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Women’s basketball

The Buffalo State women’s basketball team suffered two losses this weekend, losing a heart-breaker in overtime to New Paltz Friday, 71-69, and to Oneonta 59-43 Saturday. With both losses, the team could easily point to one area of concern – turnovers. The Bengals turned the ball over 28 times on […]

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Ladies win overtime thriller as five are honored on Senior Day

The women’s hockey team split their last home weekend of the season against Utica, following up a 4-0 loss Saturday with a 2-1 overtime win Sunday. Sunday was also the Bengals’ Senior Day, as the team honored its five graduating players – captains Lauren Mallo and Rio Flynn, forwards Tara […]

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Bengals clinch playoff spot for third straight year

The Buffalo State men’s hockey team fell 4-0 to Oswego on Friday, but was able to bounce back with an 8-1 victory over Cortland Saturday, clinching a spot in the SUNYAC playoffs. The Bengals (11-11-2/6-8-1 SUNYAC) will participate in the SUNYAC playoffs for the seventh time in school history, and […]

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Carr having unprecedented success between pipes for Bengals

Kevin Carr had a trained eye long before becoming the winningest goaltender to ever play at Buffalo State. Not long into his youth hockey days in his hometown of Unionville, Ontario – a suburb near Toronto – something grabbed the attention of a seven-year-old Carr that would change the direction […]

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Turnovers hurt team’s playoff chances

The Buffalo State men’s basketball team entered the weekend with a good chance to move up the standings, but they moved down instead. The Bengals were in fifth place when the weekend started, but New Paltz moved past Buffalo State with an 86-81 victory on Friday night and then Oneonta […]

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Sabres could benefit from mimicking recent Bills’ moves

The Sabres are playing disappointing hockey this season, and the need for a head coaching change is evident. Lindy Ruff’s coaching style has grown stale, and his team doesn’t respond to him anymore. The Sabres seem to lack focus and could be the worst defensive team in the NHL, as […]

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Simmons shakes past, shoots by record

One thousand six hundred sixty-nine. That was how many career points Buffalo State men’s basketball player Jake Simmons had heading into his 90th career game, a non-league matchup against Central Penn College. Inside the Sports Arena, things were just starting to heat up for Simmons, who entered the game with […]

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Ladies defeat Oswego, follow with bitter loss to rival Cortland

  The Buffalo State women’s basketball (11-9/7-6) split two home games this weekend, beating Oswego, 65-56 Friday, and losing to Cortland, 70-60 Saturday.   With the win Friday, the women swept their season series with Oswego, but the loss against the Red Dragons was tough on the team.   “It […]

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Team splits weekend pair, prepare for rematch with No. 2 Oswego

  If they weren’t already aware, the Buffalo State men’s hockey team was reminded over the weekend how competitive the SUNYAC is this year.   Close games in-conference have been a recurring theme for them all season, as they played two more at the Ice Arena this past weekend. The […]

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Bengals scoring woes continue as losing streak hits seven

  The Buffalo State women’s hockey team managed just two goals last weekend, losing to Cortland 3-1 Friday and 5-1 Saturday.   The two losses extended Buffalo State’s (5-15-1/2-10) losing streak to seven, which started with a Jan. 9 loss against U-Mass Boston. The woeful stretch is due in large […]