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Mark's marks

Mark Sy of the men's swimming and diving team earned Mid-American Conference Athlete of the Week honors for his performance last week in the pool, in combination with his performance last semester in the classroom.

Sy, who won a pair of events in the Bulls' 154-83 loss to St. Bonaventure on Friday, compiled a 3.573 grade point average.

He won the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 9:48.37, beating his closest competition, St. Bonaventure's Scott Jordan, who placed an extremely close second in the long event with a time of 9:49.22.

In the 200-yard butterfly, Sy spent nearly the entire race in second place, behind the Bonnies' Ramon Margulis, but was able to edge out a victory with a time of 1:54.85, as Margulis finished just a split second behind, at 1:54.88.

A senior at UB, Sy is majoring in computer engineering, and has a 3.573 GPA. He is also the eighth Buffalo athlete to earn this honor, and the second in a row as Turner Battle from the men's basketball team won it last week. The Bulls are second only to Akron, who has had nine athletes earn MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honors.

Tickets left

There are still a few tickets available to purchase for the UB men's basketball game against Ball State on Saturday. The game, which will also air on ESPN 2, is almost completely sold out at the 100 and 200 levels, but the 300 level tickets and student tickets are still available to the public. Tickets are available to purchase either at the Alumni Arena ticket window, or online at www.tickets.com. Student tickets will be made available on game day, and are free to UB students with ID.