Help Women's Volleyball score big in 2018!

Gifts to Women's Volleyball last year helped us have a tremendous year. During the 2017-18 campaign, we experienced a three-win improvement in conference action as compared to 2016-17. We knocked off rival  Niagara University for the first time since the 2013 season, defeating the Purple Eagles 3-1. And, junior Sara Wesley earned All-MAAC Second Team honors while Claire Leonard '21 garnered All-Rookie team accolades. Our student-athletes distinguished themselves in the classroom, too. 

Our 2018-19 season is underway and we are off to a great start! And, we've had three players be recognized as "Players of the Week."

All of our successes were possible because of the donors who supported Women's Volleyball last year by providing the resources our team needed to succeed on the court and in the classroom.

Click here to view our current standings, upcoming schedule, and more

Please consider supporting the Women's Volleyball team this fall with a gift. 

Your support will:

• Continue to provide the resources that are vital to our success
• Support the athletic, academic and personal victories of our team
• Enhance the student-athlete travel experience
• Increase the level of training for our athletes
• Help us travel to California in the Fall of 2019 to compete

Read more about last year's successes and Head Coach, Lenika Vazquez.

Last Fall the Canisius volleyball program completed its 26th season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and doubled its win total from the 2016 season, earning 10 wins, including eight conference victories. Highlighting last season was the Griffs’ first win over rival Niagara since the 2014 season. Sara Wesley earned All-MAAC second team honors, the conference announced.

Wesley was first on the team with a .309 hitting percentage to go along with a 2.61 kills per set average. Cassidy Ceriani returned, coming off a MAAC All-Rookie team selection in her first season, as she led the team with 9.02 assists per set average. Sofia Lopez Acosta joined the team and provided some stability at the libero position as well, leading the team with a 4.25 digs per set average.

Vazquez continued to move the program forward in her second year, improving the team’s overall and conference record and challenging for a spot in the MAAC championship. Prior to her time at Canisius she was a member of the Bulldogs staff, helping her squad to 73 wins, highlighted by back-to-back 20-win campaigns in 2013 and 2014. The Buffalo, N.Y., native also coached South Suburban College in Illinois before taking over as an assistant coach at Butler in the winter of 2012. She has over 13 years of high school and collegiate volleyball coaching experience. Vazquez is assisted by former D’Youville standout, Chris Krueger.