Tag Archives: Athletics

CAUSE Initiative Allowing Those With Disabilities to Compete and Grow as Student-Athletes

A new initiative at Daemen College is helping promote physical exercise and sportsmanship. CAUSE (Center for Allied and Unified Sports Exercise) was introduced this Fall and pairs student-athletes and their classmates at Daemen College with younger athletes who suffer from… Read More »

NCAA CHOICES Grant Awarded to Daemen

Daemen College will receive $30,000 over the next three years as a recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) CHOICES Grant, a funding mechanism for a collaborative effort between the Athletics and Student Affairs Departments to provide increased alcohol… Read More »

Saba Heading To Europe, Signs First Pro Contract

Senior standout Sarah Saba (Lancaster, N.Y.), who put together one of the finest careers in the history of the Daemen College women’s basketball program, is taking her talents overseas where she’ll continue her career at the professional level. The 6-foot… Read More »

Mickayla Ivy (left) & Katie Titus (right) are the latest additions to head coach Jenepher Banker's 2018 recruiting class

Daemen College head women’s basketball coach Jenepher Banker has announced the signing of two student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) will join the Wildcats for the 2018-19 academic year. Ivy,… Read More »

Gleason To Lead Regional Team at USA Volleyball High Performance Championships

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… Read More »

Women’s Bowling Finishes Fourth At ECC Championship Tournament

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… Read More »

Saba Earns Second Team All-East Region Honors

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… Read More »

Harris Named To ECC Championship All-Tournament Team

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.… Read More »

Effort to Assist Track and Field Student-Athletes

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,… Read More »

Haude Named All-Region by USTFCCCA

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… Read More »

Men’s Basketball Moves To 8th In NCAA East Region Rankings

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.… Read More »

Cross Country Athletes Earn Academic Honors

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… Read More »

Wildcats Climb to 6th in Latest D2SIDA Regional Poll

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… Read More »

Cheerleading Team Takes First Place at Competition

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,… Read More »

Saba, Harris Named Student-Athletes of the Month

Daemen College basketball standouts Sarah Saba (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) and Breon Harris (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Falls) have been named the College’s Student-Athletes of the Month presented by Western New York Knee and Orthopedic Surgery PC for January 2018. Saba collects the… Read More »