This fall semester has been an exciting one for UB athletics, and in case you were too busy studying, we’re here to catch you up on what's happened in Alumni Arena and beyond!
Over the weekend, Bulls Track and Field travelled to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to compete in the three-day “Bison Outdoor Classic.” With temperatures reaching the low-60s, the warm weather was a nice change of pace for the Bulls, who ended with 13 top five finishes.
As another year of UB athletics wraps up, these are four moments and milestones that stand out across all sports.
Alexia Hecico may have won first place with the Romanian U20 team at the world championships in 2017, but her journey atop the mountain — and the podium — began years earlier.
Rachel Barich couldn’t wait for her final season at UB. The senior distance runner was ready to show what her lifetime of work had built up to. She was ready for her moment in the spotlight. But the NCAA cancelled all spring-sport seasons on March 12 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, leaving senior athletes without their senior seasons.
Selina Von Jackowski left Saturday’s Mid-American Conference championships with a school record and a silver medal. The junior’s time of 8.40 seconds on the 60-meter hurdles beat the previous school record of 8.44 that stood for five years.
This Wednesday to Saturday, the swimming and diving team will be competing in Mid-American Conference championships.
Men’s Basketball (16-6, 8-1 MAC) The Bulls have looked like killers in the MAC so far this season. Despite a recent close loss to Kent State (12-10, 6-3 MAC), the Bulls have won nine of their last 10 games. Seven of those wins were by 10 points or more. The team started the season with some impressive individual performances, but now the Bulls have been playing on a more consistent level.
The Spectrum sports desk picks the top 10 UB Bulls moments from April.
Billian is determined to maximize his own potential in just one sport: track and field. The Olympics are nothing more than a dream for most people. But for Billian, the Olympics are an obtainable goal.
Men’s basketball (13-12, 7-5 Mid-American Conference) Buffalo’s men’s basketball team continued its win streak this week when they picked up two more victories against the Northern Illinois Huskies and Bowling Green Falcons.
UB men’s basketball defeated Ball State (15-8, 6-4) 96-69 Friday in a nationally televised game at Worthen Arena. It was the third straight game in which the Bulls scored 90 points, the first time they have done that since the ’94-’95 season.
Softball (14-27, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) The Bulls dominated their weekend series with Bowling Green (16-27, 4-10 MAC) at Nan Harvey Field.
The weekly recap of what's happened in UB Athletics.
The men’s squad went 1-1 this past week and ended its three-game losing streak after an 88-74 home victory over Bowling Green (13-14, 4-10 MAC). Earlier in the week, Buffalo lost on the road to top-seeded Akron (21-6, 10-4 MAC) 80-70 before heading back home to take the victory over the Falcons.
Crimmins, a senior pharmacology and toxicology major, has been running track for about a decade and he’s faced his share of adversity along the way.
They were some of the most prolific players to ever wear the blue and white. They broke records, won championship and brought some prominence to Mid-Major program over the course of their careers. But what happens to these players after they walk for graduation? The Spectrum caught up with a few recent Bulls graduates from the past few years.
Last Wednesday Jonathan Jones, a recently graduated senior, automatically qualified as a competitor in the USA Track and Field Championships. He will return to the same field he won gold at in Oregon last week.
Senior Jonathan Jones won gold in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon with a school-record throw of 20.78 meters.
Christian Pino and Raheem Johnson are just two UB athletes who approach their diet specifically to get in top game shape.
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