University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

Published: October 20, 2005

Football

Bowling Green 27, UB 7

For the second straight week, UB put up a good fight against a high-powered offense. Unfortunately for the Bulls, they again came up short, dropping a 27-7 decision to Bowling Green in UB Stadium on Saturday.

Heading into the game, Bowling Green led the Mid-American Conference and ranked third in the nation in pass offense, averaging 362.6 yards per game. The UB defense held All-American quarterback Omar Jacobs to 187 yards—the lowest passing total of his career as a starter. Jesse Imes and Gemara Williams each had an interception-the first time Jacobs has thrown two interceptions in a game in his career.

Volleyball

Syracuse 3, UB 0
Ohio 3, UB 0
UB 3, Kent State 1

Four players reached double digits in kills and three posted double-doubles to lead the Bulls to their first MAC victory of the season on Saturday night in Alumni Arena. The Bulls powered their way to a 3-1 win (30-21, 27-30, 30-19, 30-20) over visiting Kent State to up their record to 9-13 overall and 1-7 in the MAC.

The victory over Kent State concluded a week in which the Bulls dropped matches to Syracuse on Oct. 11 and the 23rd ranked Ohio Bobcats on Friday.

The Orange took a dramatic 36-34 win in game one and then earned 30-19 and 30-27 wins in games two and three for a decisive 3-0 shutout against the Bulls. Junior Brandie Clark set a school record with 11 block assists to highlight the Bulls' efforts.

The Bobcats proved on Friday why they are nationally ranked, shutting out the Bulls 3-0 in MAC action in Alumni Arena. Game scores were 30-20, 30-11 and 30-19.

Soccer

MEN'S

UB 4, Bowling Green 0
UB 1, IPFW 0

UB won its first MAC game of the season Friday, as junior Braden Byler netted two goals on four shots to give the Bulls the 4-0 win.

Play was tight entering the 25th minute of play in the first half, when

sophomore Lee Catchpole was yanked down abruptly in the box by a Falcon defender. The infraction led to a penalty kick taken by Catchpole, and he rifled the shot to the bottom right corner, putting the Bulls up 1-0. After Catchpole's ninth goal of the season, he caught junior Brian Knapp with a lofty pass, and Knapp fired an acrobatic scissor kick that pierced the twine, adding his fourth goal of the season.

With a 2-0 lead, many of UB's reserves entered the game and they made the most of their time on the field, playing hard and battling back against the fortifying Falcon offense.

UB held the advantage in corner kicks by a 6-0 count. One of those corner kicks, kicked by freshman Elbrus Tambi floated high and into the box and was catapulted skyward on a header from fellow freshman Dezi Lara Byler settled the ball and blasted home his second goal of the season.

The Bulls' reserves remained in the game at the start of the second half, outshooting the Falcons 11-6. Byler struck for his second goal of the game after being fed the ball in front of the net by junior Matt Grabowski.

In the last home regular season game in UB Stadium for senior captains Greg Galemore, Matt Stuczynski and Mbwana Johnson, the Bulls rallied early and managed to score the game's lone goal in the first two minutes of play send Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne to a 1-0 loss. The cold, frigid conditions managed to spark some conflict, as there were a total of 38 fouls between the two teams.

WOMEN'S

Toledo 3, UB 0
Bowling Green 4, UB 0

Boosted by 21 shots, the University of Toledo was able to shut down UB, 3-0, in MAC action at Scott Park on Friday afternoon.

Toledo took 12 shots in the first half, but it was a goal in the 41st minute that finally got the Rockets on the board.

Toledo added to its 1-0 lead in the 63rd minute when Candice

Choquette fed Kelly Langenbeck for a goal. Eleven minutes later, Rachel

White scored on a give from Tara White to close out the scoring.

With five members of the preseason starting lineup on the bench with

injuries, the Bulls must rally in their final three MAC games in order to

make the conference playoffs, thanks to a 4-0 loss at Bowling Green on

Sunday. All three games will be in UB Stadium, starting with a contest at 6 p.m. tomorrow against Akron.

Cross Country

McKenna places ninth at Penn State National Open

The men's and women's cross-country teams took their strongest runners to the Penn State National Open on Saturday, finishing in the middle of the pack in both races. The UB women tied Syracuse for 16th place with 458 points among 34 teams, while the UB men placed 17th in the 37-team men's field, scoring 526 team points.

In the men's race, contested at 5.2 miles, UB junior Dan McKenna finished ninth in a field of 294 entrants in 25:36. It was the fourth top-10 finish this season for McKenna, the MAC Men's Runner of the Week for the past two weeks.

For the UB women, senior Jen Jezorski was the top finisher in 22:21 along the 6K course, to place 55th in the 259 runner field and cut 13 seconds off her time from the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational, held on Sept. 24.

While the "A" squad was in Pennsylvania, UB also sent a small contingent of runners to Rochester to participate at Roberts Wesleyan's Harry F. Anderson Invitational meet. UB sent four women's runners and three men, short of five individuals required to field a full team.

In the women's 5K race, Susan Beatty was the top finisher for the Bulls in 21:35.2 to finish 36th among 108 individuals. For the men, Brian Smith was UB's top finisher, completing the 8K course in 27:28.6 to finish 16th in a field of 111.

Basketball

MEN'S

Yassin Idbihi named to preseason All-MAC Team

Yassin Idbihi has been selected to the Preseason All-Mid-American Conference men's basketball team as voted on by members of the MAC News Media Association. This is the second straight season that Idbihi has earned the recognition.

Idbihi led the Bulls in rebounding (5.9 rpg) and ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.9 ppg). He also ranked second in blocked shots (21). Idbihi averaged 11.7 points and 6.5 rebounds in the 2005 MAC Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Crew

UB squads fare well at Stonehurst Regatta

UB competed in the Stonehurst Regatta in a field consisting of some of the sport's toughest squads in the nation. The Bulls posted top-10 results in each of the three races entered. Schools like Syracuse and Harvard, both of which competed in the NCAA Championship last year, were among the tough competition the Bulls faced.

In Women's Open Four, the Bulls finished strong with a 10th-place finish in a field of 20 teams with a time of 40:13.51. Brock University upended Western Ontario to take a first-place finish with a time of 36:37.15.

The Women's Varsity Eight competition matched up two UB squads in a field of 30. Western Ontario beat out Williams College for top honors with a time of 32:18.19, while the two UB boats finished eighth and ninth within five seconds of each other in a field of 24 boats.

Last year, UB had two squads in the Varsity Eight and finished third and 19th, while the Varsity Four placed fifth out of a 17-team field.

The rowers will travel to Boston this weekend to participate in the Head of the Charles.