Football

Ohio University 45, UB 6

Jamel Patterson rushed for a career-high 180 yards on 17 carries and Ohio University rambled for 393 yards on the ground in posting a 45-6 Mid-American Conference victory over visiting UB Saturday night in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.

The Bobcats (1-3) overcame a strong first quarter by the Bulls (0-3) and slowly wore down the injury-depleted visitors. UB, forced to play without two starting defensive linemen, fell to 0-2 in MAC conference play.

The Bulls jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a 34-yard field goal by Scott Keller with 6:31 left in the first quarter and tied the game at 6-6 on a 37-yard Keller field goal with 8:37 left in the first half. Those field goals were sandwiched around a Raynald Ray six-yard touchdown run.

The decisive play of the game came late in the second quarter when, on a third-and-four play from the UB 11-yard line, Patterson broke three tackles behind the line of scrimmage and scored the tie-breaking touchdown that set off an avalanche of 39 straight points by the Bobcats.

The Bulls, despite gaining 315 yards of total offense, never were able to score a touchdown and now have been held without a touchdown for more than eight quarters.

"There were some positives there that we were able to move the ball down the field, but certainly we'd rather have touchdowns instead of field goals," said Bulls head coach Craig Cirbus. "We were moving the ball and we were holding them in the first quarter, so those are some of the encouraging things."

Senior flanker Drew Haddad continued his assault on the UB record book with another glittering performance. Haddad had eight catches for 140 yards, the 12th time in his career he has gone over 100 yards receiving in a game, a new school record.

"The whole defense from Ohio did a good job," said Haddad. "It was one of those things where we couldn't punch the ball in, their defense held us every time. We had drives but we just couldn't seem to score."

Sophomore quarterback Joe Freedy had a rough night, despite setting a new career high with 220 yards passing on 17-of-30 aerials. Freedy was sacked six times and intercepted three times as the Bobcats defense turned up the heat after the first quarter.

Redshirt freshman tailback Bam McDonald had a career-high 22 carries for 81 yards for the Bulls, while tight end Brandon Shaughnessy had three catches for 30 yards.

Defensively, the Bulls got another strong game from free safety Craig Rohlfs. Rohlfs led the Bulls with nine tackles and forced a fumble, while inside linebacker Chris Shelly had eight tackles and a forced fumble.

Cirbus agreed that Ohio's running attack was the key to the game.

"They were getting to our flank awfully successfully," said Cirbus. "Between outside people and secondary play, we just couldn't stop them, we couldn't contain them. Then our lack of depth and our fatigue really made it a disaster later on in the game.

"I told them 'we're not going to be the least bit discouraged with this game,'" said Cirbus. "They played their hearts out."

Soccer

Athletes of the Week Senior soccer goalkeeper Justin Deming recorded two shutouts this past week in a 2-0 win against Siena and a 3-0 win over Delaware. Deming now has four shutouts and 43 saves on the season Junior Paula Listrani had outstanding games against Mid American Conference opponents last week. At Toledo, she scored twice and assisted on a third goal in the 3-2 overtime win. She scored the game-winner in overtime. Listrani scored twice more at Bowling Green and assisted on a third goal in the 3-0 shutout victory for the undefeated Bulls

Men's

UB 2, Siena 0
UB 3, Delaware 0

After dropping three of four games, the Bulls have rebounded to win two straight. UB defeated Siena College 2-0 and then went on the road to defeat Delaware 3-0 last Saturday.

Women's

UB 3, Toledo 2 (OT)
UB 3, Bowling Green 0

UB is off to the best start in school history with an 8-0-1 record. The Bulls extended the unbeaten streak to nine games with two MAC wins this past weekend, a 3-2 overtime win at Toledo and a 3-0 shutout win at Bowling Green. The nine-game unbeaten streak matches the longest unbeaten streak in the program's history. In the 1982-83 seasons, the Bulls also went nine games without a loss, five games at the end of the 1982 season and four games at the beginning of the 1983 season.

Volleyball

Eastern Michigan 3, UB 2 (15-6, 15-12, 5-15, 8-15, 9-15)
Marshall 3, UB 0 (9-15, 6-15, 12-15)

Sophomore outside hitter Keri Shiels recorded 22 kills and 27 digs in two Mid-American Conference matches this past weekend. Shiels tallied 11 kills and 16 kills in a five-game loss to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 21 and 11 kills and 11 digs in a three-game loss at Marshall Friday night. On average, Shiels recorded 2.75 kills per game and 3.37 digs per game in the two matches.

Cross Country

Men placed fourth at Western International Invitational

Women placed third at Western International Invitational

The Bulls traveled to Ontario to take part in the 25th Annual Western International Cross Country Invitational at Thames Valley Golf Course. The women placed third (93 points) out of 12 teams, while the men finished fourth (131 points) out of a field of 12.

Senior Casey Spencer crossed the line first for UB at 18:57 for a tenth-place overall finish in the women's 5,000 meter race. Junior Eileen Rose finished closely behind Spencer in 12th place (19:02). Junior Tony David was UB's top male finisher in the 10k race. He placed sixth overall with a time of 32:37.

Senior soccer goalkeeper Justin Deming recorded two shutouts this past week in a 2-0 win against Siena and a 3-0 win over Delaware. Deming now has four shutouts and 43 saves on the season

Junior Paula Listrani had outstanding games against Mid American Conference opponents last week. At Toledo, she scored twice and assisted on a third goal in the 3-2 overtime win. She scored the game-winner in overtime. Listrani scored twice more at Bowling Green and assisted on a third goal in the 3-0 shutout victory for the undefeated Bulls