Buffalo opened the second day of the Syracuse Tournament with a 3–0 loss to Albany (NY), in which the Bulls’ serve receive was poor. Albany registered 12 aces, and even when the Bulls made a pass, it was often a weak pass, and Buffalo could only manage a 0.126 hitting percentage, and didn’t score 20 points in any of the three sets.
Next, they faced UConn, a team which had previously defeated Albany. Buffalo, passing better, took sets one and three, while the Huskies took sets two and four. The two teams then battled hard, and produced a whale of a fifth set, which needed extra points to decide the match.