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Running of the Bulls in the Big Apple
11/30/2023 10:46:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team (23-8, 13-5 MAC) will once again travel to Queens, N.Y. for this year's first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC). UB will face the South Florida Bulls (19-11, 13-6 AAC) in the first round of the tournament hosted by St. John's. This marks the program's second postseason tournament, and it comes one season after the Bulls participated in the NIVC last season.
Buffalo earned the Mid-American Conference automatic qualifier as they finished the season as the 2-seed. The top overall seed in the MAC, Western Michigan, went on to win the MAC Tournament where they went 20-0 on the season against MAC programs.
After earning the MAC's automatic qualifier to the NIVC, the Bulls are in their second consecutive postseason tournament. The only other time the Bulls went to back-to-back postseason tournaments was in 1986 and 1987 when they went to the Division III NCAA Tournament. Those were also the only other two postseason tournaments the Bulls ever participated in in program history.
Buffalo is 1-1 against the South Florida Bulls with their last match coming in the 2014 season at the USF Invite on Sept. 5. UB dropped the contest, 3-2. The first meeting game on Sept. 1, 2007, where UB was victorious in a 3-2 decision.
Last season at the NIVC, the Bulls fell to the eventual NIVC Champion Boston College, 3-0. In their fourth postseason in program history, Buffalo is looking for their first postseason win. In 1986 and 1987, the Bulls fell in the NCAA Division III regionals.
With a win, the Bulls will either face St. John's (23-10, 13-5 BIG EAST) or Howard (17-14, 11-3 MEAC) on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the second round.
Buffalo earned the Mid-American Conference automatic qualifier as they finished the season as the 2-seed. The top overall seed in the MAC, Western Michigan, went on to win the MAC Tournament where they went 20-0 on the season against MAC programs.
After earning the MAC's automatic qualifier to the NIVC, the Bulls are in their second consecutive postseason tournament. The only other time the Bulls went to back-to-back postseason tournaments was in 1986 and 1987 when they went to the Division III NCAA Tournament. Those were also the only other two postseason tournaments the Bulls ever participated in in program history.
Buffalo is 1-1 against the South Florida Bulls with their last match coming in the 2014 season at the USF Invite on Sept. 5. UB dropped the contest, 3-2. The first meeting game on Sept. 1, 2007, where UB was victorious in a 3-2 decision.
Last season at the NIVC, the Bulls fell to the eventual NIVC Champion Boston College, 3-0. In their fourth postseason in program history, Buffalo is looking for their first postseason win. In 1986 and 1987, the Bulls fell in the NCAA Division III regionals.
With a win, the Bulls will either face St. John's (23-10, 13-5 BIG EAST) or Howard (17-14, 11-3 MEAC) on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the second round.
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