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Florida Atlantic stays alive with 14-6 win over Canisius
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Corey Keller hit two home runs and Nathan Pittman added a three-run homer to help Florida Atlantic beat Canisius 14-6 on Saturday in a Chapel Hill Regional elimination game.
Keller hit a three-run homer in the second, then Pittman followed in the third for the second-seeded Owls (40-21). Levi Meyer and Mark Nelson each drove in two runs, while Austin Gomber...
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Canisius vs Evansville CIT Preview (VIDEO)
The Canisius Golden Griffins will host the Evansville Purple Aces Tuesday at 7:00 pm in the third round of the CIT. QCS Reporter/Writer Johnathan Snyder has the story.
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Baron, Canisius Accept Bid into CIT
The chance at playing in the NCAA Tournament may be gone, but Canisius will be taking part in postseason play for the first time in 17 years.
The school announced Wednesday that they have accepted a big into the College Insider Tournament (CIT) and will host a first round game on Wednesday March 20, against an opponent not yet determined.
It will be the first postseason game the...
Barons team up to revive Canisius
Amid the gratification of turning around the fortunes of a struggling basketball program at Canisius, Billy Baron's voice still cracks with a hint of emotion recalling the long consoling embrace he shared with his dad in the front seat of their car parked on the Rhode Island campus.
Jim Baron had just informed his son that he had been fired as the Rams coach. And Billy, the...
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March 05, 2013
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Barons team up to revive Canisius basketball
Amid the gratification of turning around the fortunes of a struggling basketball program at Canisius, Billy Baron's voice still cracks with a hint of emotion recalling the long consoling embrace he shared with his dad in the front seat of their car parked on the Rhode Island campus.
Jim Baron had just informed his son that he had been fired as the Rams coach. And Billy, the...
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March 05, 2013
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Defending Champions Canisius College Chosen as Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Favorites
MAAC Conference Press Release
Edison, NJ – The 2012 defending MAAC Women’s Lacrosse champions, the Canisius College Golden Griffins, have been chosen as the preseason favorites to three-peat in 2013 as determined by a vote of the conference’s seven head coaches.
Canisius won the 2011 and 2012 MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship defeating top-seeded Fairfield University in...
Canisius buzzer-beater call: “Oh, you didn’t know? You’d better caaall somebooodyy!”
Some radio or TV personality (tough to tell) for Canisius women’s basketball is about to become an Internet sensation — or at least he should.
Courtesy of Bob’s Blitz , comes this clip of Canisius freshman women’s basketball player Tiahana Mills draining a halfcourt buzzer beater to lift the Lady Golden Griffins over Siena. The shot gave hometown Canisius a 65-63 win in an...
Sosa Finding Comfort from Long-Range
Canisius sharp shooter Isaac Sosa isn’t shying away from anything over the last six games. The senior guard is shooting the lights out of the ball and his team is reaping the benefits.
“Isaac is very important to our team,” said junior guard Billy Baron. ”If we want to get where we want to go and accomplish our goals, he’s got to be shooting the ball the way he’s...
Canisius Pulls Off Huge Upset Against Temple
After a 7-2 start to the season behind first-year head coach Jim Baron, many people have been wondering if Canisius basketball is legitimately good this year.
Canisius attempted to answer that question Wednesday, earning their biggest victory in years as they defeated Temple 72-62 in front of a shocked crowd at the Liacouras Center.
The Griffs struggled early, trailing by as many...
Sosa’s Sharp Shooting Leads Canisius Past Longwood
Isaac Sosa like to shoot the ball from three-point range. He also likes to make those shots.
His first three shots of the contest all went down as Sosa and the Griffs got back on the winning track by defeating Longwood in their first home game in 27 days, 82-54.
Three point shooting was key for Canisius as they shot 46.4 percent for the game. Sosa had a season high 24 points...
Gophers' Wilcox shuts out Griffins
MINNEAPOLIS Coming into the season, the University of Minnesota men's hockey team had a hole to fill at goaltender with the graduation of Kent Patterson. Early on, the plan was to use a platoon of junior Michael Shibrowski and freshman Adam Wilcox, splitting the duo in each two-game series.
With a shutout Sunday in a 1-0 win over Canisius, Wilcox asserted himself as the team...
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October 28, 2012
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Canisius hires Jim Baron as coach
Recently fired Rhode Island coach Jim Baron is returning to western New York after signing a five-year contract to take over the struggling Canisius men's basketball program.
This is a homecoming of sorts for the 58-year-old Baron, who spent nine years coaching at St. Bonaventure. Baron spent the past 11 seasons at Rhode Island, where he went 184-166 before being fired last...
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April 02, 2012
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Canisius hires former URI coach Jim Baron
Recently fired Rhode Island coach Jim Baron is returning to western New York after signing a five-year contract to take over the struggling Canisius men's basketball program.
This is a homecoming of sorts for the 58-year-old Baron, who spent nine years coaching at St. Bonaventure. Baron spent the past 11 seasons at Rhode Island, where he went 184-166 before being fired last...
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April 02, 2012
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Former Canisius coach Curran dies at 89
Joseph Curran, who coached the Canisius men's basketball team to three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in the 1950s, has died. He was 89.
Canisius announced Curran died Saturday in Mystic, Conn. No cause of death was provided.
Curran was 76-66 coaching the Golden Griffins from 1953-59, and is the program's only coach to win a tournament game. The victory in 1956...
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January 30, 2012
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