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Posted on September 1, 2010 by Canisius College Press Report
 Gone is the winningest class in the program’s history and the school’s all-time leading scorer, but the expectations have not changed for the Canisius College men’s soccer team. The Griffs return a talented squad in 2010 and with an even deeper team, this year’s unit has visions of outperforming its predecessor.
“We are a more balanced and a more well-rounded team,” said Canisius head coach Jim Hesch. “With the addition of a talented class, we have a lot of depth at key positions and because of that, we will be a better team as the season progresses. With the returners that we have and with our newcomers, we have a definite chance to achieve our goals, which includes a MAAC Championship.”
The seven-member senior class from last season totaled 26 wins during their careers and were led by the program’s all-time leading scorer Alan McGreal. While the goals and assists tallied by McGreal will be tough to replace by one single individual, Hesch envisions each member of the team filling the hole and leading the Griffs to victories.
Canisius 2010 Men’s Soccer Season Preview – continue reading…
Posted on August 28, 2010 by Canisius College Press Report
 Andrew Loewen, a four-year standout goalie with the Golden Griffin hockey team, is set to continue his career with the Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League after graduating from Canisius in 2010.
“I am really excited to continue playing at the professional level,” Loewen said. “I am fortunate to be one of a few people who receives the opportunity to live out their childhood dreams of playing hockey at the next level. There is also a welcomed sense of nervousness knowing that I am required to try out again for a hockey team. This stirs up the preseason butterflies and will create greater competition and intensify the experience of playing professional hockey.”
A two-time team MVP, Loewen stopped 2,463 saves during his career, the second most in the program’s history. The Winnipeg, Manitoba native owns the school record with a .913 career save percentage and shares the program’s mark with six career shutouts. He also ranks second with 30 career victories and third with a goals against average of 2.93.
Colorado Eagles Signs Andrew Loewen – continue reading…
Posted on August 24, 2010 by Canisius College Press Report
 USA Hockey announced on Monday that recent Canisius College graduate Cole Burkhalter will serve as the first-ever recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship. Burkhalter worked closely with the Golden Griffin hockey staff during the 2009-10 season.
“Cole is a great young man who has done an outstanding job within our hockey program,” said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. “He has added a great deal to Canisius College and will do the same within USA Hockey. He was a great selection to be the first-ever recipient of a very great internship at USA Hockey.”
During his tenure at Canisius, Burkhalter served as a hockey operations intern, while completing his master’s degree in sport administration. His main responsibilities included breaking down game film and organizing team travel. He also coached the eighth grade boys’ varsity prep hockey team at Nichols School.
Burkhalter Named USA Hockey’s 2010-11 Brendan Burke Intern – continue reading…
Posted on August 22, 2010 by Canisius College Press Report
 Coming off arguably the most successful season in school history, expectations remain unwaveringly high for women’s soccer in 2010 despite the graduation of two of its most talented players.
“Our goal is to win a MAAC Championship as it is ever year,” said head coach Jim Wendling. “With two top-four finishes in the last two years, we hope to at least make it back there, but the goal is to win it all.”
In order to reach its goal of a MAAC Championship in 2010, Wendling has to replace a successful senior class, which included the team’s leading scorer in Sylvia Kowalski. Despite the loss of the talented group, Wendling made it perfectly clear the team philosophy will remain unchanged in 2010.
“I’m an attacking coach and that’s what this team will do,” Wendling said. “That will not change, we will attack and hopefully score goals.”
Canisius College 2010 Women’s Soccer Preview – continue reading…
 Former Canisius College basketball player Frank Turner (Atlantic City, N.J.) has signed a professional contract to join Eiffel Towers Den Bosch, a professional team that plays in Holland in the Holland-Eredivisie. Turner signed a one-year deal with the team that finished third in the league’s standings last season.
“From an individual standpoint, Frank has accomplished many things in a relatively short amount of time,” Canisius head coach Tom Parrotta said. “He has earned two college degrees, he has his name splashed throughout the program’s record book and he has become the example for every student-athlete that comes to Canisius College from here on out. It is very simple – get a great education, play your heart out on the basketball court and be a solid individual off the court. Frank accomplished all three of these things and then some. I’m extremely proud that Frank has realized his dream of playing professional basketball and I feel he will do very well at the next level. I am very anxious to follow his pro career.”
