Great Days for UB Sports

You can't blame the folks in the Athletic Department at UB if they're feeling pretty good these days. It's been a very positive couple of days, starting with the NFL Draft on Sunday. To have not just one, but two players selected in the draft is not just a milestone for the up and coming UB football program, it's also a sign that the Bulls will have to be reckoned with in the MAC and in Western New York's sports consciuosness. In just two years, Turner Gill has already turned the corner for the Bulls football program, leading his team into bowl contention a year ago and producing pro football prospects from the players he inherited.
In addition, the UB Womens' Tennis Team made history Sunday, by winning the first MAC Championship in school history. Today, the school learned that it will play fifth ranked UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament the weekend of May 9th and 10th.
Congratulations to Warde Manuel and his staff at UB on both developments. Not only is UB making serious headway in a major revenue producing sport like football, but success in Womens Tennis indicates the school is paying attention to the smaller, non revenue sports.