GREG CISZAK - The Spectrum

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"Winter break still means games and practices for ballers, grapplers, and runners"

By GREG CISZAK | Dec. 9, 2005

For many UB athletes who will be competing at the height of their seasons over the course of the next month, there is no "break" in "winter break."As classes come to a close, the athletic teams already in season will continue on their game schedules, while those teams not yet playing, will prepare for opponents that lay ahead.Men's basketballPicking up where they left off last season, the men's basketball team boasts a record of 7-1 and is currently on a five-game winning streak.The Bulls are set to host Rutgers on Saturday at 7 p.m., which will be broadcast on WGR 550-AM radio.

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Men and women swimmers hit bottom amid individual strides

By GREG CISZAK | Dec. 7, 2005

In a tournament filled with personal bests and signs of improvement, the UB women's swimming and diving team came up short in team points as it finished in last place over the weekend at the SummaCare Invitational.The Bulls squared off against some tough competition this weekend in Akron, Ohio, scoring 937 points in 20 events."We held our own in the meet, especially considering we had half the number of swimmers some of the other teams had," said head coach Scott Vanderzell.UB freshman Rachel Sorg led the team with a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 58.62, a career best.

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UB women find scoring touch again in win

By GREG CISZAK | Dec. 5, 2005

As the final seconds ticked away Saturday at Niagara's Gallagher Center, it became very apparent that the UB "Sea of Blue" had flooded the Purple Eagles' home.

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"As UB's lone senior, Meunier aims for 1,000 point mark"

By GREG CISZAK | Dec. 5, 2005

UB senior Brooke Meunier drove the women's basketball charge in a big win Saturday night, leading the team with 17 points and six assists in 37 minutes on the floor.

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Swimming with science on their side

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 28, 2005

Veteran head coach Budd Termin takes an academic approach to swimming. As his men's swimming team gears up for battle in its upcoming season, Termin returns to the helm of only team in the world to take advantage of a scientific machine called the Craig Velocity Meter.Invented by Dr. Al Craig from the School of Medicine at the University of Rochester, the training tool calibrates the speed of each swimmer's stroke, helping the swimmers improve their form."We use physics," Termin said.

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Sophomore runners set pace for UB at invitational

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 26, 2005

Sophomore Michelle Quinn shattered her personal best time of the season Friday, finishing first out of four UB women runners who competed in the Cornell Reif Memorial Run.The women ran the 5K event while no UB runners took part in the men's 8K.

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Can you dig it? Garcia can

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 21, 2005

When a sports fan thinks volleyball, what usually comes to mind are booming spikes and powerful serves.

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UB tennis charges over Red Flash

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 5, 2005

Running right through their competition, the Bulls stampeded over the Red Flash on Saturday, ousting St.

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Bulls get rough with Griffs for hard-fought win

By GREG CISZAK | Oct. 3, 2005

Sibling rivalries oftentimes get violent, and Friday night's fight between the princes of the Queen City was no exception.

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Meet the Mad Turtles

By GREG CISZAK | Sep. 16, 2005

"When you get out there for that opening kickoff and line up against the guy you know you're going to hit, and you unload on him so hard it makes him feel like he wants to crawl back into his mother's womb, and you know that it's legal, there's no feeling like that on Earth."When UB rugby co-captain Jason Giglia speaks about his sport, it borders on poetic - violently poetic, that is, for a sport that, much like the rush of playing it, is like no other on Earth.