UB to Host Largest Collegiate Mud Volleyball Tournament

By Barbara A. Byers

Release Date: April 21, 2006 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Grab a Buddy and Let's Get Muddy" is the theme for Oozfest 2006, the annual mud volleyball tournament sponsored by the University at Buffalo's Student Alumni Board (USAB), to be held April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 29 at the Mud Pit on St. Rita's Lane, behind UB Stadium on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Nearly 1,000 UB students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends, will play on over 100 teams and participate in what is recognized as the largest collegiate mud volleyball tournament and one of UB's largest student-alumni events. Oozfest 2006 is co-chaired by juniors Stacey Stuart and Ashley Jennings.

Since its inception in 1984, Oozfest has grown to become much more than a volleyball tournament. The day's other activities include music from WRUB, wheelbarrow races, three-legged races, chicken-wing eating contest, leap frog and tug-of-war competition. This is all made possible through the generosity of sponsors.

This year's court sponsors are The College Store, Santora's Phase II, UB Alumni Association, Student Life, Residence Halls Association, Student Association, University Village, Campus Dining and Shops, E-Grad Alumni Loan Consolidation Program, and Dave and Buster's. Each team will receive an official team photo, and each player will receive a commemorative Oozfest T-shirt and a water bottle provided by the College Store and the UB Alumni Association. Hot lunches will be served with vegetarian selections available. Heated tents will be provided to warm up cold and muddy players.

Oozfest is presented by the University Student Alumni Board (USAB), the student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association. USAB is a non-profit student organization set up to improve the quality of life at UB by providing programs that directly benefit students, their parents, faculty and alumni.

Oozfest proceeds will benefit programs such as the J. Scott Fleming Scholarships, which honor students who have demonstrated positive leadership qualities at UB, and Real Life 101, a free reality-based workshop created to assist juniors and seniors in their transition into the "real world."