By: Paige Apps In a game that had all the makings of a classic, the Canisius women’s lacrosse team delivered one of their most thrilling moments of the season Wednesday afternoon. With time expiring, sophomore Makenna Crouse buried a bounce shot off a feed from junior Megan Previdi to lift Canisius to a stunning 15–14 comeback victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats at the Demske Sports Complex. The buzzer-beating finish capped a frantic final minute and secured the Griffs’ fourt

By: Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter The Canisius Golden Griffins needed just five innings to defeat the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Saturday with a bounceback 9–1 result after dropping the opening game of the series earlier that day. The Griffs exploded for 14 hits en route to a blowout victory via mercy rule, including a three-hit performance by junior Ella Johel, who notched her second home run on the day. Despite being down 1–0 after the first inning, Canisius scored in eve

By: Ryan Patota, Sports Reporter The Canisius acrobatics and tumbling team continues to compete in its inaugural season. Goulding, in her first season at Canisius, continues to develop the program after serving as head coach at Glenville State University, where she led the program to its best record in school history in 2018-19 and finished as runner-up in the MEC. Goulding followed at Gannon University as an assistant in 2021-22. The Griffs currently sit at a 3–1 record on

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor Returning to the Demske for the first time this season, the baseball team comes home to Buffalo after a frustrating weekend sweep at the hands of the Mount Saint Mary’s Mountaineers. With the weather bleak and tension high, the Griffs look forward to their next challenge, the Merrimack Warriors, where every pitch matters in the crucial three-game series. The Warriors enter the weekend on a four-game road trip that began last weekend in N

By: Jase May, Sports Reporter Canisius men’s lacrosse won a 9–8 overtime thriller against the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Saturday, picking up their second conference win of the season. Sophomore midfielder Dawson Wade netted the game winner 1:23 into overtime, marking the first goal of his collegiate career. The thrilling win moves Canisius to 3–5 on the year with a 2–0 record in conference play. The Griffs started out hot in the matchup, recording three goals in each of their fir

By: Colin Richey, Sports Editor The chaos of the NCAA’s “March Madness” tournament returned to Buffalo for the 2026 men’s tournament. A slate of four games on Thursday led to a downtown buzz that couldn’t be matched as fans from around the region poured into every nearby parking lot, bar, restaurant and hot dog stand wearing various Sabres, Bills, NBA and college basketball jerseys and merchandise. In game one at KeyBank Center, six-seed Louisville took on 11-seed South Flo

By: Paige Apps, Sports Reporter After a year of growth and development, the Canisius Golden Griffins women’s lacrosse team enters conference play in a dramatically different position than they did just one season ago. This time last year, Canisius sat fourth in the MAAC standings with a 3–5 non-conference record, still searching for consistency with a roster largely made up of underclassmen. Building team chemistry was a central focus as the program worked to establish its id

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor A 3–9 start to the season wasn’t how Canisius baseball Head Coach Matt Mazurek wanted to open MAAC play. As the team prepares for Mount Saint Mary’s this weekend, however, the mud in their cleats and grass stains on their jerseys tell the story of a team that is far from sitting on the couch in May. The Griffs took two of three from Towson two weeks ago before opening the series last weekend at Delaware with a 7–5 victory, finishing nonc

By: Paige Apps, Sports Reporter The Canisius women’s lacrosse team wrapped up its nonconference schedule on a strong note Wednesday afternoon, earning a 12–7 victory over Le Moyne at home on the Demske beach. The Golden Griffins improved to a 6–2 overall record with their second straight win, carrying momentum into the start of conference play next weekend. A balanced offensive effort fueled the victory as senior Maggie Tifft, alongside juniors Lauren Matyka, Maddie Fitzgeral

By: Jase May, Sports Reporter Canisius men’s lacrosse lost an overtime heartbreaker on Tuesday, falling to the St. Bonaventure Bonnies by a score of 11–10. Despite history running deep between the two schools, it’s only the 12th time in NCAA history that the two teams have played each other in men’s lacrosse. Canisius entered the game with a 2–4 record coming off a fresh victory against MAAC competitor Iona, but let the score slip early on, quickly falling to 4–1 in just over

By: Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter After traveling to Marshall University in West Virginia for the Marshall March Madness tournament last week, the Golden Griffins look to begin conference play on the right foot when they visit the Sacred Heart Pioneers this weekend in Fairfield, Conn. The Griffs finished nonconference play with a 4–8 record, which ended with a five-game losing streak dating back to their last invitational at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor The Canisius men’s hockey team finished seventh in the standings and went 16–15–2 overall and 11–12–2 in conference play. Four members of the team were named part of the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) all-conference team: Grant Porter, Walter Zacher and Killian Kiecker-Olson were named All-AHA third team with freshman defenseman FJ Buteau being named part of the AHA All-Rookie team. During the last regular season games, the Griffs split thei

Kaitlin O’Meara, Copy Editor On Feb. 22, the Canisius University acrobatics and tumbling team hosted and won the program’s inaugural meet. Facing off against the Division III Buffalo State Bengals, the Griffs secured a 231.100 to 195.195 victory to open the season. Head Coach Mel Goulding is no stranger to building acrobatics and tumbling teams – she was an athlete on the inaugural team at Alderson Broaddus University and helped to build the program at Buffalo State as a mem

By: Paige Apps, Sports Reporter Nonconference play has delivered early tests and statement performances for the Canisius men’s and women’s lacrosse teams as the 2026 season takes shape. The men dropped their home opener 11–8 to Robert Morris last Friday, Feb. 20 before rebounding with a late 8–7 win over Le Moyne on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Against the Colonials, redshirt sophomore Jordan Meech scored the first two goals of his collegiate career, and senior faceoff specialist Micah

By Jase May, Sports Reporter With the 2025-26 men’s basketball season coming to a close, the Golden Griffins stare down another season without an appearance in the MAAC Championships. Canisius was eliminated on Feb. 15 as a consequence of a loss to Manhattan and the Rider Broncs losing to Sacred Heart, a game which also eliminated Rider from contention. This marks Canisius’ second consecutive year without a tournament appearance. The Golden Griffins began their season on Nov.

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor While the weather began to warm up in Buffalo, the Canisius softball and baseball teams traveled south to start their 2026 seasons. In a summer-feel 52 degrees in Tennessee, Head Coach Joe Gierlak led the softball team to their first win of the season, and the first in Gierlak’s tenure as head coach. The season began on Feb. 13, and the opening day game saw the softball team fall in five innings 11–3 to the Ohio Bobcats before winning the

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter Freshmen Jaxyn Mahoney and Charlotte Keenan began their young track careers by each garnering a school record in their respective events this past weekend at the 2026 MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the Nike Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York, N.Y. In the conclusive meet for the indoor season, Mahoney broke the school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.84, while also earning the Golden Griffin’s

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor The Griffs crushed the Robert Morris Colonials with a 7–0 win to split last weekend's series. On Feb. 20, the Griffs were defeated 4–1, but came back the next day to get sophomore goalie Petter Wickström his first collegiate shutout on Saturday, Feb. 21 with 26 saves. Walter Zacher grabbed two goals over the weekend, and is now ranked second in the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) for goals scored. This season, Wickström has appeared in 11 ga

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