Former Canisius Star Turner Signs Pro Deal in Holland – continue reading…
 Dave Cianfrini, a standout defender with the Canisius College hockey team from 2006 to 2010, signed a professional contract with the Fort Wayne Komets of the CHL.
“It feels really good to take this next step in my career,” Cianfrini said. “My four years at Canisius have really prepared me to excel at the next level and I look forward to playing in front of good fans in a good hockey town. Canisius has definitely shown an increased commitment to developing players for the next level, particularly with a strong support staff. I also benefited from playing against good competition, especially in the top half of Atlantic Hockey.”
Canisius’ Dave Cianfrini Signs With Fort Wayne – continue reading…
 Canisius College hockey standout Dave Kostuch will forgo his final two years of eligibility and has agreed to a contract in the Polish Elite League. The 2008-09 Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Year recently signed with MKS Cracovia Krakow.
“I’m extremely happy in taking the next step and playing professional hockey,” Kostuch said. “As a hockey player, you work very hard on and off the ice to reach a certain point and with this next step, I am one step closer to reaching a final goal.”
Kostuch, who holds dual citizenship in Canada and Poland, accumulated 59 points, 36 goals and 23 assists during his two seasons with the Griffs, while also completing his degree in July 2010.
Canisius Star Signs Pro Hockey Contract – continue reading…
 Canisius College men’s basketball coach Tom Parrotta announced today that Derrick Worrels has officially joined his staff as an assistant coach. Worrels previously served as the head coach at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., from 1999-2010. Worrels replaces Desmond Oliver, who left the program to take an assistant coaching spot at Charlotte in April.
A 1993 graduate of UNC Asheville, Worrels helped guide the Hawks to nine regular-season or conference tournament championships over an 11-year span while being named the Suncoast Conference Coach of the Year three times, most recently after the 2009-10 campaign. Over the last six years, Worrels’ teams have averaged 20 wins per year and after last season, seven players received all-league honors, including Marial Dhal, who recently announced he would continue his college playing career as a member of the Golden Griffins. Worrels leaves the Hillsborough program with 206 career wins, which ranks second in school history, and he also leaves the program with a 90 percent graduation success rate.
Worrels Joins Canisius Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff – continue reading…
 Canisius College men’s basketball coach Tom Parrotta announced today that David Santiago (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) has officially committed to become a member of the Golden Griffins’ men’s basketball program. As a transfer from American University in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Santiago must sit out the 2010-11 season in accordance with NCAA transfer regulations. He will have three years of eligibility remaining starting in the 2011-12 campaign.
Santiago is a 6-foot-4, 180 pound shooting guard. He averaged 14 points, five rebounds and two assists per game last season in games against other member schools of the Inter University Athletic League of Puerto Rico.
“We are thrilled to have David join our program,” Parrotta said. “He is very athletic and he can really shoot the ball. What we really like is that he understands the game and he will have this year to get bigger and stronger. I feel that he will contribute greatly to our team when he is eligible to play.”
Santiago to Join Canisius Men’s Basketball Program – continue reading…
 Canisius College defenseman Carl Hudson has signed a contract with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. Hudson, who played with the Golden Griffins from 2006 to 2010, graduated from Canisius with 11 school records to his name and is the first Griff in the program’s history to sign an NHL contract.
“I’m still soaking it all in but it feels really good and I’m very excited to start my pro career with Florida,” Hudson said. “It’s also great for Canisius and the hockey program. I hope this will help the players who are there now and the new recruits coming in to get more recognition. Going to school at Canisius and having the opportunity to play with all the great players over my four years helped me out a great deal and I owe a lot to them.”
A second-team All-Atlantic Hockey honoree in 2009-10, Hudson set school records by a defensemen with 34 points, 14 goals and 20 assists. The Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario native ranked first nationally among blueliners with 0.40 goals per game and third with 0.97 points per game. Hudson also netted 11 power-play goals during his senior campaign, which ranked sixth in the country.
Canisius’ Hudson Signs with NHL’s Florida Panthers – continue reading…
 Canisius College head men’s basketball coach Tom Parrotta was recently inducted into the Archbishop Stepinac High School Hardwood Club at the group’s third annual dinner and award ceremony in White Plains, N.Y. Induction into the Stepinac Hardwood Club is the equivalent of being named to the school’s Sports Hall of Fame and is only open to graduates of the Crusaders basketball program.
Parrotta graduated from Stepinac High School in 1984 before taking his basketball talents to Fordham University. The Yonkers, N.Y. native is entering his fifth-year at the helm of the Canisius men’s basketball program and recently signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Golden Griffins’ bench through the 2012-13 season.
“When you have fond memories of a place like Stepinac and they bestow an honor like this on you, it is very touching. It is a good warm feeling,” Parrotta told the White Plains Times.
Tom Parrotta Inducted into Stepinac Hardwood Club – continue reading…
 The Canisius College men’s and women’s basketball programs will open the 2010-11 season Friday, Nov. 12, when the two teams play host to a basketball doubleheader in the Koessler Athletic Center. The women’s team will get things started at 6 p.m., when the Golden Griffins play host to Kent State, with the men’s team hosting long-time rival St. Bonaventure at 8:30 p.m.
Group tickets for the season-opening twinbill are on sale now through the Canisius College Ticket Office. Group tickets (minimum 15 tickets) can be purchased by calling (716) 888-2885 during normal business hours, and there are currently seats available in both the reserved and general admission sections. All group tickets purchased by Sept. 1 will come with a voucher valid for one free ticket to a future home men’s or women’s basketball game. For example, if a group leader purchases 20 tickets to the season opening doubleheader, that individual will be entitled to 20 vouchers for future home dates. The list of available home dates will be announced later this summer when the full schedules are released. Additionally, fans interested in purchasing season tickets for the combined men’s and women’s home slates for the 2010-11 campaign can do so by calling the ticket office or by going online to GoGriffs.com.
Canisius Basketball Opens 2010-11 Season With Home Doubleheader – continue reading…
Posted on June 30, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 Junior Steve McQuail was selected to the ABCA/Rawlings All-American Third-Team on Monday. McQuail and senior Ian Choy were also selected to the ABCA-Rawlings Northeast Region First Team.
McQuail, who was selected in the 30th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, signed with the organization and is currently playing for the Class-A Auburn Doubledays in the New York Penn League, is the third All-American in program history (Kevin Mailloux and current senior Shane Davis in 2008).
An all-MAAC Second-Team selection, McQuail led Canisius with a .397 batting average, 89 hits, 21 doubles, 20 home runs, 81 RBI and .768 slugging percentage during the 2010 season. McQuail set program records with his 89 hits and 81 RBI, and his 81 RBI also set a MAAC single-season record. Nationally, McQuail ranked in the top 10 in RBI, top 20 in slugging percentage and total bases and top 30 in runs scored (70).
Griffs McQuail Selected to All-American Team – continue reading…
Posted on June 15, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 The Canisius College athletic department, in conjunction with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, will host the 2011 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 17-19, 2011 at the Aquatics Center at the Burt Flickinger Center on the city campus of Erie County Community College.
“Canisius College is excited that the MAAC has decided to bring another conference championship event to the city of Buffalo,” Director of Athletics Bill Maher said. “The MAAC Swimming and Diving Championship had outgrown its previous location and the Flickinger Center is an outstanding facility that will help to grow this great championship event. We are looking forward to working with the staff at Erie Community College and the Buffalo community as we host another showcase for all that downtown Buffalo and Western New York has to offer.”
Canisius to Co-Host 2011 MAAC Swimming Championships – continue reading…
Posted on June 10, 2010 by Patrick Moran
 Rodney McKissic of the Buffalo News is reporting that the Canisius College basketball program will get a huge boost in a literal sense, after learning that 7-foot-3 center Marial Dhal, a transfer from Houston, will attend Canisius.
Dhal, who played as a sophomore at Hillsborough Community College in 2009-10, is one of the leading shot blockers in the nation, averaging eight blocks and eight rebounds per game last season.
He’s not known as a scorer. He averaged just 2.962 points per game while shooting 46% from the field last year, according to the Hillsborough Community College website.
Dhal was to play for the University of Houston, but has been released from his scholarship.
