Ed Wright recalls times when certain restaurants wouldn’t serve him and when opposing fans had to be roped off from his bench to prevent violence.
UB’s softball program hasn’t enjoyed a lot of success historically, but 2022 may finally be the year the Bulls get back to the MAC Tournament for the first time since 2014.
Softball went 2-2 over the weekend at the Lions Classic in Hammond, LA to improve their record to 7-7. The Bulls split with both of their opponents, Marist College and Southeastern Louisiana University
Graduate forward Summer Hemphill bagged her fourth consecutive double-double to lead the Bulls (22-8, 16-4 MAC) to their sixth-straight win Saturday afternoon.
Men’s basketball (19-10, 13-6 MAC) chased Kent State’s (21-9, 16-4 MAC) tails the entire game Friday night, ending the regular season with a 70-65 loss to the Golden Flashes. UB will head into the Mid-American Conference tournament as the fifth seed, kicking off with a Tuesday match against Akron.
A balanced scoring attack keyed the Bulls to their fifth victory in a row with just one game remaining until the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Following UB’s announcement that masks will no longer be required “in most settings” on campus starting Saturday, UB Athletics announced fans will not be required to wear masks to attend athletic events, effective March 5.
Track and field traveled to Kent, OH over the weekend to compete in the Mid-American Indoor Conference Championships. The men placed fourth out of four teams with 64 points, while the women placed 10th out of 12 teams with 24 points.
Women’s tennis (9-1) pulled out a 4-3 victory to win its ninth match of the season while men’s tennis (1-7) fell to the Vikings by the same score.
Women’s softball (5-5) went 2-3 over the weekend in the Lobo Classic to bring its record to 5-5 after the first two weekends of play.
UB swimming and diving (5-0, 4-0 MAC) finished second at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Bowling Green, OH at the end of the week — falling more than 200 points short of its second-straight MAC Championship victory.
UB fans left the stands early Tuesday night as men’s basketball (19-9, 13-5 MAC) fell to the Toledo Rockets for the second time this season, this time by a score of 92-76 at Alumni Arena.
Dyaisha Fair dropped 28 points, three assists, two steals and three rebounds to lift the Bulls (20-8, 14-4 MAC) to an 82-64 victory over Kent State Saturday afternoon.
Josh Mballa’s eighth double-double of the season propelled the UB men’s basketball team (19-8, 13-4 MAC) to a 70-60 victory over Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.
Thursday night witnessed Josh Mballa launch himself into the program’s history books. Mballa, a senior forward from Bordeaux, France, became the 26th player in UB history to score 1,000 career points, a feat he accomplished with his second basket of the night. His 14 points helped men’s basketball (18-8, 11-4 MAC) beat Northern Illinois (8-19, 5-12 MAC), 79-65, for the Bulls’ eighth straight win.
Senior forward Jeenathan Williams hit a floater with four seconds remaining to give UB (17-8, 11-4 MAC) an 86-84 victory over Miami (OH) (8-17, 4-12 MAC) Tuesday night at Millett Hall in Oxford, OH.
Alexia Hecico may have won first place with the Romanian U20 team at the world championships in 2017, but her journey atop the mountain — and the podium — began years earlier.
This weekend’s Panther Invitational saw UB defeat Penn State 5-3 on Saturday, which marked their first victory over a Power 5 rival since they took down Texas Tech 5-0 in 2014.
Men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, track and field, and swimming and diving all have their postseason tournaments coming up in the coming weeks. Here’s a look at the numbers that have defined these teams over the last few months.
Men’s tennis (1-6) broke its string of six consecutive defeats with a win over St. Bonaventure (1-4) Saturday afternoon.
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