By Ryan Patota, Sports Reporter The Canisius women’s lacrosse team came out firing in their first game of the season, scoring 23 goals in a dominant victory over Detroit Mercy on Tuesday. The Griffs had everything possible go right for them in the 23–6 victory, with 13 different goal scorers that included three different players scoring a hat trick. Canisius went on an eight-goal run after trailing 1–0 and had a 14-goal outburst in the first half. They would not stop from the

By Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor  The Griffs hockey team is preparing to take on the AHA’s third-place Holy Cross Crusaders this weekend. Every game is critical with the end of the season around the corner.  The Griffs are 9–9–2 in conference play, coming off a weekend where the team was swept by Robert Morris. Meanwhile, the Crusaders are 11–7–2 after splitting their series with the first-place Bentley Falcons. Griffs captain Oliver Tarr explained that, “Last weekend was n

By: Paige Apps, Sports Reporter The Iona women’s basketball team held Canisius to a tight grapple on the court Thursday, but ultimately came out on top with a final score of 52–45. Junior Shariah Gailes dominated the court with 13 total rebounds, 10 of which were defensive. Gailes continues to lead the team in rebounds with 158 on the season after the contest against the Gaels. On offense, sophomore Yasmine Djibril led the team with a total of 15 points, tied with Iona’s Isab

By Colin Richey, Sports Editor The men’s basketball team will be carefully watching the MAAC scoreboards this weekend, looking for help from Niagara to keep their chances of making the MAAC Basketball Championship in jeopardy of sinking to zero. Canisius and Niagara both face Iona and Manhattan this weekend, currently the eighth and ninth teams in the MAAC standings. If the Griffs and Purple Eagles each drop both games, along with tenth-seed Sacred Heart sweeping their weeken

By Jase May, Sports Reporter After missing the entire 2025 campaign due to an ACL tear last fall, midfielder Quinn Huber tallied two goals in his first game back from injury in men’s lacrosse’s 13–8 loss to Hobart on Saturday. The redshirt sophomore set career highs in goals and shots against the Statesmen and was ready to return to the field. “It isn’t fun being hurt,” Huber stated bluntly. He elaborated that he was going to play 100%, give it his all and not hold back. Join

By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor Sophomore Daphne Mead had the best finish so far during MAACs, placing second in the 200-yard individual medley. Last year, she finished fourth in this same event, but she shaved a second off of last year's time, swimming a time of 2:02.79, a new record for the Griffs and a personal best time for Mead. During night one, the first podium swim of the meet for the Griffs was the 800-yard freestyle as they placed third with a time of 7:33.12. The

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor Canisius baseball and softball are back for the 2026 season and the Griffs are ready to step up to the plate. As they take the field for a new season, there are a lot of new faces on both teams that will become big factors on and off the field. The baseball team returns over 20 players, but Head Coach Matt Mazurek pointed to the new additions to the Griffs, including the 11 freshmen that joined the team. “This year our freshmen class is s

By Jase May, Sports Reporter Lacrosse season is returning at Canisius for the 2026 collegiate season.   Men’s lacrosse will begin their season with a matchup on the road against Hobart on Saturday, Feb. 7. Women’s lacrosse will begin their season three days later on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at home against Detroit Mercy.   Women’s lacrosse will play a total of 16 games with eight at home and eight on the road. Their final game of the season is scheduled for April 18 against Rider. Me

By: Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor Men’s and women’s swim and dive head into MAACs this upcoming Wednesday, Feb. 11 after a tough regular season struggling to keep up with their performances from last year’s championship. The standout Griffs consistently place first in regular season meets, but have been unable to match times from last year’s championship and will struggle to keep up on a bigger stage – such as the MAACs. They have swimmers who are really strong in certain rac

By: Maggie Tifft, Assistant Sports Editor The women’s basketball team came up with their second win of the regular season, and in doing so completed their 2–0 sweep against cross-town rival Niagara on Tuesday, Feb. 3. This victory saw career performances from multiple players, giving the team their strongest win of the season. It was senior Franka Wittenberg and sophomore Irene Rey Pineda who led the Griffs to victory with 10 points each. The team dominated on both ends of th

