Above photo of Coach Murphy courtesy D’Youville Athletics.
As FCB head coach Brendan Murphy (above) guided his D’Youville College men to a 2-1 exhibition win, lifting the veil on the school’s brand new turf field, it dawned on us that the college season is very much upon us.
So where can you see your favorite Blitzers this Fall? Let’s take a look:
D’Youville College (Coach Murphy)
All home dates: Sept. 5, 6, 9, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 8, 11, 14, 22
University at Buffalo (Russell Cicerone, Marcus Hanson, Waleed Cassis, Kristian Lee-Him)
All home dates: Sept. 5, 7, 19; Oct. 10, 21, 24
Niagara University (Kyle Moraldo and Steven Casey)
All home dates: Sept. 12, 21; Oct. 4, 8, 18; Nov. 1, 5
Canisius College (Chris Berardi)
All home dates: Sept. 5, 7, 14, 26, 28; Oct. 4, 8, 18, 22; Nov. 1
St. Bonaventure (Mitch Skrabacz)
All home dates: Sept. 7, 12, 14, 28; Oct. 3, 12, 24, 26; Nov. 2
Hartwick (Chris Walter)
Closest match to WNY: at Cornell, Sept. 24
Alfred (Jeff Thomas)
Closest match to Buffalo: at Hilbert, Sept. 10
Syracuse (Liam Callahan)
Closest match: All home matches, including vs. Niagara on Aug. 29
St. Lawrence (Daniel Hunt)
Closest matches: at Rochester, Sept. 5; at Brockport, Sept. 13; at Buff State, Sept. 14; at RIT, Oct. 11.
Point Loma Nazarene (Tyler Allen, Val Doppenberg, Nico Tagaloa, Christian Wyatt)
Closest match to WNY: No closer than California.
Duquesne (Martin Fiemawhle)
Closest match to WNY: at St. Bonaventure, Oct. 12
Mercyhurst (Nick Smith)
Closest match to WNY: all home matches in Erie, Penn.