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Volleyball

The Bulls lost a close match to cross-town rivals Canisius, 3-2. Buffalo won the first and third matches by a score of 27-30, but were unable to put the Griffins away. Junior Molly Schrantz and freshman Nikki Morzenti each had 21 kills to lead the Bulls. Sophomore Amy Brown had a career-high 66 assists in the match. UB returns to Mid-American Conference competition this weekend when they travel to Miami (OH) on Friday, and return home to play Bowling Green on Sunday.

X-Country

UB cross country and women's track and field coach Vicki Mitchell was named the Western New York Alum of the Year by SUNY Cortland. Mitchell graduated from Cortland in 1991 and was a seven-time NCAA Division III champion and a ten-time Division III All-American. She is in her second season as head coach of the UB men's and women's cross country and women's track and field teams. Last season her team won the Chancellor's Cup title and had two athletes advance to Division I National Championships.

Mid-American Conference.

The Mid-American Conference extended a full-membership invitation to the University of Central Florida Wednesday. The Golden Knights already compete in the MAC for football, but 15 other UCF sports can now take part in conference play starting in the 2004-05 season. Joining the league would give Central Florida, a school of 42,000 students, eligibility for MAC championships and the league's automatic NCAA tournament bids.