I had hoped to have a much more active “close out” month in September but life being what it is that was derailed by really important things, this is just sports. In case you don’t know, I lost my Brother to a sudden and unexpected illness. I’m one of seven kids so we all gathered back in Buffalo to say goodbye and be there for his daughter and each other. Kind of puts perspective on things, no? So before that came up I had already mostly decided on “where to go” with SBNation deciding that Buffalo fans are not going to have a place on SBNation anymore. The answer is... not another blog... Wh ..read more

Sophomore setter Mandy Leigh | Photo by Paul Hokanson/UBBulls.com The UB Volleyball team was swept twice at Western Michigan this weekend. Their record is now 8–6 (0–2 MAC). In the first match, Buffalo was able to get strong offensive performances from their middle blockers. Senior middle blocker Abby Leigh led the team with 11 kills, and did not make an error, hitting 0.733. Senior middle blocker Courtney Okwara had eight kills and 1 error, hitting 0.583. But unfortunately, none of the other UB front row attackers hit above 0.150. The Bulls didn’t help themselves by picking up 13 service erro ..read more

Senior middle blocker Abby Leigh | Paul Hokanson/UBBulls.com This just in: Abby Leigh is having a monster season. You probably knew that already. Leigh, a senior middle blocker, led Buffalo in points scored, kills, blocks and hitting percentage in a 3–1 Buffalo win over Youngstown State; and then led Buffalo in kills, points scored and hitting percentage in a 3–0 sweep of previously undefeated Bucknell. She hit over 0.440 in both matches. Other than that, she didn’t do much. So far this season, Leigh is hitting 0.390 (fifth in the MAC), leads the team in points scored, hitting percentage, tota ..read more

Sophomore outside hitter Maria Futey | Paige Miller The UB Volleyball team improved its record to 5–2 on the season taking down cross-town rival Canisius by a score of 3–1 at Koessler Athletic Center on Tgursday night. With regular setter Mandy Leigh not 100%, senior setter Emma Puzausky got her second career start. Puzausky had played well the previous weekend leading the Bulls to a 0.423 hitting percentage against Rider in the third set. But against Canisius, Buffalo’s passing broke down, and Puzausky didn’t have a lot of good passes to work with. It’s impossible to say how much of the probl ..read more

So we’re going to try to start moving things over to Discord, since the mothership has decided to put our community down come the end of the month. Dave is in the lead, here’s the discord link for picks. If you cannot get in, or cant figure it out shout down in the comments below ..read more

Game Score 10 31 Maryland 41 -21 Points Breakdown YTD Buffalo Maryland Winner Total Δ WK YR UB Opp Win Tot Δ J. David Brand 0 10 34 Maryland 44 -24 7 7 3 1 1 1 1 BlogFather 0 13 33 Maryland 46 -20 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 Matt Gritzmacher 0 10 35 Maryland 45 -25 5 5 3 0 1 1 0 smee 0 6 35 Maryland 41 -29 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 rma116 0 10 38 Maryland 48 -28 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 Cdn V 0 20 41 Maryland 61 -21 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 martin db5 0 12 37 Maryland 49 -25 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 Buffalo Super Fan 0 17 35 Maryland 52 -18 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 zigo230 0 20 38 Maryland 58 -18 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 ubbulls98 0 21 4 ..read more

Junior right side Emma Gielas | Paige Miller The UB Volleyball team swept Cleveland State to wind up finishing second at the Lehigh Steel Tournament, with a 2–1 record. For the season, Buffalo is now 4–2. Buffalo was led by junior right side Emma Gielas, who picked up 11 kills and made just two errors for a 0.500 hitting percentage. Gielas had five kills in the first set, one of them giving Buffalo a 24–15 lead. The Vikings then scored the next six points to make the final set score close. In the second set, Buffalo won 25–10, hitting 0.414 while holding the Vikings to a negative hitting perce ..read more

Senior middle blocker Abby Leigh | Paige Miller The UB Volleyball team defeated Rider 3-0 in the first game of the Leigh Steel Tournament, and then lost to Lehigh 3-1. Buffalo is now 3-2 for the season and will play one more game in the tournament on Saturday, September 3. All four teams in the tournament have 1-1 tournament records. The Bulls totally dominated Rider, hitting 0.393 as a team while holding Rider to just 0.059. Buffalo hit 0.367 or better in each set, and 0.423 in the third set. What made that third set so special was that the offense was run by backup setter Emma Puzausky, who ..read more

Photo by Joshua Bessex/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Buffalo @ Maryland Date - September 3rd Time - 10am Line - Maryland by 24 ..read more

We may not be long for this platform, but darn it if I go out doing anything it will be winning a BRuWPeG!... And don’t worry, when SBNation makes me turn out the lights we’re going to host this somewhere else to finish out the year, so let’s do it. Pick the score of the upcoming game, points are awarded for Picking the winner Picking the overall score Picking the margin Picking each team's individual score Last year we used the highest-rated comment, can’t do that this year because after September we’ll be somewhere else. So for now I will handle ties, as they come up, by picking the comme ..read more