AMY MASLIN

Mia (left) and Toni Naccarella (right) have been swimming competitively together for 15 years.

Photo: Courtesy of UB Athletics

SPORTS

‘We kept climbing the ladder’: UB’s Naccarella sisters say goodbye to 15 years of swimming together

By AMY MASLIN | Mar. 15

The Naccarella sisters have been competitively swimming together for the past 15 years. The Bulls’ second-place finish at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) swimming and diving championship last month marked their last meet together.

Club hockey coach Morgan vonHedemann paid $1,400 out of pocket for two vans and a U-Haul after SA canceled the team’s bus the day before its scheduled departure.

FEATURES

Men’s club hockey voices frustration over Student Association financial procedures

By AMY MASLIN | Mar. 9

UB’s men's club ice hockey team has had issues with SA since last semester. In December 2022, the men’s hockey e-board had a hearing with SA after they were fined over $4,000 for skating before the requested funds to rent the rink and referees had been approved.

UB swimming and diving took second place in the MAC Championships for the second year in a row.

SPORTS

Swimming and diving places second at MAC Championships

By AMY MASLIN | Feb. 27

UB had a strong day one — claiming two silver medals and setting a school record.

Fifth-year forward Kiara Johnson manages being a mother while playing Division-I basketball.

Photo: Paul Hokanson / UB Athletics

SPORTS

‘Nobody was expecting this from me’: Kiara Johnson on her return to basketball after having her son

By AMY MASLIN | Feb. 22

Johnson, a fifth-year forward on the women’s basketball team, balances three lives at once: mother, student and Division-I college basketball player.

The Bulls are 1-7 after slow starts in their first two invitationals this season.

SPORTS

Softball goes 0-4 in UTEP Invitational

By AMY MASLIN | Feb. 20

UB lost all four games of the invitational, putting them at 1-7 after their second series of the season.

Dr. John Leddy, along with Dr. Brian Bratta, is leading UB’s concussion research and awareness efforts.

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‘An invisible injury’: How concussions impact student athletes

By AMY MASLIN | Feb. 15

UB’s concussion experts hope that their efforts will help mitigate the worst effects of concussions on student-athletes.

Senior pitcher Alexis Lucyshyn was one of two players to record a hit in UB’s 9-0 loss to Jax State Friday.

Photo: Ken Smith / UB Athletics

SPORTS

Softball goes 1-3 in Jax State Season Opener series

By AMY MASLIN | Feb. 15

Softball (1-3) opened its season at the Jax State Season Opener in Jacksonville, Alabama this weekend, facing Army West Point (2-2) and Jacksonville State (3-1).

Graduate guard Re'Shawna Stone dribbles the ball in UB's Saturday game versus Northern Illinois.

SPORTS

UB celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day during women’s basketball’s game vs. Northern Illinois

By AMY MASLIN and RYAN TANTALO | Feb. 5

UB celebrated National Girls and Women and Sports Day Saturday.

The NY Deli & Diner in Talbert Hall, UB's only all-kosher eatery, reopened Monday after a three-year hiatus.

NEWS

NY Deli & Diner and Bread Box Deli reopen for the first time since COVID-19 pandemic

By AMY MASLIN and KATIE SKOOG | Jan. 30

Reopening on NY Deli & Diner marks reopening of all-kosher eatery on campus.

Sophomore forward Arianna Zumpano dribbles the ball in a recent game.

SPORTS

Women’s soccer falls to Pittsburgh in first round of NCAA Tournament

By AMY MASLIN | Nov. 16

Women’s soccer (15-2-4, 7-0-4 MAC) lost at Pittsburgh (13-4-3, 5-3-2 ACC) 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday evening.