Marist 1-0 on the road.

In the Niagara match, Dan Ciolek scored two goals while Ediru Okpewho, Eric Adhola and Rich Bachman tallied single markers. Goalies Jay Palmer and Chris Barletta combined for the shutout as the Bulls outshot the Purple Eagles 31-6.

At Marist, Adhola scored the match's lone goal in the first half as Palmer stopped seven shots to preserve the shutout. With the shutouts, Palmer lowered his goals against average to 0.93.

The Bulls host Siena Friday at 7 p.m. and open their Mid-Continent schedule with Central Connecticut State Sunday at RAC Field at 1 p.m.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

The Royals were fit to be tied over the weekend in Virginia as they played to a pair of deadlocks. UB tied the Radford Highlanders 3-3 on Saturday and the Virginia Tech Hokies 1-1 on Sunday to put their 1995 record at 3-1-3.

Jennifer Devita, Joanna Tower and Lori Perillo each netted goals in the match vs. Radford. Perillo's came in the first of two overtime sessions.

On Sunday, Tracey Britton scored off of Tower's corner kick at the 40:41 mark of the first half tying the match at one. The match remained tied through the second half and both overtime sessions as the Hokies outshot the Royals 35-12. UB's Nikki Pittaro stopped 22 shots in the match.

The Royals travel to Penn State on Friday night for a match with the Lady Lions. They are at home Sunday, Oct. 1 to face Central Connecticut State at 11 a.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Royals finished second in a 15-team field Saturday at the Western Ontario Invitational at the Thames Valley Golf Course. The Royals scored 113 points behind only host Western Ontario with 53.

Judith Novak was the Royals' top finisher crossing the line sixth in 18:40 over the five-kilometer course. Gretchen Welch was the Royals' next finisher in 19:31 for 23rd place.

The Bulls placed fourth with 109 points in the 14 team men's field. Syracuse took the top spot scoring 59 points. Chris Keenan completed the 10 K race in 32:47, fourth overall, while teammate Charlie Moynihan was seventh in 32:59.

Both teams travel to Miami of Ohio next weekend for a tri-meet with the Redskins and Bowling Green.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Coach Joe Davis' team is off to a 4-0 record this fall including their 7-2 win over Youngstown State Sept. 19.

Freshman Amy Borden is off to an impressive start with her 4-0 record at number four singles for the Royals. Stacey Gargan is 3-0 at number five this year with her 6-0, 6-0 win over YSU's Kristy Zagotti.

The Royals host Siena on Friday at 3 p.m. and Pittsburgh at 10 a.m. at the University Tennis Center.

MEN'S TENNIS

The Bulls remain unbeaten thanks to their 6-1 win over Mid-Continent Conference foe Youngstown State at the University Tennis Club last week.

Steve Dahm, Wadie Kawar, Mike Proulx, Andrew Garber and Pradeep Rebala each took singles wins to lead coach Russ Crispell's Bulls. UB also swept the three doubles matches.

-Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office