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Gridiron report card: UB versus Miami (OH)
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 14, 2016Saturday afternoon was rough for the Buffalo Bulls (2-8, 1-5 Mid-American Conference) football team.
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Men’s soccer says goodbye to one of greatest recruiting classes after MAC Championship loss
By MICHAEL AKELSON | Nov. 13, 2016In the first half of Sunday’s Mid-American Conference Championship Game, the Akron Zips outshot the Buffalo Bulls 13-0. By the end of the game, Akron had outshot UB 25-4 and had a 15-0 edge in corner kicks.
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UB football falls to Miami 35-24
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 12, 2016In their final home game of the year, the Bulls (2-8, 1-5 Mid-American Conference) were defeated by the Miami RedHawks (5-6, 5-2 MAC) 35-24 at UB Stadium. Bulls redshirt freshman quarterback Tyree Jackson finished the day 12-of-27 for 96 yards before being pulled with a leg injury late in the third quarter. Miami sophomore defensive back De’Andre Montgomery finished the game with two defensive touchdowns, scoring both within five minutes of each other.
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UB men’s soccer advances to MAC Championship game for second consecutive year
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 12, 2016The Bulls (12-3-3, 3-1-2 MAC) eked out a 2-1 overtime win on Friday in the MAC semifinal game against the Bowling Green Falcons (9-7-4, 2-1-3 MAC) at Cub Cadet Field. For the second consecutive year, the Bulls will face the Akron Zips (11-5-3, 3-1-1) in the MAC Championship game.
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UB football running back coach Matt Simon keeps Buffalo’s rich running back tradition
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 11, 2016For years now, the running back position has been among the strongest position groups for UB’s football team. This is thanks to Matt Simon, UB’s (2-7, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) running back coach and one of the only coaches to be retained after the team underwent a massive overhaul two years ago.
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The Edge: previewing UB football versus Miami (OH)
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 10, 2016The Buffalo Bulls (2-7, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) are coming off nine days rest as they prepare to face the Miami (OH) RedHawks (4-6, 4-2 MAC) on Saturday.
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The Rundown: Men’s soccer qualifies for MAC Tournament, men’s and women’s basketball open seasons
By Sports Desk | Nov. 7, 2016Men’s soccer (11-3-3, 2-1-2 Mid-American Conference) The men’s soccer team closed out their season with a 0-0 tie against the Bowling Green Falcons (9-5-4, 2-0-3 MAC). The Bulls entered the game controlling their own destiny in MAC tournament seeding.
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UB Men’s soccer readies itself for MAC Tournament rematch with Bowling Green
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Nov. 7, 2016UB men’s soccer traveled to Bowling Green this weekend knowing that a win would make them the regular season Mid-American Conference Champions and give them home field advantage in the MAC Tournament. It would have snapped Akron’s 11-year streak of winning the MAC regular season title. UB (11-3-3, 2-1-2 MAC) played Bowling Green (9-5-4, 2-0-3) to a 0-0 tie in a Saturday night slugfest.
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UB basketball Buffalo defeats Daemen 87-82
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 5, 2016For the second straight year the Buffalo Bulls men’s basketball team began their season by unveiling a MAC Championship banner.
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UB football falls to Ohio 34-10
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Nov. 4, 2016The UB football team (2-7, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) outgained the Ohio Bobcats (7-3, 5-1 MAC) on offense but early mistakes cost them and they fell 34-10 at Peden Stadium. Bobcats’ freshman quarterback Quinton Maxwell was the star of the game with 236 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and three total touchdowns.
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Buffalo hockey wins rivalry night, looks ahead
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Oct. 30, 2016After coming up short three times last season, the Buffalo Bulls (5-5, 2-0 NECHL) men’s hockey team toppled rival Niagara Purple Eagles (2-8, 2-1 NECHL), 4-2, in their first attempt this season. Buffalo is now .500 and in the midst of a 3-game win streak.
