Over its past 15 games, the baseball team has traded-off on winning and losing streaks. The Bulls are currently enjoying a three-game winning streak, and with the final month of the season approaching, they can ill afford to begin a losing streak. The Bulls (20-16, 11-6 Mid-American Conference) swept Akron (22-21, 9-9 MAC) in a three-game series this weekend at Amherst Audubon Field.
Both the men's and women's tennis team earned a victory in their respective Mid-American Conference Tournaments this weekend, but neither will be returning to Buffalo with a championship. The men's tennis team (12-8, 2-4 MAC) lost in the MAC Championship match for the third time in the past five years, falling to No.
The Houston Texans made history for all the wrong reasons in 2013: 14 consecutive losses after a 2-0 start to the season. With inadequate defense and disappointing quarterback play, the Texans finished with the worst record in the league after two straight playoff appearances. With the worst record come certain privileges, however, like the No.
Reggie Witherspoon and Mark Bortz vividly recall their first interactions with Turner Battle - both phone calls. When Witherspoon and an assistant rang, Battle, who had never heard of UB, had a question: Do you play in Division I? "When we said 'yes,' his polite way of saying 'are you sure?' was to say 'who else is in your conference?'" Witherspoon said. Several months after Battle committed to UB, Bortz visited campus.
Reggie Witherspoon and Mark Bortz vividly recall their first interactions with Turner Battle - both phone calls. When Witherspoon and an assistant rang, Battle, who had never heard of UB, had a question: Do you play in Division I? "When we said 'yes,' his polite way of saying 'are you sure?' was to say 'who else is in your conference?'" Witherspoon said. Several months after Battle committed to UB, Bortz visited campus.
Baseball (17-16, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) Due to inclement weather for most of the season, the Bulls (17-16, 8-6) held their home opener Tuesday against Canisius (25-14, 8-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), but were swept by the Griffins 15-3 and 2-1 in a doubleheader. After the 15-3 blowout in the first, the Bulls responded with an early 1-0 lead to start the second game.
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Baseball (17-16, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) Due to inclement weather for most of the season, the Bulls (17-16, 8-6) held their home opener Tuesday against Canisius (25-14, 8-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), but were swept by the Griffins 15-3 and 2-1 in a doubleheader. After the 15-3 blowout in the first, the Bulls responded with an early 1-0 lead to start the second game.
Jonathan Jones played third base for Portville High School, where he would routinely toss a quarter-pound baseball about 20 meters away to his shortstop.
As a 5-year-old, Rebecca Mayville would gaze out the window on long car drives, mesmerized by horses - tall, powerful and gentle creatures.
Baseball (17-14, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) The Bulls faced MAC East-leading Kent State (25-13, 11-4 MAC) this past weekend, winning the first game before dropping the next two.
When Stacey Evans (2002-05) began her career on the softball team in 2002, the Bulls didn't have much to celebrate. In their first two seasons as a Division I program, the Bulls went 19-78.
Kent State's offense has scored over nine runs in a game four times and has not been shutout in Mid-American Conference play this season. Buffalo senior pitcher Kevin Hughes took the mound and changed that.
On my way to Buffalo's spring football scrimmage last Saturday, I passed through a game that actually meant something. It was a beautiful Saturday and the Buffalo softball and football teams were both playing; the football team at UB Stadium, the softball team at adjacent Nan Harvey Field.
Buffalo's last home loss over the weekend involved much more than what was on the scoreboard. Although the Bulls (21-20, 5-5 Mid-American Conference) lost three out of four games this past weekend, their biggest loss was saying goodbye to their five senior players. Seniors center fielder Holly Luciano, shortstop Sammi Gallardo, third baseman Tori Pettine, first baseman Heather Ryder and pitcher Tori Speckman lost their last game at Nan Harvey Field, falling to Toledo (15-31, 6-10 MAC) 6-2 on Senior Day.
The Buffalo women's tennis team (14-5, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) entered Akron looking for revenge on Saturday. Not only was it seeking a win in its regular season finale, the Bulls were also out for redemption - the Zips eliminated them in the first round of last year's MAC Championships. The Bulls defeated Akron (10-16, 0-9 MAC) 6-1 Saturday.
The Buffalo men's tennis team thought it was going to have a breath of fresh air after this past weekend.
Quarterbacks: B- Junior Joe Licata's absence was clear. Sophomore Tony Daniel - running the first team - and freshman Collin Michael - running the second team - started slow in the first few possessions.
The football team got a look at three of its quarterbacks Saturday, but if everything goes according to the Bulls' plan, none of them will see the field in the fall.
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