The University at Buffalo's annual Blue and White football game will be Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at UB Stadium. The game is the culmination of the Bulls' spring practice schedule and will give fans their first look at coach Craig Cirbus' 1996 squad. Admission is free.

Fans may also purchase their 1996 season tickets at the game Saturday. Three ticket options are available including the TD Plan with chairback seating at midfield and free parking adjacent to the stadium for $84. The Field Goal plan is available for $50, six games for the price of five and great seats. The Extra Point Plan is also available with a limited number of seats for just $25. That means an entire family of four can go to all six of the Bulls games this season for $100-that's $4 per ticket!

MEN'S TENNIS

The Bulls finished sixth in the 10-team Mid-Continent Conference Tennis Championships over the weekend in Montgomery, Ala. Western Illinois defeated Troy State for the second consecutive season to take the title. UB went 2-2 during the tourney to finish their spring season with a 7-6 dual meet mark. The Bulls were 17-8 including the fall season.

UB opened the tournament with a 4-0 win over 10th-seeded Northeastern Illinois. Andrew Garber (number four) and Orrin Pridgen (number five) each "double-bageled" their opponents taking 6-0, 6-0 victories to lead the Bulls. UB then moved on to the second round where they fell to second-seeded Troy State 4-0.

Coach Russ Crispell's squad picked up a 4-2 victory over Valparaiso as Pridgen and Garber took straight set wins. The Bulls earned the match victory as number six Joe Hamilton defeated the Crusaders' Derick Schmidt 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. The Bulls concluded the tournament falling to Missouri-Kansas City 4-0 in the fifth-place match.

Although top singles player Wadie Kawar missed the tournament with a foot fracture, he earned All-Mid-Continent Conference first team honors. Kawar compiled a 17-4 overall record including a 7-3 slate in the spring and was 3-0 against Mid- Continent opponents.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

The Bulls and Royals will host the upcoming UB Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Friday's events begin at 4 p.m. with Saturday's events starting at 9 a.m. Eight teams are entered in the meet including UB, Youngstown State, Canisius, St. Bonaventure, Erie Community College, Houghton, Rochester Institute of Technology, and St. Francis of Pennsylvania as well as several club teams from Canada. Also entered in individual events are a pair Olympic caliber athletes. Sharon Slachetka, the previous New York State record holder in the high jump and 1992 Olympic Trials qualifier, will be in the heptathalon. On the men's side, Paul Just, a native of Maple, Ont., and member of the 1988 Canadian Olympic Team in Seoul, is entered in the pole vault. Just holds the Canadian record for the pole vault at 18' 1/2". Many of UB's top athletes also will be competing.

-Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office