A successful year for the UB men's tennis team (9-12) came to an end on Friday as the team was ousted from the Mid-American Conference Semifinals, compliments of the No.
The initial reaction by many Western New Yorkers on Saturday was: "Huh?"However some of us, including myself, completely understood and agreed that by drafting Lee Evans and J.P.
The first impression of junior Peter Wlosinski and senior James Banach, president and vice president of the UB Rolling Rhinos, is that they are notably earnest about the club sport they manage.
Allow me to rehash for you the past 11 weeks of this semester.When exactly did this semester begin?
The UB Bulls baseball team (5-17, 0-2 MAC) opened their conference play on Saturday against the University of Akron Zips (11-8, 2-0), hosting a doubleheader after Friday afternoon's rainout.The teams looked equally competitive all afternoon, but in both games the Zips needed just the ninth inning to produce enough offense to defeat UB, 6-5 and 6-1 respectively.In game one, Akron jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth, which included a solo homerun by freshman DH Bob Dubovec.
I was raised a football guy, through and through. I grew up playing football, watching football and idolizing the gridiron heroes of the early 90s Buffalo Bills.In high school, I lettered four years in football and baseball, and never really followed any other sports besides NCAA football, NFL and MLB.Turning 22 in May, with organized athletics well in my past, my competitive thirst is quenched by another sport these days, undoubtedly the easiest to organize and participate with friends - the one that simply calls for a pair of sneakers, a ball, and a hoop.And not only has my love for basketball blossomed into contentious afternoons at local courts with a few pals, but I've become an avid fan of watching the game I once labeled pretentious, with its intermittent episodes of freaks defying gravity - a gift that 5-foot, 10-inch white boys like myself just can't relate to.Dr. James Naismith, I apologize.The bottom line is that basketball players comprise some of the most gifted athletes in the world.
Kemp, Ferguson, Kelly, Bledsoe...Vick?The Bills' days of immobile pocket passer's came to an end late Tuesday with the epic signing of the leagues hottest young player.
There is madness in the air today.March's zealotry has officially begun, as collegiate squads across the country share a common objective this week: a conference championship, and thus an automatic NCAA bid.
While the university continues to talk about the excitement surrounding the men's basketball team, a different kind of lane will be contested this week in Ypsilanti, Mich, as Eastern Michigan, Miami of Ohio, Ohio University, Ball State and UB will all vie for Mid-American Conference supremacy in swimming and diving.From Thursday to Saturday the UB men's swimming and diving team (3-4, 1-3 MAC) will take to the water in hopes of personal bests, NCAA qualifications, and a team victory at this year's conference championships.Coming off a strong performance at last weekend's Eastern College Athletic Conference championships, where they placed sixth out of a field of 29, the Bulls look to the MAC Championships with high hopes and renewed confidence."I can't stress enough how important he ECAC's are in preparation for the Mid-American Championships," stated head coach Bud Termin in an e-mail.
Rattling off nine wins in their last 11 games, including five straight, the UB Bulls (14-11, 9-7 Mid-American Conference) have picked the right time of the year to elevate their game.On the heels of the most emotional win in their five-year tenure in the MAC, head coach Reggie Witherspoon led his players into Miami of Ohio (15-10, 10-6 MAC) on Saturday, where they had never won, and soundly defeated the number four seed in the MAC, 87-73.For the second straight game UB surmounted the 80-point plateau thanks to another red-hot shooting performance with Calvin Cage leading the way in a stirring encore of Wednesday's performance.Cage came off the bench to lead UB with 22 points, hitting 7-11 from the field, including 4-6 from beyond the arc."I think he's starting to understand that he doesn't have to force shots," said Witherspoon.
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