University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

Published: October 27, 2005

Football

Toledo 38, UB 15

UB again put a scare into a Mid-American Conference pre-season favorite on Saturday before succumbing to the MAC West-Division leading Toledo Rockets, 38-15, in the Glass Bowl.

UB led for a stretch in the second quarter and had a chance to cut the lead to one score in the final five minutes before the Rockets scored a late touchdown.

The Bulls will host Ohio University at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Volleyball

Bowling Green 3, UB 0
Miami (OH) 3, UB 0

UB dropped two MAC matches over the weekend, both by 3-0 scores. The Bowling Green Falcons out-hit and out-blocked the Bulls on Friday en route to a 30-10, 33-31, 30-20 win. On Saturday, the Miami RedHawks had three players in double figures in kills to lead them to a 30-24, 31-29, 30-20 win over the Bulls.

The Bulls will hit the road for the pair of MAC matches this weekend against Eastern Michigan tomorrow and Central Michigan on Saturday.

Soccer

MEN'S

UB 1, Western Michigan 1 (2OT)
Northern Illinois 1, UB 0

The 20th-ranked Bulls men's soccer team concluded the regular season unable to nail down a victory in the final weekend. UB came up short of a win Friday afternoon as it managed to fight off Western Michigan in two overtime sessions to come away with its first tie of the season, 1-1. UB then fell at number 22 Northern Illinois, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon.

Down 1-0 at the start of the second half, UB took advantage of key opportunities to wear down the Broncos defense. Four corner kicks and a 12-6 shot differential gave reigning MAC Player of the Week Braden Byler

a chance to play hero and continue his great play in his second start of the season. The junior forward netted the Bulls' only goal with 2:12 left in regulation with a shot from eight yards out, to tie the score.

Against Northern Illinois on Sunday, the Bulls flirted with the opportunity to go without a loss in its final two-game road trip of the season, but fell short, 1-0, in a game that tested both teams' toughness and endurance.

The Bulls ended their regular season with a 12-3-1 record-2-2-1 in the MAC-and tied Western Michigan for third place. However, UB clinched the third slot based on goal differential in league matches.

The third- and fourth-place finishers in the conference will host the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament, which starts on Nov. 8.

WOMEN'S

Akron 1, UB 0 (2OT)
UB 1, Ohio 0

Akron's Christine Vacha was outnumbered on her breakaway, but still managed to sneak down the right sideline and fire a laser from 20 yards out that flew over the goalkeeper and crashed into the right side of the goal to give the Zips a 1-0 win at UB in MAC action Friday night at UB Stadium.

The Bulls crowded the goal box on several occasions, but couldn't get a clear shot across on Akron keeper.

On Sunday, sophomore Kelley Vander Mallie scored her first collegiate goal in the third minute to lift the Bulls to their fifth consecutive win over Ohio University, 1-0, in MAC action in UB Stadium.

UB, (5-11-1 overall, 3-7 MAC) will wrap up its season with Senior Night tomorrow as it hosts Kent State at 6 p.m. in another MAC match.

Cross Country

"B" runners travel to Cornell Invite

UB sent selected runners to Cornell University's Reif Memorial Run on Friday. Four runners competed for the Bulls in the women's 5K race. No UB runners competed in the 8K men's event. There was no team scoring in the meet.

UB's top finisher in the women's race was sophomore Michelle Quinn in 24th place among the 39 runners. Quinn completed the course in 22:23.5, a season-best time, cutting her previous best by more than 45 seconds.

The full contingent of UB runners will compete next weekend at the Mid-American Conference Championships, being held in DeKalb, Ill.

Swimming

WOMEN'S

UB 156, Canisius 61
UB 171, Siena 56

UB opened the 2005-06 women's swimming-and-diving season with a pair of convincing wins over the weekend. The Bulls took a 156-61 victory over host Canisius College on Friday, then followed with a 171-56 win over Siena in Alumni Arena Natatorium.

UB set six Canisius pool records in that meet. Pool records were set by junior Frances Stephenson in the 200 IM (2:12.63), senior Jackie English in the 100 butterfly (1:02.20), junior Cassy Oliveri in the 100 backstroke (1:02.20) and junior Kahla Walkinshaw in the 500 freestyle (5:11.65). English also won the 50 freestyle in 25.89.

Two facility records were also set in the diving well, as freshman Megan Stratton won her first collegiate event. Stratton opened with a six-dive total of 222.35 points to win the one-meter event and then compiled 215.35 points for her six dives on the three-meter springboard.

UB extended its winning ways by posting wins in 11 of 13 events Saturday to cruise to a 171-56 decision over Siena.

Walkinshaw posted a pair of victories to lead the Bulls. She took the 1,000 freestyle in 10:32.89 and 100 backstroke in 1:03.10.

The Bulls will kick off the MAC regular season schedule tomorrow against Ball State at 4 p.m. in Alumni Arena Natatorium, then host the reigning MAC champion Miami (OH) at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Tennis

MEN'S

Rockman reaches third round of ITA Regionals

Junior Mike Rockman and the doubles tandem of Yules Hadisubroto and Nikesh Singh Panthlia completed successful runs before being eliminated at the ITA Northeast Regionals, held at Dartmouth College last weekend.

In the singles draw, the unseeded Rockman opened with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Stony Brook's Nihal Advani in the first round of the 128-player bracket. In the second round (the round of 64), Rockman defeated number 25 seed Andrew Lieu of Princeton by a 6-4, 7-5 margin. On Sunday, Rockman was bounced from the tournament but not without putting up a strong fight against sixth-seeded Mikhail Bekker of Pennsylvania, falling 6-2, 6-2.

Hadisubroto and Singh Panthlia opened doubles play in the round of 64 with a victory over Fairfield's Jonathan Fernando and Stephen Kouri, 8-2. However, the UB tandem was eliminated 8-4 in the round of 32 by the number six seed in the doubles draw, Penn State's Adam Slagter and Mark Barry.

The full UB squad will close out the fall season this weekend at the Cornell Invitational.

WOMEN'S

Novaceanu scores first-round victory at ITAs

Sophomore Andreea Novaceanu and doubles team of senior Kristen Ortman and sophomore Natalie Dean competed in the ITA East Regional Tournament last weekend at the United States Military Academy.

Novaceanu opened the singles draw with a first-round victory, breezing past Gina Sabatino of Boston University, 6-4, 6-2. Novaceanu then moved into the second round (the round of 64), but fell in three sets to Lauren Cash of William and Mary to be eliminated from the competition.

Meanwhile, Ortman and Dean were bounced out of the doubles tournament in the first round, dropping the pro-set match, 9-7, against Alex Seaton and Lillen Vo of Colgate.

UB will complete the fall season this weekend with the Dartmouth Invitational.

Crew

Bulls compete at prestigious Head of the Charles

UB competed in the 41st annual Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday and pulled away with yet another positive showing.

UB entered two boats in this year's regatta, which included a guaranteed entry for the Championship Eight because the boat placed in the top 5 percent in the collegiate eight last year, finishing fourth out of 50 entries.

This year, the Championship Eight finished 36th out of 47, pulling away from such notable schools as Radcliffe and West Virginia with an overall time of 18:34.603.

Princeton University placed first in the event with an adjusted time of 16:34.633.

The Bulls also competed in the Youth Eight, finishing seventh overall in the field of 57 entrants with an overall time of 20:17.337-almost within a second of winner Yale University at 19:14.404.

The rowers will conclude their fall season on Saturday at the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs.