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BULLS DROP THREE MATCHES

The Bulls lost home matches to Cornell, Ohio and Miami (OH) last week, dropping their record to 4-23 overall and 0-15 in the Mid-American Conference. In non-conference action on Wednesday, November 1, the Cornell Big Red battled for 15-9, 15-8 and 15-11 wins in three straight games to defeat the Bulls, who were led by junior Keri Shiels (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) with a team-high 14 kills and freshman Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) with 13 kills. Freshman Alexis Bouie (Albion, NY/Albion) added five kills and a career-high eight digs in her fifth career start.

On Saturday, November 4, Buffalo battled Ohio, the top team in the MAC's East Division, in four games but could not come away with a win, losing 8-15, 15-13, 13-15, 3-15. Shiels (15 kills, 21 digs) and Matikosh (14 kills, 18 digs) both recorded double-doubles to lead the Bulls. Junior Larissa LaCour (West Islip, NY/West Islip) also turned in a solid performance with 45 assists and 12 digs. As a team, the Bulls posted a season-high 78 digs.

Against Miami (OH) on Sunday, November 5, Matikosh led the Bulls with a match-high 14 kills and eight digs, and Shiels finished the match with six kills and a match-high nine digs. The RedHawks scored easy 15-1, 15-1 wins in the opening two games of the match and rallied for a 15-11 win in game three after the Bulls went up 9-7.

SHIELS MOVES UP ON CAREER CHARTS

Junior Keri Shiels (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) passed the 800-career digs plateau with her match-high 21 digs against Ohio. Shiels entered the year with 629 and she has 182 so far this season, giving her 811 career digs. Shiels is still 74 digs away from breaking into the top 10 all-time at UB, a spot currently held by Amy Burda (1995-98) with 885 career digs. She would have to average 14.8 digs in the Bulls' remaining five matches to reach Burda's total. Shiels also moved herself into seventh place all-time in career attack attempts over the weekend with 2,521, including a team-high 684 this season. Shiels is also slowly moving herself up UB's career kills list. She is currently ninth all-time with 879 career kills, just 10 away from tying Barb Shiesley (1983-86) for eighth place with 889.

MATIKOSH CONTINUES PRODUCTIVITY

Freshman Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) was a bright spot for the Bulls last week, continuing her productive rookie campaign. Matikosh recorded double-digits in kills in all three of UB's matches. She had 13 kills and six digs against Cornell, 14 kills and 18 digs against Ohio and 14 kills and eight digs against Miami. Matikosh has recorded five double-doubles in kills and digs this season.

THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Bulls' next match in their six-match home stand is on Wednesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. against the Syracuse Orangewomen. Adelphia HTTV will be televising that match on a tape-delayed basis. It will be shown on Adelphia on Saturday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, November 12 at 3:30 p.m. The Bulls then host Akron on Friday, November 10 and Marshall on Saturday, November 11 before taking to the road one more time for a match at Stony Brook on Wednesday, November 15. They close out the season on Saturday, November 18 at home against Bowling Green.

2000 Schedule/results

September
        UB INVITATIONAL
Fri., 1    BUCKNELL     		  W, 3-2
Sat., 2    PROVIDENCE     		  L, 2-3
     	   CANISIUS     		  W, 3-1

        at Syracuse Orange Classic
Fri., 8    vs. Southern Illinois     	  L, 0-3
           at Syracuse     		  L, 0-3
Sat., 9    vs. Fordham     		  L, 0-3
           vs. Maryland-Baltimore County  L, 1-3

        at Northwestern Wildcat Classic
Fri., 15   vs. Cleveland State     	  L, 0-3
Sat., 16   at Northwestern     		  L, 1-3
           vs. Towson      		  W, 3-1

Fri., 22   CENTRAL MICHIGAN*     	  L, 0-3
Sat., 23   NORTHERN ILLINOIS*     	  L, 0-3
Wed., 27   at Canisius     		  W, 3-0
Fri., 29   at Eastern Michigan*     	  L, 0-3

October
Tue., 3    at Akron*     		  L, 0-3
Fri., 6    at Miami*     		  L, 1-3
Sat., 7    at Ball State*     		  L, 0-3
Fri., 13   at Bowling Green*     	  L, 0-3
Sun., 15   TOLEDO*     		   	  L, 1-3
Wed., 18   KENT STATE* 			  L, 0-3
Fri., 20   at Ohio*     		  L, 0-3
Sun., 22   at Marshall*     		  L, 1-3
Fri., 27   at Western Michigan*     	  L, 0-3
Sat., 28   at Kent State*     		  L, 1-3

November
Wed., 1    CORNELL    			  L, 0-3
Sat., 4    OHIO*     			  L, 1-3
Sun., 5    MIAMI*    			  L, 0-3
Wed., 8    SYRACUSE   			  7:00 pm
Fri., 10   AKRON*    			  7:00 pm
Sat., 11   MARSHALL*   		  	  7:00 pm
Wed., 15   at Stony Brook  		  7:00 pm
Sat., 18   BOWLING GREEN*     	  	  7:00 pm
Tues., 21  MAC Quarterfinals      	  TBA
Fri., 24   MAC Semifinals     		  TBA
Sat., 25   MAC Championship     	  TBA

*Mid-American Conference contests