Football

Marshall 59, UB 3

Heisman Trophy candidate Chad Pennington completed 20-of-25 passes for 339 yards and five touchdowns to lead No. 15 Marshall University to a 59-3 victory over UB in a Mid-American Conference game Saturday in UB Stadium.

Pennington threw touchdown passes to four different receivers and became only the sixth player in NCAA history to throw for both 11,000 yards and 100 touchdowns with his performance. In all, 11 different Thundering Herd players caught passes, as Marshall improved to 7-0 and 4-0 in the MAC.

UB fell to 0-7 and 0-6 in the MAC.

The Bulls were in the game in the early going. After a 57-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Doug Chapman put the Herd on top, 7-0, UB responded with a score of its own. A roughing-the-passer call on 3rd-and-5 gave the Bulls a first down and junior Scott Keller put Buffalo on the scoreboard with a 30-yard field goal with 6:12 remaining in the first quarter.

Then trailing 7-3, linebacker Brandon Jordan had an interception in his hands but dropped it. Five plays later, Pennington hit David Foye for a 36-yard touchdown and the Herd wasn't threatened afterwards.

The Bulls were limited to 196 yards of total offense in the game. Sophomore tailback Derrick Gordon led the offense with 20 carries for 66 yards, while senior fullback Josh Roth had 11 carries for 34 yards and two receptions for 22 yards.

Senior flanker Drew Haddad was held to a season-low three catches for 32 yards as the Herd had constant pressure on UB quarterbacks Joe Freedy and Erik Rusin. Freedy completed 5-of-15 passes for 47 yards and a pair of interceptions before being lifted at halftime. Rusin, who suffered a sprain in his throwing elbow, completed 5-of-10 passes for 40 yards in his first action of the season.

The Bulls' defense was again paced by free safety Craig Rohlfs, who had eight solo tackles. Defensive tackle Josh Stello had three solo stops, including a sack for the Bulls, while Chris Gray had a career-best seven tackles.

Soccer

Men

UB 3, Eastern Michigan 2
Bowling Green 3, UB 2 (OT)

UB trailed Eastern Michigan 2-1 in the second half before a Tim Songer goal made it 2-2. With just under two minutes remaining, sophomore Kevin Pitra knocked in the game-winner of a deflection by the EMU goalkeeper for the 3-2 victory. It was Pitra's first goal of the year and the first of his collegiate career.

Women

Eastern Michigan 2, UB 0
Central Michigan 2, UB 0

The women's team lost twice on the road this past week, falling to Eastern Michigan and MAC leader Central Michigan. It was the first time UB has lost two games straight since the end of the 1997 season.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Sophomore Kevin Pitra scored the game-winning goal, also his first collegiate, with under two minutes to go in the men's soccer team's match against Eastern Michigan. Sophomore outside hitter Keri Shiels totaled 18 kills and 10 digs during the volleyball team's two MAC losses over the weekend.

Volleyball

Ball State 3, UB 0 (15-8, 15-7, 15-5)
Miami (OH) 3, UB 0 (15-1, 15-4, 15-1)

Sophomore outside hitter Keri Shiels was the top performer for Coach Nadine Lilavois' squad this weekend as she tallied nine kills and seven digs in a 3-0 loss at Ball State on Friday night and nine kills and three digs in Saturday's 3-0 loss at Miami. The losses dropped the Bulls to 9-13 overall and 2-8 in MAC play.

Tennis

Men

UB 4, Niagara 3

The Bulls traveled to Niagara to take on the Purple Eagles on their home court, winning 4-3 against their Western New York rival on Oct. 21. The No. 1 through No. 4 singles spots were victorious, as well as the No. 1 doubles. In addition to winning their singles matches, Budi Susanto (No. 1, 6-0, 6-4) and Dave Emihovich (No. 2, 7-6, 6-2) also teamed up to defeat their Niagara opponents, 8-3, at the No. 1 doubles position. The men completed their fall campaign with a 5-5 record.