November 10, 1994: Vol26n10: SPORTSVIEW

Football
The Bulls wound up their season with a loss as second ranked
Youngstown State continued its quest for a fourth straight Division
I-AA championship, defeating the University at Buffalo 27-3 in the
rain Nov. 5 in University Stadium.
	The Penguins, who extended their unbeaten streak to 14 games,
held the Bulls to -10 net yards rushing to raise their season record
to 8-0-1.
	Buffalo (3-6) found themselves trailing 21-0 with 9:17 still
on the clock in the first quarter. A fumble by Bulls quarterback Cliff
Scott set up Youngstown's first score, a three-yard run by tailback
Shawn Patton only 52 seconds into the game.
	Patton, who had 139 yards on 21 carries, put the Penguins up
by two touchdowns with a 21-yard run at 10:56 of the quarter.
	Less than two minutes later, defensive back Chris Jones
recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. The punt by Buffalo's Gerald
Carlson, which was blocked by defensive back DeWayne Thompson, marked
the fourth time that the Penguins have blocked one against Carlson in
their last two games against the Bulls.
	A 37-yard Paul Massaro field goal in the second quarter gave
Youngstown a 24-0 halftime lead.
	The first quarter proved all that the Penguins needed as the
only score by Buffalo was on a 44-yard field goal by Mark Mozrall in
the third quarter.
	Bulls senior quarterback Cliff Scott had a tough time in his
final home game, completing 10 of 28 passes for 100 yards in the bad
weather. Scott also had -29 net rushing yards. Penguins signal caller
Mark Brungard didn't fare much better as he was 8-18 for 76 yards.
Men's Soccer
Under sustained winds of 30 miles per hour, Central Connecticut State
scored a 2-0 victory over UB in Sunday's Mid-Continent Conference
men's soccer championship at UB's RAC Field.
	CCSU's Everton Barrington scored the first Blue Devil goal at
the 37:18 mark of the match while Chad Hendricks connected on the
second on an assist from Gareth Butcher at the 57:47 mark. Central
Connecticut outshot the Bulls 19-11 as both teams played in wind and
rain showers that made the muddy conditions of RAC Field even worse.
	UB head coach John Astudillo said after the match, "I think
the conditions dictated a lot of the play. It was a very basic game,
just get the ball down the field as quickly as we can and they did it
more often than we did. We hung in tight, tried to come back in the
second half. I thought there were a couple of things we could have
done better and we didn't but in any case it was a good season, a very
good season."
	Buffalo goalkeeper Jay Palmer stopped eight shots in the match
while Anthony Sardo tallied four saves to record his second shutout of
the tournament.
	With the victory, the Blue Devils advance to the Play-in round
of the NCAA Tournament against the champion of the Midwestern
Collegiate Conference.
	CCSU's Barrington and UB's Ediru Okpewho earned co-MVP honors
for the tournament. Four Bulls-Okpewho, Palmer, Charles Kadiri, and
Sotir Tanevski all earned All-Tournament recognition. Earlier in the
week, Astudillo was selected as the Coach of the Year. Okpewho,
Palmer, Jure Abecic, and Joe Mercik earned First Team All-Eastern
Division honors while Kadiri and Dan Ciolek were selected to the
Second Team.
	The Bulls advanced to the Mid-Con finals with their 4-2
victory over Missouri-Kansas City in the semifinals. After trailing
2-1 late in the second half, Antony Wright tied the match with a goal
with 13 minutes remaining. Less than two minutes later, Ugo Okpewho
was taken down in the Missouri-Kansas City box. Brother Ediru Okpewho
took the penalty shot and scored what proved to be the winning goal.
Sotir Tanevski iced the contest with a goal with two seconds left.
	UB finished their season with an 11-7-1 mark, their best since
moving to Division I in 1991.
Volleyball
The Royals traveled to Troy, Alabama for their Mid-Continent Eastern
Division cluster matches. UB dropped the opener Friday night to host
Troy State in three games, 15-11, 15-12, 15-10. Candie Hirst had 12
kills, 14 digs and five blocks to lead the Royals while Candi Sims
added 22 assists. The following day, UB dropped matches to Central
Connecticut State 11-15, 15-10, 15-7, 15-12 and Youngstown State
13-15, 15-7, 15-11, 15-6.
Wrestling
UB opened their wrestling season at the Eastern Michigan Open over the
weekend. Anthony Conte, at 158 pounds took fifth place with a 5-2 mark
while George Chamoun was 3-3 at 177 to take sixth place.
Men's Swimming
The Bulls opened their season with a 153-84 victory over Edinboro.
Kevin Remaly led the way with a victory in the 200 IM in 1:59.61.
Remaly also teamed with Korey Miller, Kevin Male and Josh Pieczonka to
take the 400 Medley Relay in 3:38.22.
Women's Swimming
The Royals also downed Edinboro, 148-75, to open the 1994-95 season.
Freshman Alexandra Barrera set a school record in the 1000 freestyle
finishing in 10:39.72. Megan Connolly won two events for the Royals,
the 200 IM (2:17.68) and the 200 butterfly (2:14.02).