Tag Archives: Athletics

NCAA Tournament-Bound, Women’s Volleyball Earns No. 2 Seed

The Wildcats earned an automatic bid after winning the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship tournament on their home floor. Daemen will face seventh-seeded Bentley (15-12) out of the Northeast-10 Conference in the opening round of the East Regional on Thursday,… Read More »

Women’s Basketball Ranked No.5 in Regional Poll

The Wildcats have now been ranked in 24 consecutive polls by NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA), a span that dates back to January 2019. … Read More »

Tickets On Sale For Basketball Tripleheader At KeyBank Center

For the first time since the 2019-20 season, men’s college basketball will return to KeyBank Center as Canisius, Daemen and Niagara play host to a tripleheader on Saturday, Dec. 18.… Read More »

Women’s Volleyball Finish 12-0 In ECC Play

After clinching their third East Coast Conference regular season championship in the program and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming ECC Championship tournament less than 24 hours ago, the Daemen women’s volleyball program placed another log on its metaphorical… Read More »

Alyssa Diaz Wins Rookie of the Week – Again

Alyssa Diaz (Rochester, N.Y.) of Daemen College has been named the East Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Rookie of the Week for games played Nov. 2-6. The announcement of award winners was made via the league’s weekly sport report which was… Read More »

Wildcats Open Season At #20 In WBCA National Poll

For the first time in the program’s NCAA Division II era, the Daemen women’s basketball team is opening a season as a nationally ranked team. The Wildcats come in at No. 20 in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA… Read More »

Brundage Named ECC Defensive Player of the Week For Sixth Time

Sophomore defensive specialist Jasmine Brundage (East Aurora, N.Y.) of Daemen College has been named the East Coast Conference Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for the period of October 18-24. It marks the sixth time in eight weeks this… Read More »

Women’s Cross Country Tops Canisius Alumni Classic Field

Another race, another victory for the Daemen College women’s cross country team. Today’s win came at the Canisius Alumni Classic, which took place at Delaware Park in Buffalo. The Wildcats placed first out of a 12 team field, which featured… Read More »

Women’s Basketball Is Latest Daemen Team To Sign Team IMPACT Child

Daemen College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jenepher Banker announced the addition of a special member to the program as AnnaRose Van Sciver of Tonawanda, N.Y. was formally introduced during a signing ceremony Wednesday at Lumsden Gymnasium. AnnaRose comes to Daemen… Read More »

Women’s Soccer Defeats #24 Molloy, 3-1, For Fourth Straight Win

AMHERST, N.Y. – Not one, not two, not three, but four straight wins for Daemen women’s soccer – with the latest against a nationally-ranked program. Behind three unanswered goals, Daemen women’s soccer recorded their first-ever win against a nationally-ranked program… Read More »

Daemen Claims First Place At Prestigious Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – It was another banner day for the Daemen College women’s cross country team as they took a major step forward by running to a first place finish at the prestigious Paul Short Run held this afternoon at… Read More »

Women’s Soccer Defeats Lincoln, 9-0, For Second Straight Win

Goals, goals and more goals. In what was their first game in eight days since their conference-opening win at D’Youville, Daemen women’s soccer showed no signs of rust offensively on Sunday morning. Led by a seven-point performance (three goals, assist)… Read More »

Meyer, Kuliga Are ECC Weekly Award Recipients

Caitlyn Meyer of Clarence, New York and Vanessa Kuliga of Glenview, Illinois of Daemen College are both among the women’s volleyball weekly award recipients for the East Coast Conference announced today in the league’s weekly sport report. Meyer has been… Read More »

Daemen Men’s Basketball Returning To KeyBank Center

The Daemen men’s basketball team will return to KeyBank Center on Saturday, Dec. 18, joining with local Division I institutions on what will now be a triple-header on Buffalo’s biggest stage. The Wildcats will face Franklin Pierce (N.H.) in a… Read More »

Daemen Awards Honorary Doctorate to NCAA President Mark Emmert

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by Daemen College during a recent visit to campus. Emmert also conducted a discussion with Daemen’s NCAA Division II student-athletes—his first on-campus event since the pandemic… Read More »