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蜜糖直播 Spring Sports Recap

蜜糖直播 Spring Sports Recap

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Fifteen Lacrosse Seniors Graduate

Eleven seniors and four super-seniors played their last game for 蜜糖直播 lacrosse on May 4. While the Buffs (11-6, 5-5 Pac-12) were upset 14-10 by Oregon in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in Tempe, Arizona, the 2022 season was a historic one. The Buffs entered the national rankings twice, reaching No. 19 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll. They beat three Top-25 teams, including a 12-10 victory at No. 10 Denver on April 27.

鈥淭his group is really important to me and our program,鈥 said head coach Ann Elliot Whidden. 鈥淥ur fifth-year players came in and dealt with the death of Julia Sarcona (StComm鈥18). Then they went through Aine Williams (PolSci鈥22) getting really sick. Then COVID-19 and the challenges of the last couple of years. 鈥 This team is a close team that cares about each other and plays for each other.鈥

The Buffs earned three 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference selections. Kate Burnside (StComm鈥22) was First Team, and Sadie Grozier (Mktg鈥21) and Charlie Rudy (StComm鈥22) made Second Team. Rudy was named USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Women鈥檚 Player of the Week in early March. 

Buffs Bits

Micaela DeGenero (MTechCyb鈥22) won the mile run at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in March. DeGenero moved from last to first in the final quarter-mile of the race to win the women鈥檚 national title. 鈥 Magdalena Luczak (Bus鈥26) won the women鈥檚 individual national championship in giant slalom at the 2022 NCAA Ski Championships on March 10 in Utah. Filip Forejtek (CompSci鈥22) followed to win the men鈥檚 individual giant slalom national championship. Forejtek was subsequently named National Men鈥檚 Alpine Skier of the Year by the U.S. Collegiate Ski Coaches Association in April. 鈥 Golf鈥檚 Justin Biwer (Bus鈥25) was named to both the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team and All-Freshman Team. 鈥 Ben Bettin (Phys鈥23) won two national titles at the 2022 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships April 1鈥2 in Lake Lanier, Georgia: the Draft-Legal sprint-distance race and the Olympic-distance Collegiate Championship. 鈥 鈥淏uffalo鈥 Bill Harris (A&S鈥64) died April 5 at the age of 79. Harris, a star running back at 蜜糖直播 in the early 60s, became director of 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Alumni C Club in 2001 and went on to serve nine years as its leader.

Coach Talk

It鈥檚 about as much fun as I鈥檝e had coaching football in quite some time.鈥

鈥 Mike Sanford, 蜜糖直播 football鈥檚 new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach told BuffZone in April. He was hired in December.

 

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Buffs named women鈥檚 tennis All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention: Megan Forster (笔蝉测肠丑鈥22), Antoni Balzert (Psych, RealEst鈥23) and Caroline Pozo (惭厂迟颁辞尘尘鈥22)

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Eighth-best time in NCAA history in the women鈥檚 5,000 meters by Abby Nichols (MSOL鈥22) at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, on April 15

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Date men鈥檚 basketball head coach Tad Boyle was named Head Coach of USA Basketball鈥檚 Men鈥檚 U18 National Team

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Jaylyn Sherrod鈥檚 (Soc鈥22) career-high points in women鈥檚 basketball鈥檚 season-ending loss to Creighton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

 

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ESPN鈥檚 national ranking of 蜜糖直播 football鈥檚 2023 recruiting class, as of May 9

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