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The Akron win, the next four weeks and the future of UB football
By MICHAEL AKELSON | Oct. 30, 2016This Thursday at UB Stadium, we saw something out of UB’s football team that we hadn’t seen in weeks: fight. Coming into Thursday as a 17.5-point home underdog against a good Akron team (5-4, 3-2 Mid-American Conference), Buffalo played their best game of the season, not only scoring an upset win, but doing it in dominating fashion.
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UB football upsets Akron 41-20
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Oct. 28, 2016On Thursday night, senior running back Jordan Johnson finally looked like the unstoppable force many expected him to be when coming into the season. The senior running back set a program record with 282 rushing yards as well as finding the end zone twice, as the Buffalo Bulls (2-6, 1-3 Mid-American Conference) came away with the 41-20 upset win against the Akron Zips (5-4, 3-2 MAC) on a wet Thursday night at UB Stadium. Buffalo snapped their four-game losing streak as they secured their first conference victory of the season.
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UB women’s soccer qualifies for MAC Tournament
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Oct. 28, 2016UB Women’s soccer (7-7-5, 4-4-3) played their most important game of the year Thursday afternoon against Akron. If they lost, their season could have been over. Even in the cold rainy weather, the Bulls played at 100 percent from the first minute to the end. With the win, Buffalo finished the season 7-0-3 at home.
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UB men’s soccer looks to finish the job with three games remaining
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Oct. 26, 2016There’s an old adage in sports that good teams can win ugly. Last Friday, through the rain and cold, Buffalo men’s soccer played an ugly game against Mid-American Conference rival Western Michigan and managed to come out with a 1-1 tie despite being “outworked,” according to head coach Stu Riddle’s. With Buffalo (9-3-2, 1-1-1) trailing 1-0 in the 90th minute, senior forward Russell Cicerone went up in the box with less than a minute left in the game and snatched life from the jaws of death as he knocked a header into the net off a cross from senior defender Alec Fisher.
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UB football prepares for Akron
By DAN PETRUCCELLI | Oct. 26, 2016The Buffalo Bulls (1-6, 0-3 Mid-American Conference) are struggling to find their first conference win and things aren’t going to be any easier this week. After Saturday’s 44-7 loss to the Northern Illinois Huskies (2-6, 2-2 MAC), the Bulls host east division foe, the Akron Zips (5-3, 3-1 MAC), on Thursday night at UB Stadium.
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UB football tight end Mason Schreck continues to play hard in light of team adversity
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Oct. 23, 2016The Bulls are trying to find their footing and Schreck remains a consistent bright spot for the team. Schreck has averaged 42.6 yards per game, with another strong showing on Saturday. This consistent play is something both Schreck and coaches attribute to his work ethic.
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Gridiron Report Card: Buffalo’s 44-7 loss to Northern Illinois
By DANIEL PERTUCCELLI | Oct. 23, 2016Saturday was underwhelming for the Buffalo Bulls (1-6, 0-3 Mid-American Conference) as they were thoroughly defeated by the Northern Illinois Huskies (2-6, 0-3 MAC), 44-7.
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UB football dominated by Northern Illinois 44-7
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Oct. 23, 2016The Buffalo Bulls (1-6, 0-3 Mid-American Conference) looked outmatched Saturday as they were dominated by the Northern Illinois Huskies (2-6, 2-2 MAC), 44-7 at Huskie Stadium. The Huskies were led by senior quarterback Anthony Maddie who led the team in both rushing and passing. He finished 16-of-29 for 199 yards and a score through the air. He also had 125 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Bulls freshman quarterback Tyree Jackson threw four interceptions in the game, two of them intercepted by junior cornerback Mayomi Olootu Jr.
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Playoff mode: UB’s women’s soccer looks to generate momentum
By BRIAN LARA | Oct. 19, 2016The UB women’s soccer team looks to close out the rest of the season with three wins so they’re ready for the playoffs. “[These games] are huge for us cause, we’re kind of in playoff mode,” said head coach Shawn Burke. The women’s soccer team (6-7-3, 3-4-1 Mid-American Conference) has been a pretty successful program in these past few years with a new coach at the helm.
