Softball

Two Bulls garnered All-Tournament honors at the Colgate Invitational. Junior second baseman Stacee Madden and junior catcher Kim Lawrence were among the 14 players named to the team.

Madden, hitting third in the lineup much of the tournament, went 7-for-22 at the plate includiing a double, collected four RBIs and scored three times. She also hit safely in the first five contests of the six-game tourney.

Lawrence, batting fifth in coach Marie Curran's lineup, was 4-of-20 with two RBIs and two runs scored during the tournament. Defensively, she collected 21 putouts from her catcher's position.

As a team, the Bulls are hitting .271 on the season. Danielle Haynes leads the team with a .382 average and 26 hits. Kelly Malone still leads UB in homers (4) and has 12 RBIs although she has missed the last 14 games. With her four RBIs in the Colgate Invitational, Madden has taken over the team lead with 13 and also has five doubles. She also had a five game hitting streak broken in the last game of the tourney. Haynes is 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts and has scored a team-high 15 runs.

The Bulls' pitching staff holds a team earned run average of 6.47 this season. Jessica York leads the squad at 4.75 with a 1-4 record. Jessica Kensy lowered her ERA to 5.89 and is now 2-7. Andrea Sage is 1-11 on the hill with a 7.85 mark and a team-best 22 strikeouts.

Baseball

Toledo 10, UB 7
Toledo 15, UB 6

In the Bulls only games last week, UB dropped a doubleheader at Toledo, the second MAC team UB has played this season.

In the first game, UB jumped out to a 5-1 lead going to the bottom of the fourth. The Bulls scored three runs in the second, highlighted by a two-run homer by Brandon DiCesare. Brian Zelasko knocked in the other run that inning with an RBI single. Toledo would respond with a five-run fourth inning, as each of the first four batters reached base. UB tied the score in the top of the sixth but the Rockets came back with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to secure the lead.

Athletes of the Week

Mike Flaherty of the baseball team went 2-for-5 in the Bulls doubleheader loss at Toledo last week. Flaherty, a junior third baseman and the Bulls' cleanup hitter, knocked in a pair of runs with a double in the opener and tripled and scored two runs in the nightcap. For the season he is hitting .238 and is third on the club with 11 runs batted in. Freshman Karen Maynard proved to be the top performer for the Bulls at a tennis match against Miami. Playing at number three singles, Maynard won three games over the two sets.

The second game started out the same way, as UB got an early lead with two runs in the third inning and three in the fourth. In the third, Mike Flaherty knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded double. In the fourth inning, a base hit and two walks loaded the bases again, and this time Mark Vogel delivered a triple that cleared the bases and gave the Bulls a 5-1 lead. Again, the bottom of the fourth was the downfall for UB. The Rockets exploded for a 10-run inning, as UB walked four batters and at one point gave up five straight hits in the inning.

Toledo was the second MAC opponent the Bulls faced this season, having played at Bowling Green earlier this year. UB went 0-5 in those games.

Junior Kevin Brown continues to lead the Bulls from the plate, hitting .329 (28-for-85) on the year. His 28 hits are a team-high as well. Charlie Smilinich and Mike Flaherty have a team-high five doubles each and Kevin Brown and Adrian Daniels have two triples each.

Bryan Sanchez leads the team in power, as he has collected five home runs on the season and leads the team with 16 RBIs as well. His five homers put him one shy of 10th place for home runs in a season in the UB record books. The season record is nine, set by three players. UB has 13 home runs as a team, with eight different players going long this season.

Freshman right-hander Tyler Balentine leads the UB pitching staff this season in wins and earned run average. Balentine currently has a perfect 3-0 record, and is tied with Tom Januchowski for the team high with three wins. Balentine also leads the Bulls in earned run average at 2.28, having given up six earned runs over 23.2 innings. He has one complete game to his credit this year and has struck out nine batters.

Womens Tennis

Marshall 7, UB 0
Miami (Ohio) 7, UB 0

The Bulls women's tennis team fell to 5-12 overall and 0-6 in Mid-American Conference play with conference losses at Miami (Ohio) and Marshall over the weekend.

Against Miami, freshman Karen Maynard proved to be the top performer for the Bulls. Playing at number three singles, Maynard won three games over the two sets but lost to Catherine Dilley 6-2, 6-1. Sophomore Kris Van Schoonhoven won a pair of games against Erica Echko in a 6-1, 6-1 loss.

The Bulls won just three games against a strong Marshall team that now leads the MAC with a 6-0 record and is 16-5 overall. Sophomore fifth singles Shani Amarasinghe lost, 6-1, 6-0, to Karolina Pierko while Maynard dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Kelly Peller at third singles. The doubles team of Maynard and Nicole Sargentalso won one game falling to Anna Mitina and Ana Ceretto 8-1.