Tori Franz, a junior diver from Buffalo, has suffered from Crohn’s disease since the age of 10, enduring debilitating pain and weakness that can only be remedied by the slew of medications and medical specialists at her disposal.
UB softball (13-10) went 2-1 this weekend against Mid-American Conference foe Western Michigan (13-18) to improve to 13-10 overall and 5-2 in conference play.
Freshman guard Georgia Woolley and freshman forward Saniaa Wilson will reunite with former UB head coach Felisha Legette-Jack at Syracuse, according to an SU press release.
Felisha Legette-Jack was likely drawn to SU for the same reason numerous former UB coaches have left for Power Five programs: the spoils of these major programs — a hefty pay raise and the prominence of a high-level coaching job — are too immense to refuse.
Now that both the women’s and men’s basketball seasons have come to an end, it’s an appropriate time to look toward the offseason.
Four years after entering UB as the first- and third-highest-rated recruits in program history, Jeenathan Williams and Ronaldo Segu will be leaving the Queen City.
In 2026, Bills Mafia will move its tailgates just down the road in Orchard Park to a brand-new $1.4 billion state-of-the-art facility, the team announced Monday. Construction will begin in spring 2023 and is set to be completed in time for the 2026 season.
Junior guard Dyaisha Fair potentially played her final minutes as a Bull March 19 at the University of Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena.
Party like it’s 2014. For the first time in eight years, UB softball has a winning record through its first 20 games of the season — a stunning turnaround for a program that lost 15 of its first 20 games last year.
UB women’s basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack has agreed to become the next head coach at Syracuse University, the school announced Saturday. Legette-Jack went 202-114 in 10 seasons at UB and leaves Buffalo as the women’s basketball program’s all-time winningest coach. She led the Bulls to three Mid-American Conference Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including the first Sweet Sixteen appearance in program history in 2018. Most recently, the Bulls finished the 2021-22 season with a 25-9 record, including a 16-4 record in MAC play and an NCAA Tournament berth.
All three UB wrestlers competing in last week’s NCAA Championships in Detroit resigned their singlets just one day into the event.
Strong performances by junior guard Dyaisha Fair (game-high 25 points) and freshman guard Georgia Woolley (15 points) kept the Bulls in the game but weren’t enough as the Lady Vols won the rebounding battle by 17.
With the NFL Draft just over a month away, the Bulls hosted their annual Pro Day Thursday morning inside the Murchie Family Fieldhouse.
With four matchups featuring national heavyweights such as Iowa, UConn, Arkansas and Providence, Buffalo natives were treated to the chaos of “The Big Dance” — right from their backyard.
Before you lock in your bracket or head to KeyBank Center, get to know the best players set to take the court in Buffalo.
Saturday’s matchup against Tennessee will mark the fourth time the Bulls have earned an NCAA Tournament bid under Legette-Jack.
Men’s tennis (2-7) roared into Mid-American Conference play Saturday with a 6-1 win over rival Binghamton (1-11) at the Miller Tennis Center. Women’s tennis (11-3) had the opposite experience Friday — falling to Ivy League competitor Cornell (2-7), 6-1, in Ithaca. The women’s team bounced back with a 7-0 home shutout win over Niagara Monday.
The Bulls split their doubleheader this weekend in the Bluegrass Classic hosted by the University of Kentucky to improve their season record to 8-8.
Fans celebrated at Alumni Arena when it was revealed that women’s basketball (25-8) will head to Knoxville, TN for a Saturday matchup against the Tennessee Volunteers (23-8) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
As the glass flashed red and the final buzzer sounded, junior guard Dyaisha Fair launched the basketball sky-high in triumph.
Solutions by The State News
