UB volleyball (3-0, 0-0 MAC) kicked off their 2024-25 campaign by winning the Buffalo Invite for the second consecutive year. As hosts of the tournament, the Bulls secured three straight victories, defeating Oakland (1-2, 0-0 HL) on Friday, Hampton (0-3, 0-0 CAA) on Saturday, and Army West Point (2-1, AAC) on Sunday evening.
The UB football team (1-0, 0-0 MAC) defeated the Lafayette Leopards (0-1, 0-0 PAT) by a score of 30-13 at UB Stadium on Thursday night, marking their first win under new head coach Pete Lembo.
The UB women’s soccer team achieved their first ever top-25 national ranking in program history, earning the No. 25 spot in the latest poll from Top Drawer Soccer (TDS). The milestone comes a week after the Bulls’ upset win over Pittsburgh, which marked the first time they had ever beaten a top-10 ranked team.
In the program’s first-ever win against a top 10 nationally-ranked team, UB defeated the No. 7 nationally-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers 2-1 last Thursday. The historic win comes just one week after UB’s home victory over St. Bonaventure on Aug. 15, kicking off the 2024-25 season.
UB’s Student Association (SA) has de-recognized the men’s and women’s ice hockey clubs as of May 1, according to leaders of the men’s hockey club, for a failure to meet a requirement to hold at least three on-campus events.
There was no shortage of success for UB’s outdoor track team at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships this past weekend.
Coming to the end of his junior season, Hamel is the school record-holder in the indoor 300m with a time of 33.99 seconds and now second all-time in the outdoor 200m with a time of 21.02 seconds.
Before deciding to come to UB, Choo was a three-time national doubles champion and a two-time national singles runner-up, and she ranked as one of the top 250 junior players in the world.
The team announced the hiring of Kevin Voigt as the director of basketball operations and assistant coach.
Maines is a Western New York native — but her teams from the 2017-18 to the 2022-23 season were composed entirely of players that were born a long way from the Empire State. Until Clarence, New York native Julia Laspro was recruited this season every team member hailed from outside the U.S.
Alexis Lucyshyn heard it so many times: she would never make it to the Division I level for softball — and she started to believe it. Then, at a showcase in Florida during her senior year of high school, UB approached her.
The UB football defense narrowly pulled out the win against the team’s offense during UB’s annual Blue and White spring game on Saturday afternoon at UB stadium. The final score was 40-37.
Vinson spent three years with Cornell University as an associate head coach, where he helped develop four national champions, 10 All-Americans, and 12 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champions.
After suffering the most losses in a single season in program history and missing the Mid-American Conference (MAC) playoff tournament, UB men’s basketball (4-27, 2-16 MAC) sits in a difficult position.
Vinson will replace former head coach John Stutzman, who was removed at the end of last season.
A two-RBI double gave the Bulls a 2-1 win in the second game of their doubleheader against the Kent State Golden Flashes. Kent State won game one, 6-1.
Wrestlers recounted stories of dangerous misdiagnosed injuries, moldy and water-damaged wrestling mats, and a general lack of transparency and communication from the administration.
Kirsten-Lewis Williams originally planned on staying close to her hometown of Mooresville, North Carolina — until head coach Becky Burke reached out.
The 5’5” Rochester native played for UB from 2019-22, scoring 2,035 points in 88 games over three seasons. During her time in Buffalo, she earned accolades including Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, First Team All-MAC and MAC Tournament MVP.
As one of two active players that have represented their country in an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) tournament, freshman guard Paula Lopez brings a unique blend of experience to the UB women’s basketball team.
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