University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

Published: March 27, 2008

Diving

WOMEN’S

Carpenter competes at NCAA Championships

Meili Carpenter represented UB as the first female to compete at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The 2008 meet was held at Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

Carpenter turned in a six-dive total of 249.25 points for a 27th-place finish in the preliminary round of the one-meter competition. The top 16 divers moved on to the final round—a consolation event was held for divers in 9th through 16th place and the championship final for the top eight divers.

Carpenter finished 33rd among 38 divers in the three-meter diving competition with a six-dive total of 254.40 points, and 23rd in the platform event with a total of 193.50 points for five dives.

Swimming

MEN’S

Six named to Academic All-MAC Team

Six UB men's swimmers have been selected to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Men's Swimming and Diving team.

Senior Mike Hurst, junior Richard Shi and sophomores Michael McDowell, Kevin Song, Andrew Tamchyna and Connor Vander Zalm. were named to the team that included 21 student-athletes from the four MAC schools that sponsor men's swimming.

The Bulls were second only to league champion Eastern Michigan in Academic All-MAC members. Eastern Michigan placed nine individuals to UB's six.

Track and Field

Eight selected for Academic All-MAC squads

UB placed a total of eight student-athletes on the 2008 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic All-Mid-American Conference teams.

They are Tina Villa, Patrice Coney, John Connors, Josh Durkin, Brendan Hagerty, Jesse Mang, Ezekiel Porter and Daniel Schichtel.

A total of 22 men and 22 women were named to the 2008 Indoor Track and Field Academic All-MAC teams.

Baseball

Northern Illinois 10, UB 3
Northern Illinois 17, UB 1
Northern Illinois 6, UB 4

UB opened MAC play on Saturday against Northern Illinois. The Huskies took both ends of a doubleheader against the Bulls, winning game one, 10-3, and game two 17-1. Due to unplayable field conditions in Buffalo, the Bulls and Huskies played their series at St. Bonaventure University in Olean.

In game one, the Bulls got on the board with a pair of runs in the first inning. Brian Randazzo singled to open the inning, advancing to third on an error by the right fielder. Rob Mancini then doubled, scoring Randazzo. Mancini later scored on an RBI single by Nick Walczak.

Northern Illinois got on the board in the third when Bobby Stevens walked, stole second and was driven in on a single by Jordin Hood.

UB extended its lead to 3-1 when Walczak cracked a leadoff single in the sixth, his third hit of the game, and was driven in on a two-out single to right field by Bobby Pizzuto.

However, Northern Illinois scored eight runs in the seventh to take a 9-3 lead. Dave Reynolds doubled to open the inning and Justin Behm hit a two-run home run to tie the score at three. Brian Smith followed the home run with a single and would eventually score on a fielder’s choice, giving the Huskies their first lead of the game. NIU scored five more in the frame, including a grand slam by Reynolds, and added another run in the ninth inning.

In game two, the Huskies used three singles and a walk to score three runs in the top of the first inning, and increased their lead with four runs in the second inning, four in the third, five in the sixth and another run in the seventh.

On Sunday, the Bulls fell to Northern Illinois in the final game of the series, 6-4. The loss drops the Bulls to 5-14 overall, 0-3 in the MAC.

UB scored first in the bottom of the second inning on a trio of errors by the Huskies. Chris Ciesla opened the inning by reaching base on a throwing error by the NIU shortstop. After a walk moved Ciesla to second and he advanced to third on a double play, another error, this time by the Northern Illinois first baseman, allowed Ciesla to open the scoring for the Bulls.

Northern Illinois tied the game in the fourth when a two-out walk to Behm led to the first run of the game for the Huskies. After the walk, Behm stole second and scored on a single by Tim Kamin.

Adam Skonieczki led off the sixth inning with a home run for the Bulls and Mancini led off the seventh with solo shot over the left-field fence, giving UB a 3-1 lead.

After the Huskies scored a run in the seventh, they tied the game again in the eighth on another RBI single by Kamin.

UB regained the lead when Jacob Rosenbeck tripled to open the inning and Ciesla drove him in with a single to right field to give UB a 4-3 lead.

But Northern Illinois answered again in the ninth, scoring three runs on four hits to take the victory.

Mike Stangroom started on the mound for the Bulls, going six strong innings, allowing just one run and scattering five hits.

Tennis

MEN’S

UB 6, Robert Morris 0
Duquesne 4, UB 3

UB snapped its six-match losing streak with a 6-0 win over Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon.

Due to inclement weather, the match was moved indoors and the start delayed by about an hour. With the new start time, the teams agreed that only the singles matches would be played.

