Athletes
of the Week
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Tim
Sova of the baseball team was 4-for-4 with two runs batted in
and a run scored in UB's 11-6 Mid-American Conference victory over
Bowling Green. Sova, a senior outfielder, tied his career-best with
the four hits, all singles, as the Bulls put together a season-high
17 hits in the game.
Laura
Olson of the women's track and field team won the pole vault
competition at the Bucknell Open in Lewisburg, Pa. Olson took the
event with a height of 11-4, the only entrant to clear 11 feet.
A sophomore, Olson holds both the outdoor (11-6) and indoor (11-6.25)
school records in the pole vault.
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Baseball
UB
11, Bowling Green 6
After
suffering through several rainouts and moving some games onto the road,
UB finally played its home opener Friday afternoon, defeating Bowling
Green, 11-6, in the first of a four-game Mid-American Conference series.
The
remainder of the series was cancelled by the rain that soaked the area
over the weekend.
The
victory improves the Bulls' record to 8-11 overall and 2-4 in league play.
Senior
righthander Brendan Dunford got out of a ninth-inning jam, coaxing Bowling
Green's Kelly Hunt to pop out to end the game with the bases loaded and
giving the Bulls the win. Dunford (2-4) went the distance, striking out
nine.
Softball
Northern
Illinois 9, UB 0; NIU 9, UB 1; NIU 6, UB 1
Colgate 10, UB 9
UB 5, St. Bonaventure 4; UB 6, St. Bonaventure 1
UB
won two of three non-conference games earlier in the week before dropping
a three-game MAC series at Northern Illinois over the weekend (9-0, 9-1,
6-1).
The
Bulls lost a 10-9 slugfest at Colgate on April 9 and swept St. Bonaventure
in a doubleheader on April 10, earning a come-from-behind 5-4 win in the
opener and taking the nightcap by a 6-1 score. Freshman Ann Marie Magur
drove in the game-winning run in the fifth inning of the opener with a
single up the middle and blasted her first career home run, a three-run
shot over the left center field fence, in the fifth inning of the nightcap.
Sophomore Marce Ross also hit her first career home run during the Colgate
game.
Basketball
Women's
Kochendorfer
honored by womenscollegehoops.com
Sophomore
Jessica Kochendorfer of the women's basketball team was honored by womenscollegehoops.com,
receiving honorable mention honors on the Web site's second annual All-America
Team.
Kochendorfer
led the Bulls with 14.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.36 blocks per game.
She was one of only two players to start every game during the 2001-02
season, and she posted a team-high seven double-doubles on the year while
leading the Bulls in scoring on 10 occasions and in rebounding on 17 occasions.
Her 401 points on the year are the 10th highest in UB history, and her
38 blocks are sixth on UB's single-season record list. Kochendorfer ranked
10th in the MAC in scoring, fourth in rebounding, eighth in field goal
percentage (.456), tied for third in blocked shots per game, third in
defensive rebounds per game (5.50) and 15th in offensive rebounds per
game (2.14). In MAC games only, she ranked fourth in scoring (15.3) and
rebounding (8.1) and third in blocks per game (1.31).
Tennis
Women's
Toledo
7, UB 0
Eastern Michigan 7, UB 0
The
Bulls dropped both of their MAC matches on the road last week to fall
to 2-13 overall and 0-7 in league competition. UB dropped identical 7-0
decisions at Toledo on Friday and Eastern Michigan on Saturday.
Track
and Field
Top
performances at Sea Ray Relays
UB
sent its top athletes to the Sea Ray Relays at the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville over the weekend. The men's and women's squads turned in
impressive marks at the nationally recognized event against some of the
top collegiate track-and-field athletes from the eastern half of the United
States.
The
most impressive performances were turned in by shot putters Byron McKinney
and Joe Loiacono. The duo tied for second in the open portion of the competition
with tosses of 54-7.25 (16.64m). The distance gave each a share of the
school record, previously set by McKinney at the Raleigh Relays two weeks
ago of 53-10.5 (16.42m). Purdue's Scott Hecht won the competition at 56-10
(17.32m). Loiacono also turned in a sixth-place finish in the discus at
162-7 (49.56m), while McKinney placed 18th in the hammer toss at 157-7
(48.03m).
Sprinter
Joe Clark also set a school record as he completed the 400 meters in 47.63
to place 22nd. The record broke Fumu Gakodi's mark of 48.12 set in 1994.
Distance specialist Rick Stewart placed third in the 3000 steeplechase
in 9:32.42 behind runners from Minnesota and Indiana State. Todd Ludden
placed 13th in the 5000 meters in 15:23.70. Eric Czubaj was 25th in the
1500 meters in 3:55.45.
In
the women's meet, Faith Thompson set the shot put record at 43-1.75 (13.15m)
to place 17th overall. It broke her mark of 42-10.5 (13.07m) set last
season. Melissa Burrows took second in the 5000 meters in 17:58.18, finishing
behind Auburn's Erica Braswell, who clocked in at 17:38.51. Hollie Rhodes
placed sixth in the 3000 steeplechase in 11:13.37, just two seconds off
her school record set earlier this season. Sarah Fletcher turned in a
sixth-place finish in the hammer throw at 178-5.25 (54.39m), while Thompson
was 21st at 147-1.25 (44.84m). Christina Keck was 22nd in the 800 meters
in 2:12.69.
Crew
Novice
8 takes second at Knecht Cup
UB
sent three entries to the Knecht Cup, hosted by Villanova University,
over the weekend. The novice 8 entry was the only boat to reach the finals,
finishing first in its heat in 7:13.5 ahead of teams from Lafayette, Marist,
North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Penn State. In the finals, the team took
second in 7:20.6, six seconds behind first-place finisher Massachusetts.
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