Patrice Coney won her second consecutive women’s heptathlon title at the Mid-American Conference Track and Field Championships in Ohio on Friday, giving the University at Buffalo its second MAC title after Vanessa Roelofsen won the women’s javelin championship late Thursday.
Coney, who accumulated 4,990 points to win the heptathlon, also qualified for Saturday’s final in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles races.
Roelofsen won the javelin with a toss of 154 feet, 10 inches.
Baseball
Buffalo 5, Ohio 4 (10 innings)
Brian Randazzo singled home Shivam Bhan for the game-winning run after the Bulls scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings.
North Tonawanda native Chaz Mye started for UB, allowing just three runs and striking three in six innings.
The conclude the season at 1 p.m. today. They will honor their seniors, including Tonawanda natives Rick Oliveri and Nick Walczak, prior to the game.
Softball
NU’s Coffey named all-region
Niagara’s Felicia Coffey was selected this week to the 2008 National Fastpitch Coaches Association/Louisville Slugger Northeast All-Region second team.
Coffey, the co-player of the year in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, was won of 233 players national to make either the first or second all-region teams.
Coffey batted .401 for the Purple Eagles this season, setting school records with 69 hits and 42 runs.
• Canisius’ first-round NCAA tournament game against Arizona in Hempstead, N.J. was rained out Friday and will be played at 9:30 a.m. today.
Sports
May 16, 2008
COLLEGE ROUNDUP (May 16): UB women win 2 MAC titles
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