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And UB Horns up did not have a comment about Firing everyone in UB sports. Let's keep it up A win all around

Like most on here I’m trying to remain realistically optimistic throughout this season that is sure to be a roller coaster ride. Granted, it’s hard not to turn to the pessimistic side when winnable games like Howard and Drake slip away in the final minutes. Also hard not to play the game of what if? As in, we could easily be 4-2 if not for those 2 late-game collapses, and talking about exceeding expectations and doing damage in the MAC. Instead, we’re 2-4 but there is hope and we’ve seen potential of what this team can do if they continue to grow as the long season wears on. Either way, the players need all the support they can get from those who call ourselves fans. Go Bulls! 🤘

I’ll take a W any day. 2 things that drive me nuts are the free throws and low IQ plays we seem to be making at times. The rest I can deal with. Perfect example, think we were up 6-7 at the end and Adams jacked a 3 super early in the shot clock. He made it, thankfully, but that is the reason teams have been able to come back on us. That said, constructive criticism is much better with the W in the win column. Let’s get after the Griffs.

This could be good for the guys. Fly home happy, we led at halftime in every game. We need to learn to finish, but every game we had a new player step up. Curt Jones is our bell cow. He's the most consistent. Today Adams showed what the coaches must have seen. This is a good win. Hopefully the betters lost their ass!

For the first time in program history, the UB Volleyball team has advanced to the MAC Semi-Finals, with a 3-1 victory over #3 seed Ohio. This was Buffalo's 11th MAC win, a new program best. Buffalo will face Bowling Green on Monday at 7pm (ESPN+) at Worthen Arena at Ball State University. Bowling Green defeated the Bulls twice in the regular season, with Buffalo losing in 5 sets in the first match and Bowling Green pulling off a sweep in the second match. In the first set against Ohio, the Bulls fell behind 16-9, their offense struggling against the large Ohio blockers. But in volleyball, the front row players either rotate to the back row or rotate out, and now the Bulls had the advantage against the shorter Ohio blockers. Buffalo went on a 12-3 run, to take a 21-19 lead, the first three points of that run coming from sophomore outside hitter Katrin Trebichavská, who picked up a block and two kills. With Ohio's taller front line now back on the court, they tied the set at 22. Buffalo picked up 2 kills, from fifth year outside hitter Cali Assaley and senior middle blocker Courtney Okwara. After an Ohio point, UB's junior right side Emma Gielas scored a kill to end the set in Buffalo's favor, 25-23. The disparity of the size of the Ohio blockers was not lost on Buffalo coach Scott Smith, who switched his rotation for the remaining sets so that when Buffalo had three front row attackers, they were facing Ohio's shorter blockers. This didn't pay off in the 2nd set, which Buffalo lost 25-22, after trailing by 6 late. The Bulls hit oly 0.171 in the second set. But the rotation change seemed to help in the rest of the match. Buffalo never fell behind by more than 3 in the third set, which saw 17 ties. At 23-23, a kill by Okwara and then a diving overpass by Ohio which landed just wide, gave Buffalo the set. The final play was challenged by Ohio, and after a long review, the call was upheld (most likely there was not a good angle to see if the ball was in or not). Buffalo hit 0.279 in the 3rd set, UB's best of the match so far. Buffalo pulled ahead early in the 4th set 5-3, and maintained a 2 or 3 point lead for most of the set. Each time Ohio made a small run, the Bulls responded, and the Bulls were never tied or behind. At 18-16, Buffalo went on a 4 point run, the first three of those points coming on blocks or kills by Abby Leigh, the final point coming on an ace from Trebichavská. Ohio went on their own short run of 3 points, but Abby Leigh responded with a kill and then an ace to give Buffalo match point, 24-19. After two Ohio points, a quick set by sophomore setter Mandy Leigh to Okwara resulted in a kill to finish the match. The Bulls hit 0.375 for the set, their best in the match. Trebichavská led the team with 19 points on 14 kills, 4 aces and 2 blocks. Okwara had a team-high 16 kills, and made only 1 attack error, for a 0.556 hitting percentage. She added 3 blocks and finished with 18.5 points. Abby Leigh was not far behind, with 18 points, coming on 11 kills (just 1 attack error for a hitting percentage of 0.435), 2 aces and a team-high 7 blocks. Mandy Leigh had 51 assists. Trebichavská had 14 digs and sophomore libero Maria Futey had 12. Notes: When Trebichavská served, both Leigh's placed their hands behind their head, probably to protect themselves from the high velocity serves from Trebichavská. Mandy Leigh was named first team All-MAC, and Abby Leigh and Okwara were named second team all-MAC. This is the first time that Buffalo has had three all-MAC awards in a season. Play of the Match: Ohio's 6-4 middle blocker Caitlin O'Farrell had a two inch height advantage over any of the Bulls players, and made good use of that height advantage and picked up 14 kills during the mtach. With the Bulls leading 17-14 in the fourth set, O'Farrell ran an unusual play, a middle slide (I think the only time during the match she did this), but Abby Leigh was ready for it and Leigh came away with a monster solo block. This caused Ohio to take their final timeout.

Nice win. Good to see the Adams we hoped for, hopefully we can see this more consistently. The team has had a different guy/guys play decent every game. We can see the talent is there, now they just need to put it together as a group. Other than the stinker vs JMU and a bit of being a little overmatched vs UConn, they've gone 2-2 against teams that are basically toss up games. For the early season, it's just good to see some growth after today's win, especially considering they could've won each of the first two games in paradise, before letting them slip away. It'll be nice to see how they do against Canisius, as they should beat them handily (although likely won't, but hopefully will at least pull out a nice W).

Nice to not see the "Fire the Coach" comments in this thread. It's only a few games into the season. This is a young (and new) team. Good win today. Hopefully it will bring back some confidence.

Good win. 2-4 obviously isn't great but not concerned about the record really. Some things to like about this group. Interested to see how to look come MAC schedule with the toughish ooc