Football

UB 20, Kent State 17

The Bulls went through many emotions this week following the news that head coach Craig Cirbus' contract would not be renewed. Saturday, however, the only emotion they felt was elation after claiming the first overtime victory in school history, a 20-17 MAC win over Kent State in UB Stadium.

That the Bulls did it once again in come-from-behind fashion proved to be even sweeter as UB improved to 2-7 overall and 2-4 in the MAC. Like UB's other win-an identical 20-17 victory over Bowling Green-this one featured a comeback in the final two minutes.

Senior kicker Scott Keller's 22-yard field goal on the final play of regulation was tipped by a Kent State player but still managed to find its way between the uprights to tie the game at 17-17. After Keller kicked a 38-yard field goal to give the Bulls the lead in overtime, the normally reliable Dave Pavich's 21-yard field goal hit the left upright and caromed harmlessly to the ground.

Soccer

Men's

UB 2, Akron 1
Bowling Green 1, UB 0

UB senior Tim Songer led the Bulls to a 2-1 win over third-seeded Akron in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament held at UB.

The Bulls, however, couldn't pull out another victory as the top-seeded Bowling Green Falcons used an early goal and then held off the Bulls to win 1-0 in the semifinal matchup. UB ended its season at 6-10-2.

For their play in the tournament, Joe Peplinski and Mike Peplinski were named to the MAC's All-Tournament squad. Earlier in the week, senior midfielder Brian McCallion was honored with All-MAC First Team recognition.

Women's

Miami (Ohio) 2, UB 0
UB 2, Toledo 0

UB saw its hopes of winning a MAC Championship come to an end with a 2-0 loss to visiting Miami (OH) in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament at UB's RAC Field. The Bulls came into the game as the tournament's top seed after winning the MAC's regular season title. They had advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 win over Toledo in a quarterfinal match earlier in the week. Miami, the tournament's fourth seed, went on to win the tournament title and advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Nicole Olszewski and Elizabeth Pfeffer were named to the MAC's All-Tournament team. Earlier in the week, head coach Jean-A. Tassy was named the MAC Coach of the Year. In addition, three players-Paula Listrani, Linnaea DiNallo and Pfeffer were named to the All-MAC First Team and Cherie Rogers was named to the all-conference second team.

Athletes of the Week

Joe Freedy had his finest day as a UB Bull as he threw for a career high 323 yards on 23-of-36 passing with one touchdown to lead the football team to a 20-17 overtime win over Kent State. It was the first time that Freedy had passed for more than 300 yards. Jolie Pun was a double winner in the Bulls' Mid-American Conference dual swim-meet openers against Akron and Ohio. Pun, a freshman, captured the 200 freestyle in 1:55.60 and took the 500 freestyle in 5:09.36. She improved on her season bests in both events, shaving a second off of each.

Volleyball

Miami (OH) 3, UB 0
Ohio 3, UB 1
Cornell 3, UB 0

The volleyball team was shut out by the visiting Miami (OH) RedHawks, 15-1, 15-1, 15-11, in Alumni Arena. The loss was UB's 14th in a row and its 15th in league play this season. Freshman Lindsay Matikosh continued her productive rookie campaign with a match-high 14 kills.

In other action last week, the Bulls fell to Ohio, 15-8, 13-15, 15-13, 15-3, and to Cornell, 15-9, 15-8, 15-11.

Swimming

Men

Ohio 132, UB 108

The men's swimming team opened its MAC schedule Saturday, dropping a 132-108 decision to Ohio in Athens. Senior Josh Pun took the men's 200 free in 1:45.55. Seniors Eric Stimson and Jason McLachlan also were double winners for the Bulls. Stimson took the 200 back in 1:54.29 and 200 breast in a lifetime best 2:13.38. McLachlan swept the distance freestyles, taking the 500 in 4:49.31 and 1000 in 10:15.55.

Women's

UB 136, Akron 107
Ohio 141, UB 100

The women's swimming team opened its MAC defeating Akron 136-107 but falling to the defending MAC champions and host Ohio Bobcats 141-100 in the tri-meet. UB is now 4-1 in dual meet competition and 1-1 in MAC action.

Freshman Jolie Pun led the way for the Bulls taking the 200 freestyle in 1:55.60 and 500 freestyle in 5:09.36 shaving a second off her previous best performances in both events. The Bulls also took the 800 freestyle relay in 7:53.43.

Tennis

Men's

Senior Budi Susanto and freshman Fery Kasiman finished with a victory and a loss in doubles competition at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rolex Regional Championships at Virginia Tech. In their first-round match, Susanto and Kasiman defeated senior Josh Hamilton and junior Bryan Rowland from Towson University, 8-4. However, that was as far as the UB duo advanced as they fell to 10th-seeded Francis Huot and Andrew Vu of Virginia Tech in the round of 32.

Susanto and Kasiman were not as successful in the singles bracket, however, as both dropped their first-round and consolation matches.