Canisius finished 15-17 last season, 8-10 in MAAC play. Head coach Tom Parrato recently signed a two-year extension to remain with the team.
 Canisius College junior Steve McQuail was selected in the 30th round by the Toronto Blue Jays (Pick No. 906) on the second day of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. McQuail is the fifth Golden Griffin to be drafted in the last three years and is the first Canisius junior to be drafted in that timeframe.
McQuail led Canisius with a .397 batting average, 89 hits, 21 doubles, 20 home runs, 81 RBI and .768 slugging percentage during the 2010 season. McQuail set program records with his 89 hits and 81 RBI, and his 81 RBI also set a MAAC single-season record.
Canisius junior Steve McQuail drafted by Blue Jays – continue reading…
Posted on June 2, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 Canisius College graduate Frank Turner was recently named to the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team, as announced late last week by the I-AAA ADA. Turner, who was selected as an honorable mention award winner, is one of 11 men from across the country to be honored for this accolade.
The 2007 MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year, Turner closed out his career in Blue and Gold ranked in the top-10 in 12 different statistical categories at the College, and he goes down in the school’s record books ranked first in career games played (125), career minutes (4,567) and career assists (616), while ranking fourth in career points (1,769) and third in career steals (193). He wrapped up the 2009-10 season ranked sixth in the MAAC in scoring average (16.2 points per game), second in assists per game (5.7 per contest) and first in steals per game with 2.1 swipes per outing. A three-time All-MAAC selection, he was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team after his senior campaign and he was also honored as a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District I Second Team in mid-March.
Turner Named to Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Team – continue reading…
 Rider University scored four runs in the first and added a single run in the second frame as the third-seeded Broncs defeated No. 1 seed Canisius College 10-5 Thursday night in the winner’s bracket game of the 2010 MAAC Baseball Championship at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, N.Y. The win allows Rider (35-21) to advance to the championship round of the MAAC Tournament, while the Golden Griffins (38-20) will meet No. 4 seed Manhattan at 3 p.m., Friday afternoon in an elimination game.
The Broncs came out of the gates swinging, scoring four runs on five hits in the top of the first off Canisius starter Mike Goemans. Rider started the game with back-to-back base hits and took a 1-0 lead when Brandon Cotten scored on a wild pitch. Moments later, senior outfielder Nick Wojnowski roped an RBI-single to right center that allowed second baseman A.J. Albee to score from second. Rider shortstop John Ralston gave the Broncs a 4-0 lead when he drove in two runs with a single through the left side of the infield. In the second inning, junior Mason Heyne drove in Cotten from third base with a base hit to left.
Canisius falls to losers bracket with MAAC loss to Rider – continue reading…
Posted on May 26, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 Getting 8 1/3 innings from redshirt junior Shane Davis and scoring five runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, the Canisius College baseball team won its opening game in the first round of the 2010 MAAC Championship, with a 7-5 win over Manhattan at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, N.Y. on Wednesday afternoon.
No. 1 seed Canisius advances to the winners’ bracket game on Thursday evening at 7 p.m., when the Golden Griffins will play the winner of tonight’s other first-round game between No. 2 seed Marist and No. 3 seed Rider.
After Manhattan scored one in the top of the third, Canisius took control of the game with a six-run bottom of the fourth inning. Senior designated hitter Ian Choy drove in the first run with a fielder’s choice to second base that allowed junior Will Chomicki to score, and moments later, junior Brian Burton had a two-RBI, opposite-field single to right that allowed Choy and senior Perry Silverman to score. After Manhattan made a pitching change, senior Shayne Willson greated Manhattan reliever Mike Gazzola by driving a 2-2 pitch to the gap in left-center for a double to knocked in two runs. Fellow senior Paul Panik drove in the final run of the inning when he stroked a single to center that allowed Willson to score.
Canisius wins in first round of 2010 MAAC Championship – continue reading…
 2010 MAAC Championship No. 1 seed Canisius College (37-19, 19-5 MAAC)
Date: May 26-30, 2010
Location: Fishkill, N.Y. (Dutchess Stadium)
- Canisius, the 2010 MAAC regular-season champions, is playing in the MAAC Championship for the fourth consecutive season and fifth time in program history (1994).
- Canisius is looking for its first postseason MAAC championship in program history and for its first berth in the NCAA Tournament.
