Senior defender Sophie Therien and the rest of the women?s soccer team have started the season 2-0 under first-year head coach Shawn Burke.
Junior outside hitter Tahleia Bishop is a preseason All-MAC selection heading into the season, as the volleyball team begins its first season under head coach Reed Sunahara.
The football team celebrates with fans at UB Stadium after defeating Connecticut on Sept. 28 2013. ESPN and the MAC announced a 13-year media rights extension on Aug.
Alcohol is not served inside UB Stadium at the regular concessions. The practice of selling beer inside college football stadium is increasing, however, as 21 schools will serve beer at their football games this season.
The Bull's will be playing on a new field this year that promotes the "The New York Bulls Iniative"
Former Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack’s fifth overall selection by the Oakland Raiders in the NFL Draft on May 8 brought unprecedented attention to the UB football program.
Junior forward Eric Nestler fires a shot from inside the blue line. The Buffalo hockey team will look to rebound this season after being eliminated in the first round of playoffs last year.
Former linebacker Khalil Mack and the rest of recently graduated senior class broke several school records and helped lead a banner year for UB athletics, as many teams enjoyed success, including the football team, which made its second ever bowl game.
Shawn Burke will begin his first season as head coach of the women?s soccer team. The first-year head coach spent five years prior as the assistant to former head coach Michael Thomas.
A motorcycle accident during the height of his playing career hampered Sunahara's chances at making the U.S. Olympic team.
Shannon Evans was an electrifying asset coming off the bench for the men?s basketball team last season as a freshman.
The Buffalo wrestling team has been banned from postseason play for the 2014-15 season. The NCAA's committee on academic performance informed the Bulls of the ban, which is due to low Academic Progress Rate scores. At this time, the team is unsure if the ban is for just the NCAA Wrestling Championships or for the Mid-American Conference Championships as well, according to an Athletics Department spokesman.
The baseball team has found itself in a familiar situation. Three straight games have resulted in three straight losses, this time from Mid-American Conference leading Miami Ohio (26-25, 15-9 MAC). The Bulls (22-22, 12-11 MAC) lost 5-4 on Sunday.
Buffalo softball's historic season came to a finish Saturday. The Bulls (30-22) lost to Ohio (32-24) 4-0 in the Mid-American Championship game Saturday.
Think of the prototypical pitcher. What comes to mind is probably a strong-armed thrower who launches 95-mph fastballs that leave batters swinging at air, not realizing the ball has already smacked into the catcher's mitt, the kind of pitcher that 'wows' fans and scouts with incredible velocity and racks up K's. The power pitcher is what every baseball team looks for in an ace.
For Najja Johnson, it happened during a scout team scrimmage in 2009. For Jeff Quinn, it was during 2009-10 winter conditioning. For Fred Lee, it was during a game at Tennessee in 2011. Everyone who's been around the University at Buffalo football program the past four years has had a moment of epiphany: the sudden realization that Khalil Mack was Khalil Mack.
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