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Out for revenge

It took the women's basketball team two tournament victories to advance to the Mid-American Conference Quarterfinals last season.


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Three steps to the Big Dance

At the men's basketball practice Tuesday afternoon, head coach Bobby Hurley stood silently at center court and watched as ball after ball brushed through the net. It's an appropriate metaphor for Hurley's work with the Bulls this season.


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Bulls drop two of three at Georgia Bulldog Invitational

A walk-off homerun is one of the most exciting plays in baseball - except when you have to endure the opposing team corralling a player at home plate after a game-winning bomb. The baseball team experienced that tough predicament this weekend. The Bulls (7-3) dropped two of three games this weekend in the Bulldog Invitational in Athens, Ga.


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Men's swimming and diving finishes third at MAC Championships

After winning the Mid-American Conference Championship in 2011, the men's swimming and diving team has remained a top team in the conference but hasn't been able to clinch a championship. The trend continued this season. UB hosted the Mid-American Conference Championships at Alumni Arena Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


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Hardwood Report Card

The men's basketball team (19-9, 13-5 Mid-American Conference) defeated Bowling Green (12-19, 6-12 MAC), 88-65, to win the MAC East Championship at Alumni Arena Saturday evening.


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Early momentum leads to win

The women's tennis team has enjoyed comfortable victories in seven of its first eight matches this season. The Bulls (8-1) cruised to their seventh consecutive victory, defeating ASA (2-1), 5-2, Saturday afternoon at the Miller Tennis Center in Williamsville. In a mostly tame match, there was one matchup that featured some excitement. Senior Laura Fernandez earned the team's final victory of the day over Dayana Agasieva.


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McCrea lifts Bulls to MAC East Championship

In his final regular season game at Alumni Arena, senior forward Javon McCrea did not disappoint. On Saturday afternoon, he scored from all over the floor - in the paint, from mid-range and even beyond the arc - sinking his first-career 3-pointer. McCrea finished the game with 34 points, putting him at 1,997 for his career. "The way he played today is what he deserved to do in front of this great crowd that we had - to showcase what he's been about," said head coach Bobby Hurley.


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A race to the end

The fourth and final automatic spot to the Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinals remains up for grabs. With a Buffalo victory and Western Michigan (13-16, 8-9 MAC) loss, the Bulls would have punched their ticket to Cleveland, Ohio.


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All 32 NFL teams scout UB's Pro Day

Representatives from every NFL team and several CFL teams visited the Buffalo Bills' Fieldhouse Tuesday to watch a group of 20 players showcase their athleticism - lifting weights, sprinting, jumping and lunging in hopes of impressing professional scouts. The UB football program hosted its annual Pro Day, at which 16 Buffalo seniors (as well as four athletes from other local colleges) put their skills on display for NFL teams.


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Two different types of breaks

After playing in the bitterly cold weather of winter in Buffalo, some athletes will escape frigid temperatures for a week of travel. For UB women's soccer players N'Dea Johnson, Natalie Jurisevic and Courtney Gross and Gross' twin sister Gillian - a senior on Akron's women's soccer team - a trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, is the first Spring Break excursion that any of the four will experience. "It's me and Nat's senior year and N'Dea's our best friend, so what other way do we want to spend our last Spring Break?" Gross said. Gross decided on Punta Cana largely because her older sister Marissa went when she was in college.


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The Others

I only saw Khalil Mack get any semblance of frustrated during an interview once this season. Reporters ask athletes - especially stars like Mack - all sorts of weird and probing questions, but I asked the only one that bothered him, from what I observed. Context: When the Bulls defeated Ohio 30-3 Nov.


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UB hockey season comes to an end

UB's dreams of consecutive Northeast Collegiate Hockey League Tournament (NECHL) titles came to an end Saturday night. Niagara University (15-9, 10-4 NECHL), defeated the Bulls (24-9, 12-2 NECHL), 3-1, at The Northtown Center in front of an electrified crowd. It was a disappointing night for the Bulls, who had several power play opportunities and 24 shots in the second period.


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Kuras wins third straight Most Outstanding Swimmer award; Bulls finish fifth

By the time of the 400-yard freestyle relay - the final event of this past weekend's women's Mid-American Conference Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio - the Bulls' goal of winning a team MAC title was out of reach. But that was no reason for Buffalo to give up in the last event. "If you can't win the whole thing, you want to win the last event," head coach Andy Bashor said to his team. The relay team, composed of junior Spencer Rodriguez, junior Taylor Steffl, senior Marissa Murphy and senior Brittney Kuras, followed Bashor's creed, putting an exclamation point on the weekend with a first-place performance that was a school, meet, MAC and pool record. Buffalo finished fifth as a team but won eight of the 20 events.


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