- Canisius opens against No. 4 seed Manhattan, the third consecutive year the teams have met in the postseason (Canisius won both of the previous meetings, with redshirt junior Shane Davis earning the win in both starts).
Canisius Heads to MAAC Championship – continue reading…
Posted on May 19, 2010 by Niagara Press Report
 The Niagara baseball team controls its own destiny for a spot in next weekend’s MAAC Tournament, and hosts a three-game set with rival Canisius on Thursday and Friday at Sal Maglie Stadium.
The Purple Eagles are currently in a three-way tie for fourth place with Rider and Siena. Niagara owns the tie breaker over both schools after taking two of three in road series earlier this season.
Nine seniors, including Matt Wietlispach and Jason Cramer, will play their final games at Sal Maglie Stadium. Wietlispach leads the team in overall batting, with a .329 average, while Cramer is right behind him, hitting .328. In MAAC games, Cramer leads the way with a .402 clip, while Wietlispach is second at .337.
Niagara, Canisius Set To Clash In Regular-Season Finale – continue reading…
Posted on May 16, 2010 by Cansius Press Report
 The Iona College softball team scored three times in the top of the third and added a run in the sixth, while sophomore pitcher Sarah Jackson gave up just one run on four hits as the second-seeded Gaels defeated Canisius College 4-1 in the MAAC Softball Championship game Saturday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex. The win gives Iona its third MAAC Softball Championship, and its first since 1985, and improves the team to 28-24 on the year, while the Golden Griffins see their season end at 34-19.
By winning the MAAC’s softball crown, Iona has secured one of the 64 spots in next weekend’s NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Gaels’ opponents and regional placement will be announced live on ESPNU Sunday night at 10 p.m.
Canisius Softball Falls to Iona in MAAC Championship Game – continue reading…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 Sophomore Amanda Cannizzo dropped a two-run single into centerfield with one out in the bottom of the seventh to help lift the Golden Griffins to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Manhattan in the first round of the 2010 MAAC Softball Championships Thursday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex. The win allows the Golden Griffins (33-17) advance to the winner’s bracket where the team will face Iona at 11 a.m., Friday, while the Lady Jaspers (25-22-1) will take on Niagara at 1 p.m., in the tournament’s first elimination game.
Canisius went into the bottom half of the seventh trailing Manhattan 4-2, but senior Michelle Fridey made the game 4-3 with an RBI-double to left center that allowed teammate Katie Medina to score from first. After Manhattan got an out, sophomore Katie Lancellotti reached base after being hit by a pitch, and junior Emily Helbig followed her with a base hit to left that loaded the bases. That set the stage for Cannizzo, who dropped a 1-0 pitch from Manhattan’s Melissa Donnelly into shallow center, allowing Fridey and Lancellotti to cross the plate to secure the win.
Canisius Softball Defeats Manhattan, 5-4 in MAAC Tourney – continue reading…
Posted on May 13, 2010 by Canisius Press Report
 For the third time in the last four years, the Canisius College volleyball team has received an NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program public recognition award, the NCAA announced today. The public recognition awards are presented to the best academically performing teams that rank in the top 10 percent within their sport in the NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR).
The Golden Griffins are the only MAAC volleyball team to receive the honor in 2009-10 and the only MAAC volleyball program to receive the award three times in the last four years. Canisius also received the award in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
“This is an outstanding public acknowledgement for the hard work and dedication the student-athletes in our volleyball program put forth in the classroom,” Canisius Director of Athletics Bill Maher said. “We are proud of our student-athletes for their efforts to balance their academic and athletic experiences and by our volleyball coaching staff’s emphasis to be recognized in the top 10 percent of the NCAA in the APR.
Canisius Volleyball Receives APR Public Recognition Award – continue reading…
St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach Jim Crowley has announced that assistant coach Jacey Brooks has resigned to accept a similar position at Canisius.
Brooks spent three years on the Bonnies staff including this past season as an assistant coach after serving as the director of basketball operations for her first two years. A search for her successor is underway.
“Jacey has given us three great years on the staff and we will certainly miss her,” said Crowley. “We would have not achieved our recent success without her and wish her the best of luck in her new opportunity.”
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