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Dan McKenna of the men's cross-country team won the individual title at the season-opening Tommy Evans Invitational at Akron. McKenna, a junior, controlled the four-mile course throughout the race and finished in 20:36, 21 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Andreea Novaceanu of the women's tennis team won the A Singles title at the Cornell Invitational with a perfect 4-0 record. Novaceanu scored a straight-sets win over Cornell's Tamara John, 6-4, 6-2, in the championship after winning her semifinal match in a super-tiebreaker over Kasia Preneta of Cornell. The title was Novaceanu's third of her career after taking singles crowns at tournaments at Bowling Green and Dartmouth in 2004.
Football
Syracuse 31, UB 0
A career game by Syracuse tailback Damien Rhodes lifted the Orange to a 31-0 victory over UB on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. Rhodes piled up career-highs in touchdowns (four) and rushing yards (236) to propel the Orange to the win before 34,442 fans.
The loss dropped the Bulls to 0-2 on the season. UB will host another Big East opponent on Saturday in UB Stadium when the Rutgers Scarlet Knights come to town for an 8 p.m. kickoff.
Volleyball
Idaho 3, UB 0
Washington State 3, UB 1
Oral Roberts 3, UB
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Facing its toughest opposition to date, UB played well in spurts-and better than the scores indicated—at the Washington State Tournament last weekend, dropping matches to Idaho by a 3-0 score (30-26, 30-20, 31-29), and to Washington State (30-23, 30-24, 24-30, 30-25) and Oral Roberts (30-22, 30-26, 22-30, 30-18) by identical 3-1 scores.
The Bulls were led by Katie Weekley for the second straight weekend. The senior averaged 3.36 kills per game, while hitting a team-high .360, and 1.45 blocks per game in the three matches.
Soccer
MEN'S
UB 3, Niagara 1
UB 3, Siena 0
UB posted a pair of victories during the past week to remain undefeated at 4-0-0. The Bulls knocked off rival Niagara, 3-1, on Sept. 7 in UB Stadium and dumped Siena, 3-0, on Sunday. With the exception of one goal against Niagara, all of UB's goals this season have come in the second half. UB has outscored its opponents 13-1 in the final 45 minutes of play.
Against Niagara, junior Andrae Clark, senior Greg Galemore and junior Brian Knapp scored goals, while junior Daniel Bell had little trouble in goal, stopping just two Niagara shots to record the win.
Against Siena, junior Erik Jaanimagi fired up the 200-plus in attendance in UB Stadium by scoring the first goal of the game with precision. After a pass from freshman Dan Gwyther, Jaanimagi settled the ball off a deflection, only to lead a break away down the left side of field and release a shot to the lower right corner of the goal.
Nine minutes later, at the 72:22 mark, the Bulls found their way back on the scoreboard with a header from sophomore Shyle Braithwaite.
The topping on the cake was scored off a one-timer from sophomore Lee Catchpole.
WOMEN'S
UB 2, Canisius 1
Cornell 2, UB 1
Canisius' Lindsay Benson snuck a shot from inside the goal box with 10 seconds left, but UB sophomore defender Amanda Courteau kicked the ball away inches from the goal line to secure the Bulls 2-1 win against the Golden Griffins at Demske Sports Complex on Friday.
Courteau's defensive save clinched the second win in a row for UB against Canisius, despite Canisius outshooting the Bulls, 14-11. Canisius took six shots on goal in the second half, but UB's two first-half goals still were enough to earn the win.
Senior Natalia Crofut scored a first-half goal on Sunday against Cornell, but the Big Red then scored a pair of goals in a three-minute span in the waning moments of the half to defeat the Bulls, 2-1, in Ithaca.
UB (2-3-1) ends its six-game, season-opening road trek by opening its home slate with a 7 p.m. game tomorrow against Niagara in UB Stadium.
Cross Country
Women: Akron 21, UB 34
Men: Akron 23, UB 34
UB's men's and women's cross-country squads opened the 2005 season at the 37th Annual Tommy Evans Invitational at Firestone Park in Akron. The Bulls and the host Akron Zips composed the only squads in the field Saturday. The UB men fell to Akron, 23-34, while the women dropped a 21-34 decision to the Zips.
In the men's four-mile race—a distance slightly shorter than the typical 8,000-kilometer distance—UB's Dan McKenna was the top individual finisher. The junior captain covered the course in 20:36. easily finishing ahead of the second-place runner, Akron's Jason Headman, who crossed the finish line in 20:57. Akron racers also finished in the third and fourth slots to secure the team victory.
Akron runners took the top three spots in the women's race, with All-Mid-American Conference runner Beata Rudzinska finishing the 5K course in 18:33. Senior Jen Jezorski was the top finisher for the Bulls with her fourth-place showing in 19:06.
The Bulls will return to the Buckeye State on Saturday for the Central Collegiate Meet in Toledo. UB's women won the meet last season while the men finished third in an eight-team field.
Tennis
MEN'S
Bulls complete St. Bonaventure Fall Classic
Two individuals and a doubles duo compiled perfect 3-0 records as UB completed play at the St. Bonaventure Fall Classic on Sunday. The tournament was played in a hidden duals format on Friday and Saturday and individual matches on Sunday, with no flight winners or team champions crowned.
Senior Matt Kennedy won all three of his individual matches, including a three-set thriller on Sunday to lead the Bulls. Junior Mike Rockman also went undefeated, with victories in two matches and scoring a third win by default.
The doubles team of Yules Hadisubroto and Nikesh Singh Panthlia also finished the classic with a 3-0 mark and were the only UB tandem to play more than one match together over the weekend.
UB will travel to Hanover, N.H., this weekend for the Dartmouth Invitational.
WOMEN'S
Novaceanu wins singles title at Cornell Invitational
UB sophomore Andreea Novaceanu rolled to a straight-sets victory on Sunday to claim the A Singles title at the Cornell Women's Fall Tennis Invitational.
Novaceanu downed Cornell's Tamara John, 6-4, 6-2, on Sunday to take the title, the third singles crown of her career.
UB senior Kristen Ortman reached the championship finals in the B bracket, facing Cornell opponents in all four of her matches. Ortman opened play on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Liying Wang and then dumped Ashley Ebbert, 6-4, 6-1, to reach Sunday's semifinals. In the semifinals, Ortman needed a first-set tiebreaker to defeat Dana Cruite, 7-6
(2), 6-3. Ortman's run was stopped on Sunday afternoon by Catherine Duboc. She fell to her Cornell opponent, 7-5, 6-2.
The Bulls will travel to the Bowling Green Invitational, Sept. 24 and 25.