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter Records are meant to be broken – and senior Brody Jones is the latest Golden Griffin to rewrite the program’s record books this past weekend at the YSU Mid Major Invitational in Youngstown, Ohio.  The Holland, N.Y. native broke the program’s 1000m record in a time of 2:27.53 en route to another first place. The record stood since 1988 and was held by Chris Mattingly with a time of 2:29.04.  While Jones admits that he has not competed in th

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor & Assistant Copy Editor A heartbreaking overtime loss last Friday and a frustrating defeat on Sunday for the men’s basketball team led into Tuesday’s Battle of the Bridge rematch with the Niagara Purple Eagles in Lewiston, N.Y. A run early in the second half by the Purple Eagles pushed them to the 65–56 victory over the Griffs. With only six games left and a tall mountain to climb, Canisius is slowly falling out of reach of playoff basket

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor  Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominee, Grant Porter, scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season in the Griffs 4–3 OT win over Niagara.  Porter grabbed one goal in regulation and scored the OT winner to secure the Griffs victory. He scored two goals in a game for the first time in his career. The senior has a total of 23 goals over the three campaigns he has been a part of with the Griffs.  During the week, Porter makes sure to “take time

By: Jase May, Sports Reporter Canisius hockey has been playing lights out in the month of January. The Griffs have won five straight games over the last few weeks with several individual players earning Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) weekly honors because of their efforts. Beginning on Jan. 3, Canisius began the streak with a 4–3 victory in their final out of conference game against Lindenwood. The star of the show was goalie Petter Wickström Stumer. The sophomore recorded 72

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor 2026 began with the Griffs on a win streak as the men’s basketball team started 3–0 in the new year, but it was followed by a five-game losing streak that dropped the Griffs out of MAAC Championship contention. With 10 games remaining on the schedule, Canisius looks to fight their way into a trip to Atlantic City. Wins against Fairfield, Sacred Heart and Manhattan kicked off the Griffs’ 2026 as they scored a combined 237 points in the thr

By: Maggie Tifft, Assistant Sports Editor With half of the regular season completed, the women’s basketball team searches for their next win on the road in critical first time matchups against Marist and Siena. With the lone conference win against Niagara back on Jan. 14, the Lady Griffs have continued to struggle coming up with wins. With opponents coming out hot in the third quarter, the Griffs need to find an answer to avoid scoring droughts. Luckily for them, junior Shari

By: Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor  Men’s and women’s swimming and diving finished out their regular season with a double loss against the Le Moyne Dolphins on Jan. 24 with the men falling 204-92 and the women falling 166-134.  The Griffs lost in the Battle of the Bridge meet against Niagara on Jan. 17 with a score of 210-52 for the men and 205-57 for the women. The women were able to pull out their first win of the season against Rider University on Jan. 10 with a score of 17

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter In his final indoor track and field season, senior Brody Jones led a podium sweep for the Griffs in the one-mile run with a time of 4:15.80 at this past weekend’s SPIRE Midwest Open in Geneva, Ohio.  The men’s team replicated another strong showing in the 800m event which saw freshman Jaxyn Mahoney take second place followed by Jones in fourth and freshman Jack Nesbit in fifth. Mahoney’s time of 1:56.00 was just half a second shy of first

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor The Griffs hockey team is on a hot streak as of late. Canisius has now won five straight games, after a weekend sweep at Mercyhurst. This weekend, the Griffs will take on their rivals, the Niagara Purple Eagles.  Head Coach Trevor Large said, “Their coachability has been extremely high through this winning streak.” Captain Oliver Tarr agrees with that sentiment, saying, “we take their game plan and I think we’re an adaptable team.”  The Gri

By Colin Richey, Sports Editor, and Peter Neville, Assistant Sports Editor One of the best sports projects on social media is Bryce Whitlow’s Hall of Pretty Good account on Instagram, focusing on highlighting players with good MLB careers that will likely never be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. One of Whitlow’s most recent nominees that was officially inducted was Canisius alumni John Axford. Axford, who played one season at Canisius in 2006 a