Tag Archives: Athletics

Conference Champion Wildcats Punch Third Straight Ticket to NCAA Tournament

AMHERST, N.Y. – After winning their second East Coast Conference tournament championship in three years, Daemen College returns to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship for a third consecutive season which gets underway later this week with regional tournaments… Read More »

In Seventh Straight Win, Men’s Volleyball Sweeps Central State

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen men’s volleyball team secured its seventh straight win Saturday afternoon when they defeated the visiting Central State Marauders 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22) at Lumsden Gymnasium. The Wildcats have dropped only three sets during the course… Read More »

Commanding Victory Against Queens Sets up Women’s Basketball for ECC Tournament Run

FLUSHING, N.Y. – One chapter closes and another will soon open for Daemen women’s basketball. Behind balanced scoring and a galore of scoring sprees throughout the game, the Wildcats wrapped up their 2021-22 regular season campaign in style with a… Read More »

Daemen Keglers Hoist Wildcat Division II Invitational Title

WILMINGTON, DEL. – The trophy case on Main Street has expanded once again. After going 4-1 on Saturday, Daemen women’s bowling knocked off both host Wilmington and New Jersey City before edging Caldwell in the championship match, 4-3, in what… Read More »

Women’s Basketball Clinch Top-Two ECC Finish, on 13-Game Win Streak

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Daemen’s 13-game winning streak ranks as the longest winning streak among all NCAA Division II East region teams. The team is now 66-13 in its last 79 games, a span that dates back to mid January of… Read More »

Men’s Basketball Ranked Third (and Own Longest Winning Streak) in Region

AMHERST, N.Y. – On the strength of the region’s longest winning streak, Daemen is up two spots to the No. 3 ranking in the NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region Men’s Basketball Media Poll for… Read More »

Daemen Announces Relaunch of Athletics Hall of Fame

The relaunch will include a 2022-23 induction ceremony and a complete overhaul of the physical Hall of Fame display. A significant facelift will include a new, state-of-the-art digital display system within the Lumsden Gymnasium lobby. This upgrade will be funded… Read More »

Winners of Nine Straight, Men’s Basketball Ranks 5th in Regional Poll

Daemen’s men’s basketball team has achieved its highest ranking since the preseason. The Wildcats are among the hottest teams in the country – owning the longest active winning streak in the East Region – and tied for sixth-longest among all… Read More »

Irizarry Pares Named Women’s Volleyball Coach

A native of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Eli Irizarry Pares elevates to the program’s top position after serving as a graduate assistant during the last two seasons. Named interim head coach last month, he officially takes the reins from Stephanie Albano… Read More »

Landmark Win Notched Against Princeton

PRINCETON, NJ – The Daemen men’s volleyball team earned arguably the biggest win in program history by knocking off the Princeton Tigers in a five-set thriller in New Jersey. The With 57 kills and 10 service aces, the Wildcats picked… Read More »

Daemen Named Finalist For 2022 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence

Daemen College’s partnership with Team IMPACT is being recognized by the NCAA. Daemen has been selected as one of 28 finalists for the NCAA Division II Award of Excellence which honors “initiatives in the past year that exemplify the Division… Read More »

Wildcats Win In Nation’s Capital

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Andrew Sischo recorded his 10th consecutive double-double and Ryan Salzberg posted season-highs in points, rebounds and assists to lead the Daemen Wildcats to a 74-64 victory over the District of Columbia Firebirds in East Coast Conference men’s… Read More »

NCAA Selects Traci Murphy for National Constitution Committee

Daemen Director of Athletics Traci Murphy has been named to a special National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) committee that will aid the organization in implementing historic changes to its constitution. By changing its constitution, the organization is seeking to restructure… Read More »

Women’s Volleyball Reaches First NCAA Elite Eight in School History

Wildcats claimed the NCAA East Region Championship over top-seeded American International College (AIC) – snapping AIC’s 22-game winning streak and advancing to the Division II Elite Eight to play Western Washington on Thursday, Dec. 9. in Tampa. … Read More »

For Second Straight Week, Sischo Named Conference’s Top Player

For the second consecutive week, Andrew Sischo of Daemen College has been named the East Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. The official announcement of weekly awards was made this afternoon in the ECC’s weekly men’s basketball report.… Read More »