Canisius University to Compete at Six Spring Regattas

The Golden Griffins head women’s rowing coach Matt Cosmann has released the 2025 spring schedule which will begin with a home regatta against Mercyhurst on Saturday, April 6.

“We had a good fall,” said Cosmann. “It was my first fall as the head coach. I’ve been with the team for five years. I was the assistant, and I stepped into the head coaching role. It was probably our best fall in the past five years. We did a good job against Robert Morris and George Mason. Our second varsity and our novice eight beat George Mason and Robert Morris’s 2vs and our novices had just learned how to row a month before.”

Following the season-opener, Canisius will travel to Cherry Hill, N.J. for the Knecht Cup, to be held April 12-13. Before the MAAC Championship in May, the Golden Griffins will compete at the New York State Championship, the Sacred Heart Invite, and the Black Rock Cup.

“I’m expecting Jacksonville and Marist to be fast,” remarked Cosmann. “In the last few years Sacred Heart got a new head coach [Lucas Wilhelm] and he’s done a phenomenal job growing the program. What they’ve done over the past three years is a model here at Canisius and I know they’re focused on trying to win. When I look at the rest of the conference, it’s very much wide open. We will be competitive with those three teams if we work hard over the next four months.”

This year the team will not be leaving the state of New York for a winter training trip, opting to put resources towards the purchase of a new hull. Instead, the Golden Griffins will be spending time on the erg, in the weight room, and in the tanks.

“It gets a little cold in Buffalo and we take the docks out for the winter,” said Cosmann. “What’s kind of new this year is the team is using the CrewLAB app to hold each other accountable and have been crushing it. They’ve been putting in a lot of time on the ergs so far. They’re doing a three-day-a-week lift at this local gym called Nickel City Athletics. All of the women who are local have been showing up every single day.”

The program rows out of West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo and last year they were able to get the docks in by the last weekend in February. Cosmann and the coaching staff hope to stay on that timeline, if not a little earlier.

“If we can get them in sooner, we’ll do that,” stated Cosmann. “I don’t like to live on the erg. Obviously, the erg is great. It’s a good way to get in shape, stay fit, work hard, and all that fun stuff, but we’re not going to the MAAC erging Championships we’re going to the MAAC Rowing Championships, so I like us to row and get on the water. We have a really fresh feel on the team and it’s the biggest group we’ve had in my time here. We have a lot of positive things heading into the spring.”

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