September 8, 1994: Vol26n2: Sportsview

Football
	The Bulls opened their 1994 season at James Madison where they
were defeated by the Dukes, 35-0.
	After a scoreless first quarter, James Madison opened the
scoring on 20-yard TD pass from Mike Cawley to Macey Brooks and took a
10-0 half-time lead when John Coursey added a 37-yard field goal.
	The Dukes capitalized on two UB mistakes in the second half.
JMU DT Lamont Gooding recovered Anthony Swan's fumble at the Bulls' 13
late in the third quarter. Three plays later, Cawley tossed a
four-yard scoring strike to TE Ed Perry to give JMU a 28-0 lead early
in the fourth quarter. Late in the game, Quincy Waller intercepted a
pass from Bulls backup quarterback Mark Taylor and returned it 35
yards for JMU's last touchdown.
	Freshman running back Tyler McDonnell led the Bulls with 28
yards rushing on just six carries. Swan had 23 yards on 14 attempts
while QB Cliff Scott rushed 13 times for 16 yards. Scott was also 12
of 24 through the air for 77 yards. WR Keith Warren led the Bulls with
37 yards on three receptions. TE Chris Behan and WR Derek Wicks also
collected three catches.
	Defensively, sophomore LB Craig Guest led the Bulls with 15
tackles, seven solo. Pete Conley turned in a solid effort 10 tackles
including eight solo. DB Everett Anthony garnered seven tackles with
two passes broken up.
Men's Soccer
	Sotir Tanevski scored the game winner with 1:56 remaining to
lead the Bulls soccer team past Central Connecticut State, 2-1, in the
season-opener. Central Connecticut was 14-3-1 last season and won the
East Coast Conference.
	UB got the go-ahead score after Central Connecticut's Chad
Hendricks tied the match at one when he beat Bulls' goalkeeper Jay
Palmer with a shot with 8:22 left in the final half. The Bulls, after
a scoreless first half, netted the first goal thanks to Antony
Wright's shot in front of the net eight minutes into the second half
to give UB a 1-0 lead. UB was outshot by the Blue Devils (0-1, 0-1)
13-9. Palmer collected eight saves in earning the victory.
Cross Country
	Junior Judith Novak shattered the course record in leading the
UB women's cross country team to victory in the season opener at Akron
Falls Park. The Royals scored 19 points to Colgate's 42 and Robert
Morris' 148 in the three-team meet. Novak, who sat out last season due
to an injury, completed the 5K course in 18:31.7. The record is 33
seconds faster than the mark set last year by UB's Bridget Niland.
	Buffalo's Stacey Strothman finished second in 19:06.2 while
Colgate's Betsy Cunningham was third in 19:32. UB's Amy Grinnell and
Nilam Shukla rounded out the top five finishers with marks of 19:45
and 19:46 respectively.
	On the men's side, Colgate scored 26 points to hold off the
Bulls with 32. Robert Morris was third with 88. UB's Chris Keenan won
the 8K race finishing in 26:33 while Colgate's Eric Garson was second
in 26:38. Charley Moynihan of UB finished third in 26:42.
	Both squads are back in action Saturday when they host the UB
Invitational at Akron Falls Park beginning at 11 am.
Volleyball
	The Royals opened their 1994 season with three home contests
falling to Cincinnati, Duquesne, and St. Bonaventure over the weekend.
In their five-game match with Cincinnati, sophomore Candie Hirst led
the Royals with 19 kills and nine digs. Junior Laurie Santelli added
nine kills and 11 digs.
	Against Duquesne, coach Bob Maxwell's team fell in four games
15-11, 15-12, 14-16, 15-12. Hirst again was the spark plug for the
Royals, tallying 20 kills along with 13 digs while sophomore Candi
Sims also added 20 kills.
	The Royals dropped a heartbreaking five-game decision to St.
Bonaventure Sunday at Alumni Arena 15-11, 6-15, 10-15, 15-11, 15-12.
UB was led by Santelli's 17 kills and 14 digs while Hirst collected 14
kills, 14 digs and five service aces. Kathy Brinkworth registered
seven blocks for the Royals. Sims and Sheryl Felegy each had 20
assists.
Women's Soccer
	Melanie Hierl tallied a pair of goals for the Royals in their
season opening 4-3 loss at St. Bonaventure. Hierl added three goals in
the Royals' lopsided 10-2 win Sunday at Robert Morris to even their
record at 1-1.	Ron Case's squad also got a pair of goals from
sophomore Lori Perillo and junior Joanna Tower. Perillo also earned
two assists in the match. UB outshot the Colonials 32-13. 
                                        -Sports Information Office