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CLEVELAND, OH - Three University at Buffalo men's soccer players were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team on Thursday - senior midfielder Dave Pidgeon (Dorval, Quebec/Bishop Whelan), sophomore midfielder Ross Tauchert (Rochester, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) and senior goalkeeper Chris Vavrina (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland).

Dave Pidgeon

Pidgeon - who is one of four student-athletes to be named to the team for the second consecutive year - has a 3.46 grade point average and is majoring in Management. He was one of five Bulls to start all 16 games and recorded one assist on the season. His assist came on Mike Geller's game-winning goal versus Central Connecticut State on September 5th. Pidgeon was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Duquesne Classic and the UB Fall Classic.

Ross Tauchert

Tauchert - who also started all 16 games for Buffalo - has a 3.75 grade point average. He was named to the All-Tournament Team at both the UB Fall Classic and the Army Classic.

Chris Vavrina

After missing a handful of games in the early season due to injury, Vavrina returned to finish the season with a 2.18 goals against average and a .708 save percentage for the Bulls. He has a 3.57 grade point average and is majoring in Management.

UB led the MAC with three selections to the squad, which is voted on by faculty-athletic representatives at MAC institutions. The Academic All-MAC honor is given to players who excelled in both athletics and academics. To qualify for the team, a player must have at least a 3.20 grade point average and must also have competed in at least 50 percent of his team's contests.

The other players selected to the 2003 Academic All-MAC Team were Cameron Knowles and Mike Marich (Akron), David DeGraff and Eric Duda (Bowling Green), Chris Austin and Olli Lehtimaki (Kentucky), and Andy Champion and Jason Sullivan (Northern Illinois).