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UB Travels to MAC Tournament

The Bulls will see action in the MAC Tournament, finishing the regular season in fifth place. UB will face fourth-seeded Marshall in the first round at Northern Illinois University. The Thundering Herd defeated UB 3-1 this past Sunday to close out the regular season.

Bulls End Regular Season

UB closed out the regular season with a 3-1 loss to Marshall. The loss is the second straight for the Bulls, and the third loss in the last four games. After starting out 9-3-1, UB has gone 1-3 over the last four games, and carry a 10-6-1 record into the conference postseason tournament.

Butcher Still Scoring

Senior Steve Butcher has continued his hot play. In the last eight games, Butcher has recorded ten goals, including a string of three straight games with two goals. He also has four assists in that span as well. Butcher recorded two goals in games against Northern Illinois, Western Michigan and Long Island. He now leads the team in goals (14), assists (8) and points (36).

Butcher, Songer Form Record Setting Tandem

Tim Songer and Steve Butcher have become the most productive scoring tandem in UB history. They currently have a combined 64 points this year (Butcher 36, Songer 28), the most by any pair of players in UB history. It marks just the fifth time in school history that two players have recorded 20 or more points in a season and the first time since 1990, when three players reached 20 points.

In addition, Songer and Butcher have each scored over ten goals (Butcher 14, Songer 11), making it just the second time in UB history that two players have ten or more goals in the same season. The only other time that happened was in 1981.

Butcher Cracks Century Mark

Senior Steve Butcher has rewritten the record books in his career at UB and continues to add to his accomplishments. He recently surpassed the 100 point mark for his career in a game at Western Michigan.

Butcher now has 115 career points, a UB school record. He already holds the career records for goals scored (48) and this season moved into first in career assists with 19.

Butcher holds the top two spots for goals scored in a season with 18 last year and 16 in 1997. He also has the single season record for points scored with 43 last year, and is third in that same category with 36 points in 1997 and this year.

Bulls Moving Up Charts

UB has had a player score 30 points in a season just five times in the program's history. With his 36 points this season, Steve Butcher has now hit that mark three of those five times. He holds the record with 43 points last season, the only 40-point season in UB history.

Tim Songer is not far behind with 28 points this year, 7th best total in UB history. If Songer reaches 30 points it will be the first time two players have hit 30 points in the same season.

Butcher is currently first in career goals (48), assists (19), and points (113). Songer is 11th in career goals (15), fifth in assists (13) and 7th in points (43). In addition, Brian McCallion is 14th in career goals (12), fourth in assists (15) and 10th in points (39) and Sebastian Zawislan is 14th in career goals (12) and 13th in career points (30).

Players Stepping Up

In the absence of defenders Joe Peplinski and Matt Yeates due to injuries, several players have stepped up to fill the gap on defense. John Shannon has moved into the sweeper position and Perry Duronio, Kevin Pitra and Jarek Radzinski have all moved back to help solidify the defense.

MAC Standings

Akron won the MAC regular season championship with a 6-0-1 record. Kentucky was second at 5-1-1, Bowling Green was 4-2-1, Marshall 3-3-1 and Buffalo was fifth at 3-4-0.

Akron, ranked 14th nationally, has the best overall record at 11-3-2. Buffalo and Kentucky both have the second best overall records at 10-6-1.

Date Team Time/Result

9/1 at Michigan State T 1-1

UB FALL CLASSIC

9/4 Buffalo vs. Cent. Conn. St. W 4-0

9/5 BUFFALO vs. ST. FRANCIS, NY W 3-1

9/8 CANISIUS W 3-1

9/12 AKRON* L 0-1

9/15 NIAGARA W 3-0

9/17 at Davidson L 0-4

9/19 at High Point L 1-2

9/22 SIENA W 2-0

9/25 at Delaware W 3-0

10/1 at Northern Illinois* W 2-0

10/3 at Western Michigan* W 5-1

10/10 LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY W 4-2

10/15 at Kentucky* L 0-2

10/22 EASTERN MICHIGAN* W 3-2

10/24 BOWLING GREEN* L (ot) 2-3

10/31 MARSHALL* L 1-3

at Northern Illinois University

11/5 vs. Marshall at MAC Quarterfinals

11/7 MAC SemiFinals