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Junior forward Eric Nestler fires a shot from inside the blue line. The Buffalo hockey team will look to rebound this season after being eliminated in the first round of playoffs last year. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum
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Not just a beer league team

Junior forward Eric Nestler fires a shot from inside the blue line. The Buffalo hockey team will look to rebound this season after being eliminated in the first round of playoffs last year.


Former linebacker Khalil Mack and the rest of recently graduated senior class broke several school records and helped lead a banner year for UB athletics, as many teams enjoyed success, including the football team, which made its second ever bowl game. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum
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2013-14 Athletics year in review: Senior leadership

Former linebacker Khalil Mack and the rest of recently graduated senior class broke several school records and helped lead a banner year for UB athletics, as many teams enjoyed success, including the football team, which made its second ever bowl game.


Shawn Burke will begin his first season as head coach of the women’s soccer team. The first-year head coach spent five years prior as the assistant to former head coach Michael Thomas.  Courtesy of Paul Hokanson, UB Athletics
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"Burke hard, play hard"

Shawn Burke will begin his first season as head coach of the women?s soccer team. The first-year head coach spent five years prior as the assistant to former head coach Michael Thomas.


Reed Sunahara coaches a volleyball team practice during the spring season. A motorcycle accident during the height of his playing career hampered Sunahara’s chances at making the U.S. Olympic team. But it helped start his coaching career as the new head coach of the Bulls.
Courtesy of Paul Hokanson, UB Athletics
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Shattered, not broken

A motorcycle accident during the height of his playing career hampered Sunahara's chances at making the U.S. Olympic team. 


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Wrestling team banned from postseason play

The Buffalo wrestling team has been banned from postseason play for the 2014-15 season. The NCAA's committee on academic performance informed the Bulls of the ban, which is due to low Academic Progress Rate scores. At this time, the team is unsure if the ban is for just the NCAA Wrestling Championships or for the Mid-American Conference Championships as well, according to an Athletics Department spokesman.


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Bulls swept by MAC-leading Miami Ohio

The baseball team has found itself in a familiar situation. Three straight games have resulted in three straight losses, this time from Mid-American Conference leading Miami Ohio (26-25, 15-9 MAC). The Bulls (22-22, 12-11 MAC) lost 5-4 on Sunday.






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