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Pete thrives as two-sport athlete

  Being a college freshman can be overwhelming. Adjusting to a heavy workload and the daily stresses of school are just some of the challenges that underclassmen face after high school.   Ask anyone on the Buffalo State football team or track team, though, and they’ll tell you they know […]

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Rugby set to compete on national stage

It’s well-known that Buffalo State’s football team fills the stands of Coyer Field in the fall. Most know the softball diamond sees action from the Bengals in the spring and nearly all Buffalo State students have passed by the Ice Arena that houses the college’s men’s and women’s hockey […]

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Recruiting efforts key in maintaining successful D-III program

Buffalo State volleyball player Kelsey Bashore thought she had made up her mind.   The sophomore fashion major was planning on transferring from Division I University of Louisiana at Lafayatte to Division II Philadelphia University. She was only slightly considering Buffalo State.   Division III colleges like Buffalo State don’t have the […]

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Bengals send three to Championships

The Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday served as a “last chance” meet for the Buffalo State men’s and women’s track and field teams before the NCAA Championships next weekend.   It was the last chance for individuals to qualify for nationals, and for younger athletes to compete […]

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Season-opening sensation

Karen Shaddock scored eight goals and added two assists as the Bengals defeated non-conference opponent Elmira (1-1) in a 19-5 rout on Monday afternoon in Shaddock’s hometown of Corning.   Kendyl Clarkson had a big game as well, tallying three goals and seven assists for Buffalo State (1-0) in a game that was dominated […]

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Schedule strength doomed Ladies

The Buffalo State women’s basketball team had a season to remember, winning a program-record 25 games, but losing to Oneonta in the SUNYAC championship proved to cost the Bengals their only shot at a NCAA tournament bid.   With the Bengals’ postseason fate hanging in the balance, the NCAA selection committee passed over […]

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It’s time for Sabres fans to believe again

Ten points. That’s how far back the Buffalo Sabres were from the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after a 4-3 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 17. However, just 16 days later, Buffalo climbed from 15th place and ten points back to a […]

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Corrigan balances complex life of a student athelete

Life is about balance; not allowing your highs to get too high, or your lows too low. In Asian philosophy, yin and yang represent how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn, thus […]

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Bengals advance to face No. 4 Plattsburgh in semifinals with win over Potsdam.

Buffalo State rallied from a one-goal deficit to beat Potsdam, 4-3, on Wednesday at the Ice Arena. The win advances the Bengals to the SUNYAC semifinals for the first time (13-11-2 SUNYAC) in program history and marks their first win in three tries against Potsdam (8-16-2 SUNYAC) this season. “It’s […]