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Bulls Eliminated by UMKC

The Bulls' head coach Bob Maxwell was named the 1997 Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year on Thursday (11/20) by the league's head coaches at the Mid-Con Championships banquet. Maxwell led the Bulls to a 17-17 overall record and a 5-1 regular season finish in the conference. Maxwell has a career coaching record of 399-260.

Other members of the Buffalo team receiving individual honors included senior middle hitter Kathy Brinkworth (Lakeview, NY/Frontier), junior middle hitter Aprille Sweeting (Hilton, NY/Hilton) and sophomore setter Somer Deschambault (Medland, Ont./St. Theresa's) being named first-team all-conference, while sophomore outside hitter Amy Burda (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette) and sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Meade (Selden, NY/Selden) were second-team selections.

On Friday (11/21) the Bulls lost in the semifinals of the 1997 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament to UMKC in five games, 15-8, 15-11, 4-15, 10-15, 9-15. Brinkworth led the way for the Bulls with 15 kills and six digs.