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St. John's Defeats Niagara in First Match of 2024
QUEENS, N.Y. – Niagara volleyball dropped its opening match of the season 3-0 (25-13, 25-10, 25-8) to St. John's in non-conference volleyball action from Carnesecca Arena. Niagara and St. John's would split the first six points of the opening set before the Red Storm rattled off a 13-2 run to make the score 16-5. From there Niagara would take four of the next seven points to make it a 19-9 St. John's lead.
Men's Soccer Explodes For Three Late First Half Goals; Retrievers Down Niagara 4-0
The host UMBC men's soccer team scored three goals in a span of three minutes and fifty-five seconds late in the first and defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles, 4-0, on Friday evening at Retriever Soccer Park in the UMBC/Navy Invitational. Navy and FDU played to a scoreless tie in the other game.
2024 Women's Soccer Season Preview
AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen University women's soccer team kicks off the 2024 campaign on Friday, Sept. 6 with a road match at Assumption University. Prior to the start of the season, the Wildcats' three captains in graduate student Madita Zeitz (Malsch, Germany), senior Baylin Tighe (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and junior Kylie Miranto (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) spoke about the team.
Buffalo beats Lafayette 30-13 for its first win under new head coach Pete Lembo
AMHERST, N.Y. — C.J. Ogbonna threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns in his first start at quarterback for Buffalo, Jacqez Barksdale added 99 yards rushing and a score, and the Bulls beat Lafayette 30-13 on Thursday night for the program's first win under new head coach Pete Lembo.
Purple Eagles Fall to UMBC
BALTIMORE, MD. – Niagara fell to 0-3 on the season with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of UMBC Friday night in non-conference action. The Retrievers move to 2-0-1 on the season. The game would remain in a stalemate for the first 37 minutes of play until the Retrievers flipped the game on its side with a pair of goals in a 25-second span, both of which were scored by UMBC's Ryan Calheira.
2024 Men's and Women's Cross Country Season Preview
AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's and women's cross country teams kick off the 2024 season at the Doug Watts Open in Edinboro, Pa. on Saturday, Sept. 7. Before the start of the season, graduate student Jon Moote (Wilson, N.Y.) and sophomore CJ Johnson (Baltimore, Md.) of the men's team along with graduate student Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) and senior Emma Cain (Lockport, N.Y.) of the women's team spoke about their teams and the expectations for the year.
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