Tag Archives: Athletics

Wildcats Earn Hosting Privileges In Sweeping Fashion

The Daemen College women’s volleyball won its 12th-straight match this afternoon, taking down four-time defending ECC Champion University of Bridgeport this afternoon at Lumsden Gymnasium. With the 3-0 win today, Daemen clinched at least a share of the East Coast… Read More »

Wildcats Clinch Outright ECC Regular Season Championship

The Daemen College women’s volleyball team captured the outright regular season East Coast Conference Championship in the 3-1 defeat of host Roberts Wesleyan College this evening at the Voller Athletic Center. The Wildcats ousted their longtime rivals 25-23, 25-16, 18-25,… Read More »

Awards Doled Out At Daemen ESPY’s

The Daemen College Athletic Department shifted from the rigors of competition into celebration mode on Friday evening, as student-athletes, coaches and administrators took time to reflect on the 2015-16 season at the department’s annual awards banquet, this year dubbed the… Read More »

Women’s Track & Field Places Fifth at ECC Outdoor Championships

The Daemen College women’s track and field team posted a fifth-place showing at the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships held this afternoon on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College. The host Redhawks claimed the team championship for… Read More »

Banker Introduced As Head Women’s Basketball Coach

Daemen College Director of Athletics Bridget Niland introduced Jenepher Banker today as the next head coach of the Daemen women’s basketball program. The announcement was made at a press conference held in Rosary Hall as Banker becomes just the fourth… Read More »

Men’s Soccer Introduces New Team IMPACT Member

Newly-appointed Daemen College Head Men’s Soccer Coach Bobby McColl has announced the addition of a special member to the men’s soccer program as 16-year old Drew Boehnlein of East Amherst was formally introduced during a press conference April 13 in… Read More »

Daemen Celebrates Women in Sports Week

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talked about her experience as a student-athlete and how it shaped her into the woman she is today at the kickoff event on April 4 for Daemen College’s celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports… Read More »

Women’s Basketball Player Receives Postgraduate Scholarships

Daemen College women’s basketball player Somara Colon (Bronx, N.Y./Mott Haven Village), who recently completed her senior season for the Wildcats, has been announced as the recipient of two postgraduate scholarships for minority students. Colon, a future student in the State… Read More »

U.S. Sen. Gillibrand to Speak at Daemen’s Women in Sports Celebration

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will address the importance of advancing women in sports as featured speaker at Daemen College’s kick-off event for the 30th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Week to commemorate the extraordinary achievements of girls and… Read More »

McColl Selected To Lead Men’s Soccer Program

Director of Athletics Bridget Niland announced today that Bobby McColl has been selected to become the fifth head coach in the history of the men’s soccer program at Daemen College.… Read More »

Daemen Athletics Director Receives Prestigious Athena Award

Bridget Niland, director of athletics at Daemen College, was honored as recipient of the 2016 Athena Young Professional Leadership Award at the 26th annual Athena Awards Luncheon presented by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Niland… Read More »

Daemen’s Dyck Named Second-Team All-Region

Daemen College men’s basketball player Torrence Dyck (Rochester, N.Y./San Jacinto College) has been selected to the 2015-16 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-East Region Second Team following a vote by sports information professionals from institutions and conference offices in… Read More »

Daemen Shines In Opening Event Of Spring

Ashley Cheff (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Falls) placed first among all female participants to pace the Daemen College women’s triathlon team today in their opening event of the spring season, the Wildman Triathlon Festival held in and around Moss Park.… Read More »