Don Gleason, head men’s volleyball coach at Daemen College, has been chosen to lead the Western Empire Volleyball Association (WEVA) Boys’ Region Team at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships to be held this summer, July 24-28, at the Cox Business Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. WEVA, a not-for-profit organization that serves 15 counties in the… Read More »
The Daemen College women’s bowling team’s conference championship chase came to a halt today as the Wildcats were eliminated from the East Coast Conference Championship tournament following a 4-3 loss to Adelphi University in a Baker format best-of-seven series. The loss gives Daemen a fourth-place finish at the event, the program’s best-ever showing in conference tournament play.… Read More »
Sarah Saba (Lancaster, N.Y.) of the Daemen College women’s basketball team has been named to the Division II Conference Commisioner’s Association (D2CCA) 2017-18 All-East Region second team. Saba, who earlier this month earned her third straight first team All-East Coast Conference selection, becomes the first Daemen player to be named to the All-East Region team since the… Read More »
Daemen College men’s basketball player Breon Harris (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) has been named to the All-Tournament Team for the East Coast Conference Championship Tournament, which wrapped up today at Voller Athletic Center on the campus of the Roberts Wesleyan College. Harris, a 5-foot-9 sophomore guard, averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 steals per game while shooting… Read More »
The Daemen College community is coming together to help raise support to purchase new track spikes for student-athletes on the men’s and women’s track and field teams, an effort being spearheaded by a college faculty member. Kicked off in December, the fundraising effort was prompted by Dr. Denise Mills, associate professor of Spanish, who became… Read More »
Daemen College women’s indoor track and field athlete Taylor Haude (Rochester, N.Y.) has been named a 2018 Division II All-East Region honoree by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The top-five individuals in each event from each of the eight regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and… Read More »
The Daemen College men’s basketball team is ranked eighth in the latest NCAA Division II East Region rankings, as announced today by the NCAA Men’s Basketball Regional Advisory Committee, moving up one spot after debuting at No. 9 last week. The East Region of NCAA Division II is comprised of teams from the East Coast Conference, the… Read More »
Five student-athletes from the Daemen College women’s and men’s cross country teams have been named to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team for NCAA Division II. The announcement was made Feb. 9 from that organization’s headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. It marked the second-straight year that both the Daemen women’s… Read More »
After picking up a pair of road wins this past weekend, the Daemen College men’s basketball team has risen to No. 6 in the NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region media poll which was released this afternoon. It marks the fourth consecutive week that Daemen has been ranked, as well… Read More »
The Daemen College cheerleading team won first place at the prestigious Fredonia Cheerleading and Dance Competition held Jan. 21 at SUNY Fredonia’s Steele Hall Fieldhouse. Daemen’s cheerleading team, which consists of 16 members under the direction of coach Brianna Aichinger, was judged to have the best 2-minute routine among competing college teams at the event… Read More »