Junior transfer Jamie Gasparre had six catches for 108 yards and a 52-yard touchdown as the Blue Team scored a 17-12 win over the White Team at the annual University at Buffalo Blue-White football game.

Gasparre helped the UB offense as three UB quarterbacks completed 22-of-37 passes for 268 yards. The junior, who transferred from C.W. Post and had to sit out last season, had four catches in the second half for 86 yards. Starting quarterback Mark Taylor was 13-of-20 for 141 yards, including 9-of-12 in the first half.

Erik Rusin hit 6-of-9 passes for 112 yards including the 52-yard strike to Gasparre that put the Blue Team (offense) ahead for good in the game. The White Team, which scored points on a system that rewarded turnovers and changes of possession, had taken an 8-0 lead in the first half and recorded nine sacks in the game.

The defense was led by Craig Guest, Keith Hansen and Angelo Zucaro. Guest had 12 tackles and a fumble recovery while Zucaro (eight tackles) and Hansen (seven tackles) each had two quarterback sacks.

Junior Anthony Swan had 50 yards rushing to lead the Blue Team and scored the game's first touchdown on a six-yard burst. He also added five catches for 42 yards.

The Blue-White scrimmage concluded UB's 15 spring practices under second-year coach Craig Cirbus. The Bulls will open the 1996 season on Thursday, Aug. 29 versus Illinois State at UB Stadium. Tickets are now on sale for all UB home games this fall.

BULLS, ROYALS POST SCHOOL RECORDS AT UB INVITATIONAL

The UB men's and women's track & field teams set four school records Saturday at the UB Invitational meet. The invitational also served as a dual meet against Canisius with UB's men earning a 246-154 win while the Royals also downed the Griffins 235-147.

Ben Atkinson broke his own UB school record to win the men's decathlon. Atkinson tallied 5,334 bettering his old mark by nine points. Atkinson won five of the 10 events including the decathlon's final event, the 400-yard dash, in 54.62.

Neil Murray set a school mark with his win in the pole vault. Murray cleared 15-3 to take the event.

Both squads also set school records in the hammer throw. Rashide Greene won the men's hammer with a toss of 137-9 while Rachael Refermat took the women's hammer throw at 120-6.

The Bulls 4-x-400-meter relay squad of Kris Winkler, Ryan Candia, Victor Archibald and Chris Franklin were victorious with a time of 3:31.20. Kweli Musa took first place in the 800-meter run in 1:57.04 while Fumu Gakodi (23.42) and Kevin Winkler (23.57) were the top two finishers in the 200 meter dash.

Thom Kaye earned a win in the long jump with a distance of 21 feet 3-1/2 inches while Archibald won the triple jump at 13.49 meters.

On the women's side, Refermat was a double winner taking the shot put with 38-5.5 as well as her hammer throw record.

Megan Sanford, Jaime Hirschman, Sue Mikovich and Lisa Kragbe combined to win the 4-x-100-meter relay for the Royals in 50.41. Kragbe also finished first in the 400 hurdles in 1:08.46 with Hirschman (1:08.74) and Mikovich (1:16.03) placing second and third respectively.

The Royals also took a pair of distance events as Lisa Reaves finished first in the 3,000 in 11:06.27 and Tara Reimer was victorious in the 1,500 in 5:04.73. Shelly Hamilton won the women's high jump at 5-3.75.

UB also had a pair of runners in the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Stacey Strothmann (36:45) and Gretchen Welch (37:30) finished 18th and 24th respectively in the 10,000 meter run.

Both squads will be in action at home again this weekend as they host the UB Open.

ROYALS FINISH SIXTH AT MID-CON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Royals competed at the Mid-Continent Conference Tennis Championship in New Britain, Conn., last week finishing sixth in the 10-team field. The Royals went 2-2 during the weekend defeating Chicago State (by forfeit) and Missouri-Kansas City and falling to Eastern Illinois in the tourney's first round and Valparaiso in the fifth-place match. UB concludes their season with a 5-4 spring record and 16-4 record including their fall season.

UB's Amy Cohen, the Royals' number one seed this season, earned first team All-Conference honors. Cohen was 8-4 for the Royals this spring.

-Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office