There's several intriguing story lines to watch out for as the football, volleyball and men's and women's soccer teams gear up for the 2015 season. The Spectrum has you covered on what to watch out for.
For the first time ever, the men’s soccer team will travel to the United Kingdom to check out the competitive culture of English soccer firsthand.
The women?s soccer team celebrates its first-ever MAC Championship on Nov. 9. The Bulls? season came to end on Nov.
Sophomore midfielder Andrea Niper and the Bulls? season ended Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The women?s soccer team celebrates junior defedner jackie Hall?s game-winning goal in Sunday MAC Championship game.
Katie Roberts was named MAC Offensive Player of the Year Thursday. Buffalo faces Ball State Friday in the MAC Semifinal.
This week the team checks out housing violations in the latest Housing Blitz near South Campus, a student who uses beauty pageants to get out the message of skin cancer awareness and the women's soccer's team continued winnig streak in their lastest playoff game.
Senior forward Katie Roberts leads the MAC in scoring with seven goals.The Bulls received their highest ever NCAA RPI ranking this week.
Senior defender Sophie Therien and the rest of the women?s soccer team have started the season 2-0 under first-year head coach Shawn Burke.
Mckenzie White is wearing shorts. It's warm for October - at least 65 degrees. And White, well aware of the looming harsh chill of a Buffalo winter, is embracing the last few days she can dress like it's still summer. This soccer player's got a new leg to show off. At any point last year - even if it were 90 degrees - she'd be wearing sweatpants to hide her legs.
Volleyball (14-3, 2-2 Mid-American Conference) After a 12-0 start to their season, the Bulls have gone just 2-3 since.
Volleyball After losing against two nationally ranked teams in back-to-back games, the Bulls (13-2, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) capped off Saturday night with their first conference win of the season. Buffalo dropped a match to No.
Women's soccer On Wednesday night, the women's soccer team closed out its non-conference schedule with a 2-1 loss to Big Four rival Niagara (1-7-1). The Bulls' (3-2-2) streak of not allowing a goal in the last 449 minutes of play was snapped in the 27th minute of the first half, when Niagara'sBreanna Cativpovic beat senior goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon to give her team a 1-0 lead. The streak was the third longest in team history and the longest since 2008. The Bulls have a 10-day layover before they begin their conference season.
Women's soccer The Bulls (2-1-1) have allowed just one goal in their previous three games and have gone 2-0-1 since losing their season opener to Michigan State.
When the men's basketball team hosted North Carolina in Reggie Witherspoon's first game as head coach, Alumni Arena was at full capacity. In attendance that night was future standout point guard Byron Mulkey, who would make that same arena his stage from 2006-11. Mulkey grew up in the area and remembers that night as being a particularly energizing night, and when he took the floor for the first time, he recalled that energy. "Finally being on the other end of it, where I am the one coming on the court and about to perform, it was kind of me coming full circle," Mulkey said.
It's been a rough season so far for the women's soccer team, and Friday night may have been the team's worse loss of the season - on the scoreboard and on its roster.
The image of a shirtless and celebrating Brandi Chastain on her knees in front of the goal in the 1999 World Cup Final is one of the most enduring images in American sports history.
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