Bulls Journey to Milwaukee for Marquette Invite

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo girls’s volleyball group (2-1, 0-0 MAC) will journey to Milwaukee, Wisc. for the Marquette Invite. The Bulls will face fierce competitors within the #25 Dayton Flyers, Marquette Golden Eagles and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers . The Golden Eagles and Hilltoppers aren’t too far behind the Flyers within the AVCA Top-25 ballot as they each obtained votes in the newest ballot.

The Bulls began the season with their annual Buffalo Invite the place they hosted Liberty, Marist and Rutgers. On their dwelling court docket in Alumni Arena, UB earned victories over Marist and Rutgers. The Bulls’ win over Rutgers marked this system’s first win over a Big Ten opponent since 2017. The win additionally gave Head Coach Scott Smith his ninetieth profession win at Buffalo. He’s simply the third coach at UB to succeed in this milestone. Preseason All-MAC honoree Manoela Forlin and freshman setter earned Buffalo Invite All-Tournament Team recognition. Forlin and freshman Sydney Bell led the Bulls on the assault as they had been the one Bulls to have 10+ kills in every match.

 

After her nice weekend, Forlin is averaging a team-best 4.42 factors per set which is sixth within the MAC and 104^th within the NCAA. She had a career-high 5 aces towards the Marist Red Foxes.

 

Mitchell helped the Bulls to the highest spot within the convention in assists per set. The Bulls are at present averaging 12.83 assists per set, which is 47^th within the nation. This has led to the Bulls having one of the best hitting share within the MAC at .296, good for 31^st within the nation.

The Bulls will open the weekend towards the nationally ranked Dayton Flyers on Friday, Sept. 5^th at 5 p.m. ET. The Flyers are 2-1 on the season with wins over Lafayette and Washington State. This will mark the third consecutive season the Bulls will play a ranked opponent. In 2023, UB confronted #16 Arkansas whereas they performed #3 Pitt, #20 Miami (FL) and #16 Florida final season. This would be the third assembly between the Bulls and Flyers with the primary assembly coming in 1993. The Flyers received each contests with the newest coming in 2011.

 

On Saturday, Sept. 6^th at 1 p.m. ET the Bulls will play the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The Hilltoppers open the season with a 2-1 report with victories towards Wright State and Loyola Chicago. The Bulls and Hilltoppers solely have one all-time assembly which got here within the 1996 season. The Hilltoppers enter the weekend with a .290 hitting share that ranks 36^th within the NCAA, simply 5 spots behind the Bulls’ .296.

 

The Bulls will shut the weekend out with a match towards host Marquette on Sunday, Sept. 7^th. The Golden Eagles went 2-1 final weekend on the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. They defeated host Hawaii in entrance of a crowd of over 5,800. They closed the weekend with a win over Utah State. Marquette has the 18^th most blocks within the nation with 37. This would be the first assembly between the Bulls and Golden Eagles.

 

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

• Friday, Sept. 5 | Buffalo vs. #25 Dayton | 5 p.m. | YouTube
• Saturday, Sept. 6 | Buffalo vs. Western Kentucky | 1 p.m. | YouTube
• Sunday, Sept. 7 | Buffalo at Marquette | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

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