UB swept all six singles matches with three straight-set wins and three three-set victories. In the number one match, Nikesh Singh Panthlia had no trouble downing Nick Paganetti, 6-1, 6-0. After a tiebreaker win in the first set, Marcelo Mazzetto was able to dispose of David Pinto in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-0. Eric Rothstein also scored a straight-sets win with his 6-0, 6-2 triumph over Daniel Becker in the number-six match.

The Bulls also overcame first set deficits in the number three, four and five matches as Octavian Stane, Juan Carlos Wynter and Alexis Lluis each rallied for wins.

On Sunday, the Bulls dropped a 4-3 decision at Duquesne to complete the weekend trip to Western Pennsylvania.

The Bulls (4-13) scored the opening doubles point against the Dukes with victories in the number one and two matches. UB’s top combination of Singh Panthlia and Stane scored an 8-5 win over Duquesne’s Michael Ortega and Mikhael Rasner. The number-two squad of Mazzetto and Wynter defeated Duquesne’s Mark Maciuch and Zach Skorupka, 8-4. The Bulls fell short of the sweep as the number-three team of Rothstein and Lluis lost in a tiebreaker to Jeremy McClelland and Steve Herchko, 8-7 (5).

UB could only claim two of the six singles matches. At number one, Singh Panthlia was stretched to three sets by Ortega, scoring a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1 win. Stane was the only other Bull to pick up a singles victory with his straight-sets win over Skorupka in the number-three match. The clinching match was in the number-two contest as Mazzetto went three sets against McClelland, falling 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.

The Bulls return home this weekend to host MAC rival Western Michigan. The Bulls and Broncos will hit the courts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, while UB will host Binghamton at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

WOMEN’S

UB 7, Northern Illinois 0

UB opened MAC play on Friday with a 7-0 victory over Northern Illinois. This is the second straight year that UB has started off conference play with a victory. The Bulls are currently 6-4 on the season and 1-0 in the MAC.

The Bulls took the doubles point by sweeping all three matches as two ended in tiebreakers. UB’s senior duo of Andreea Novaceanu and Tina Jacob, playing third doubles, were the first to finish their match, defeating Dora Delgadillo and Jenny Edner, 8-2. At first doubles the Bulls took their match, 9-8 (4), as Denise Harijanto and Diana Popescu defeated Nao Umemura and Brooke Forsberg. The Bulls also used the tiebreaker at second doubles as Smaranda Stan and Diana Toia defeated Kathryn Friedlund and Lilian Asuaje, 9-8 (3).

In singles play, the Bulls took all six matches in straight sets. At number one, Novaceanu defeated Umemura, 6-3, 6-1, while Harijanto defeated Asuaje at second singles, 6-2, 6-1. At third singles, Popescu defeated Friedlund, 6-0, 7-6 (4), while Stan won her fourth-singles match against Forsberg, 6-3, 6-4. Toia played fifth singles, defeating Edner, 7-6 (2), 6-3 and Jacob finished the job at sixth singles with a 6-0, 6-3 win against Delgadillo.

The Bulls will be back in action tomorrow as they host Ball State at 1 p.m.

Crew

Bulls prep for spring races

The UB crew spent spring break in Oak Ridge, Tenn., preparing for the 2008 season. The team was not only able to practice on the water, but it had the opportunity to row against some of the top crews in the country.

The first race came on March 13 as the UB lightweight eight crew took on the varsity eight crew from Skidmore. The Bulls won that race, clocking in at 5:47, ahead of Skidmore’s 5:54 finish.

The Bulls faced their toughest competition on March 14 when they met Louisville, ranked 17th in the latest national polls. The Bulls put forth many great performances against the Cardinals in the exhibition races as each crew raced twice. UB’s novice eight boat had great success, winning both races against the novice eight boat from Louisville. UB’s varsity eight boat also had solid finishes against the Cardinals, finishing just 1.4 seconds behind Louisville in the first race and just 3.9 seconds in the second race. In fact, out of the eight races run, only one race was decided by more than 10 seconds.

The Bulls then met Dayton on March 15, with the Bulls achieving much success against the Flyers. In the first race, UB’s junior varsity eight and novice eight finished one-two in a combined race with Dayton’s junior varsity eight and novice eight. The second race between the four boats showed the same results. UB’s varsity four boat also won its race against Dayton’s varsity four. During that race, UB’s lightweight four competed as well, finishing ahead of Dayton. UB’s lightweight eight crew also won both of its races against Dayton’s lightweight eight squad.

The Bulls will begin their spring season on Saturday when the varsity eight boat heads to Syracuse for a race against Boston University and Boston College. The varsity eight then will head to San Diego on April 5, while the rest of the squad will travel to Bucknell.