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Women's Soccer Weekly Release

Handful Of Diamonds In Rough Road Trip

Ashley Turner

The Bulls opened conference play over the weekend, dropping both games of the two-game road trip. Buffalo was tripped up 3-1 by Miami (OH) on Friday and fell to Ball State on Sunday, 3-2. Despite the setbacks, UB enjoyed a handful of success over the weekend. Freshman Caitlin Higgins (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) scored her third goal in two games and sophomore Jenessa Banwell (Toronto, Ontario/Birchmount Park) inked her first assist of the season. Meanwhile, on Sunday, freshman Julie Dale (Cary, NC/Raleigh Charter) and sophomore Ashley Turner (Olean, NY/Olean) picked up one goal each while Higgins and senior Jessica Roesch (Centennial, CO/Grandview) were each credited with an assist in the contest.

Leader Of The MAC

Amy Coron

UB redshirt freshman goalkeeper Amy Coron (Farmington, NY/ Victor) owns the top spot in the MAC in both total saves and saves per game. Through Buffalo’s first nine games of the season, Coron has tallied 50 total saves, good for 5.56 saves per game.

For The Books

Caitlin Higgins

Caitlin Higgins is off to a fantastic freshman campaign for the Bulls, leading the team in total points, with eight. Higgins has inked three goals and one assist in UB’s last three games, tying her with junior forward Heidi Griffiths (Clarence, NY/ Clarence) for most goals scored so far this season, each owning three.

Up Next

The Bulls are set to host Eastern Michigan on Friday, Sept. 29 at 7:00 pm and Central Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 1:00 pm at UB Stadium. EMU enters the contest with an overall record of 4-3-2, 1-1-0 MAC while CMU holds an overall record of 8-1-0, 1-1-0 MAC. Following an undefeated pre-season, including a win over then-No. 16 Nebraska, the Chippewas debuted at No. 20 in the Soccer America National Top 25 poll, released on Sept. 19.