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BULLS SPLIT WITH BONAVENTURE, LOSE

THREE-GAME SERIES AT MARSHALL

The Bulls began last week with a doubleheader split at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday. The Bulls lost a 2-1 decision in the opener before scoring three runs in the fifth inning for a come-from-behind 4-3 victory in the nightcap. Freshman pitcher Heather Robbins (West Bloomfield, MI/West Bloomfield) earned the win on the mound and also drove in two runs, while freshman Allison Round (Markham, Ontario/Markham District) and senior Kim Lawrence (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg/Erie CC) were both 3-for-4 from the plate to lead the Bulls' offensive attack in the win.

The Bulls then lost all three games of a Mid-American Conference weekend series at Marshall. Buffalo dropped both ends of a doubleheader on Friday, 2-0 and 4-1, before losing a single game on Saturday by an 8-0 score to the Thundering Herd. The Bulls could not figure out Marshall pitcher Sara Gulla in the series opener, with sophomore Jessica Kensy (Cheektowaga, NY/Maryvale) accounting for Buffalo's only hit in the shutout, a double down the right field line in the second inning. In the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader, the Bulls snapped Marshall's 35 and one-third inning scoreless streak when a sacrifice fly by Lawrence in the first inning scored freshman Marce Ross (Barrie, Ontario/St. Peter's) with an earned run. Ross had led off the game with a single up the middle. The Thundering Herd, however, took a 2-1 lead in the game following a four-hit third inning, and they added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to get to the 4-1 final.

The Bulls were held scoreless by Gulla again in the final game of the series as the Marshall pitcher struck out seven and allowed just six hits in the 8-0 win. Kensy was 2-for-2 from the plate to lead the Bulls' offense.

ROUND LEADS BULLS' ATTACK

Freshman Allison Round (Markham, Ontario/Markham District) bumped her season batting average up to .260 with seven hits in 17 at-bats last week, giving her a team-leading .412 average in Buffalo's five games. Round was 4-for-8 with a triple and three runs scored in Wednesday's doubleheader against St. Bonaventure, and she was 3-for-9 with a triple in the three-game series at Marshall. Round leads the Bulls with three triples this season and she is second on the team with 38 hits on the year, behind freshman Breanne Nasti's (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) 52.

KENSY HAS PRODUCTIVE WEEK

Marshall pitcher Sara Gulla had most of Buffalo's hitters off-balance in the weekend series in Huntington, all except for sophomore Jessica Kensy (Cheektowaga, NY/Maryvale). In the three-game series, Kensy was 3-for-6 from the plate, 3-for-5 against Gulla. She also had two doubles off of the Marshall hurler, one down the right field line for Buffalo's only hit in the series opener and one in the fourth inning of the series finale. Kensy was 1-for-5 in two games against St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, giving her a .364 batting average for the week (4-for-11).

GOING FOR EXTRA BASES

Buffalo was held to just 12 hits in the three-game series at Marshall, but three of those 12 hits were for extra bases. In addition to Jessica Kensy's (Cheektowaga, NY/Maryvale) two doubles over the weekend, freshman Allison Round (Markham, Ontario/Markham District) had a triple down the left field line in the third inning of Friday's 4-1 loss to the Thundering Herd. The triple was Round's second of the week and the third of her career. As a team, the Bulls have 71 extra-base hits this season compared to 37 last season.

2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

February
at Sam Houston State's McKenzie's Valentine's Classic
Fri., 9 vs. Sam Houston State L, 1-2
vs. Illinois L, 0-6
vs. Texas Southern W, 12-1
Sat., 10 vs. Illinois L, 2-6
vs. Sam Houston State L, 8-9
vs. Texas Southern W, 5-3
March
at Southeast Missouri State Softball Classic
Fri., 2 vs. Illinois-Chicago L, 3-7
Sat., 3 vs. Northern Iowa L, 0-6
vs. Southwest Missouri L, 4-5 (8 inn)
Sun., 4 vs. Western Kentucky cancelled
vs. Southeast Missouri cancelled

at Creighton University Invitational
Fri., 9 vs. Creighton L, 0-1
vs. Drake L, 1-2
vs. Missouri-Kansas City L, 6-7
Sat., 10 vs. Minnesota L, 1-8
vs. Nebraska L, 0-5

Sun., 11 at Missouri-Kansas City L, 1-2

at Ohio State Invitational
Fri., 16 vs. Ohio State L, 0-6
vs. Cleveland State L, 7-9
Sat., 17 vs. IUPUI L, 0-9
Sun., 18 vs. Ohio State L, 1-9
vs. IUPUI W, 13-2

Fri., 23 at Kent State* (DH) L, 0-1; L, 1-4
Sat., 24 at Kent State* L, 3-5
Sat., 31 OHIO* (TH) L, 0-2; L, 2-3; L, 1-7
April
Sun., 1 AKRON* L, 0-5
Mon., 2 AKRON* (DH) L, 2-12; L, 5-6
Fri., 6 at Western Michigan* W, 6-4
Sat., 7 at Western Michigan* (DH) L, 2-3; W, 5-4
Wed., 11 ST. BONAVENTURE (DH) W, 5-1; W, 4-1
Fri., 13 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* L, 0-6
Sat., 14 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) W, 6-2; L, 2-5
Tues., 17 at Canisius (DH) cancelled
Wed., 18 COLGATE (DH) L, 1-8; L, 3-7 (10 inn)
Fri., 20 BOWLING GREEN* L, 1-4
Sat., 21 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) L, 0-3; L, 1-5
Wed., 25 at St. Bonaventure (DH) L, 1-2; W, 4-3
Fri., 27 at Marshall* (DH) L, 0-2; L, 1-4
Sat., 28 at Marshall* L, 0-8
May
Wed., 2 at Niagara 3:00 pm
Fri., 4 at Miami, OH* 3:00 pm
Sat., 5 at Miami, OH* (DH) 1:00 pm

*Denotes MAC game ·All times local to site
(DH) Denotes doubleheader · (TH) Denotes tripleheader