Chestnut Hill College Athletics

07/29/2024

Griffins Welcome Ashley Johnson as their New Cross Country/Track and Field Head Coach

Chestnut Hill College Director of Athletics Jesse Balcer is pleased to introduce Ashley Johnson as the college's new Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach Johnson becomes the seventh head coach in the history of the program that started back in 2005 with just cross country and added track in....

07/25/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Women's Basketball Team Ranked #19 in WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced the 2023-24 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls yesterday afternoon with the Chestnut Hill College Women's Basketball program earning their first ever Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll ranking.

07/25/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Griffins Baseball Team Named a 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Winner

Greensboro, N.C. - The Chestnut Hill College Baseball Team was been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. The ABCA announced that more than 470 college programs from across the country have received this awar...

07/24/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Three Women's Lacrosse Players Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll; Team named an Academic Honor Squad

The Chestnut Hill College Women's Lacrosse Team along with three members of the 2024 squad were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association's 2024 IWLCA Academic Honor Squad and Academic Honor Roll in an announcement today by the organization

07/23/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Griffins Named an ITA All-Academic Team as Nine Men's Tennis Players Earn ITA Scholar Athlete Honors

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association has announced their 2024 ITA Division II Men's Academic Awards with 78 programs earning Men's All-Academic Team honors and a total of 543 athletes designated as ITA Men's Tennis Scholar Athletes.

07/23/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Eight Women's Tennis Players Earn ITA Scholar Athletes; Griffins Named an ITA All-Academic Team for Eighth Consecutive Season

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association has announced their 2024 ITA Division II Women's Academic Awards with 112 programs earning Women's All-Academic Team honors and a total of 759 athletes designated as ITA Scholar Athletes.

07/16/2024

BASKETBALL ACADEMIC HONORS: Neal Hill and Lucas Dunn Named to 2023-24 NABC Honors Court

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has announced the 2023-2024 NABC Honors Court, recognizing men's collegiate basketball student-athletes and teams in all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, who excelled in academics during the past season. Chestnut Hill College has p...

07/04/2024

From our Griffin Athletics family to yours...Wishing everyone a Happy Independence Day as we celebrate the birth of our great nation! May the spirit of independence and freedom inspire you today and always!

07/02/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS: Griffins Place 172 Student-Athletes on CACC Spring Academic Honor Roll

A total of 172 Chestnut Hill College student-athletes were honored by being placed on the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Spring 2024 Academic Honor Roll, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara.

07/02/2024

Griffins Welcome Liz Martin as their New Head Women's Lacrosse Coach

Chestnut Hill College Director of Athletics and Recreation Jesse Balcer is proud to introduce Liz Martin as the college's next Head Women's Lacrosse Coach. Martin becomes the 19th head coach in the history of the program which dates back to 1961.

07/01/2024

ACADEMIC HONORS!: Men's Lacrosse Earns Fourth Consecutive USILA Team Academic Award

The United State Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) has announced their Team Academic Award winners for the 2024 season with the Chestnut Hill College Men's Lacrosse team earning recognition for the fourth consecutive year.

06/13/2024

Chestnut Hill College Women's Basketball Coach Megan Fox Selected to Attend 2024 NCAA Women Coaches Academy

Chestnut Hill College Head Women's Basketball Coach Megan Fox will be a member of the 53rd class of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy (WCA) taking place June 16-19 in Denver, Colorado. The academy is a partnership between WeCOACH and the NCAA to provide multi-day growth and leadership development for w...

05/30/2024

Chestnut Hill College is proud to welcome Megan Fox as their new Head Women's Basketball Coach!

Congratulations Megan and welcome to the Griffin Nation!

Chestnut Hill College Director of Athletics Jesse Balcer is pleased to introduce Megan Fox as the institution's new Head Women's Basketball Coach. Fox becomes the 33rd coach in the 98-year history of the program that dates back to 1926 and the 11th head coach since the program became an NCAA member....

05/23/2024

MEN'S LACROSSE HONORS: Griffins Place Two Players on the USILA/Blatant Lacrosse Division II All-America Teams

Julius Sorino & Dan Grubb named as Honorable Mention All-Americans following stellar seasons!

Two members of the Chestnut Hill College Men's lacrosse team were named to the USILA/Blatant Division II All-America team in an announcement made by the United State Intercollegaite Lacrosse Association Thursday morning.

05/21/2024

Griffins Rank High in CACC Sportsmanship Awards Final Standings

Chestnut Hill women's Programs place second overall while the men place third

The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Announced the final 2023-24 CACC Women's and Men's Sportsmanship Award standings this morning in an announcement made by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.

05/21/2024

CACC Announces Final 2023-24 Restaino Cup Standings

Griffin women's programs place sixth while the men finish seventh

The Central Atlantic collegiate conference announced the winners of the 2023-24 Alfred R. Restaino, Sr. Cup for men's and women's sports following the recently completed sports season, with the Chestnut Hill College women's program producing their best finish in the standings since joining the confe...

05/20/2024

TRACK & FIELD HONORS: Cole Stanchina Named to USTFCCCA All-Region Team

Chestnut Hill College Men's Track and Field distance runner Cole Stanchina earned 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor track and Field All-Region honors in an announcement made by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) late Friday afternoon.

05/17/2024

MEN's LACROSSE HONORS: Four Men's Lacrosse Players Named to the USILA All-North Region Team

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Four members of the Chestnut Hill College Men's Lacrosse team were named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-North Region team as announced by the organization today

05/16/2024

MEN'S TENNIS HONORS: Four Griffin Men's Tennis Players Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team

Four members of the Chestnut Hill College Men's Tennis team have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Men's Tennis Academic All District team in an announcement made by the organization and the CSC Academic All-America® committee.

05/15/2024

Four Griffin Women's Tennis Players Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team

Four members of the Chestnut Hill College Women's Tennis team have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women's Tennis Academic All District team in an announcement made by the organization and the CSC Academic All-America® committee.

05/15/2024

Chestnut Hill College Director of Athletics Jesse Balcer recently sat down with KYW's Matt Leon for his 1 on 1 podcast to talk about his career, from his playing days to taking over as Athletics Director

You can listen to the full podcast at https://griffinathletics.com/news/2024/5/15/chestnut-hill-college-athletic-director-featured-on-kyws-1-on-1-podcast-with-matt-leon.aspx

It's a great interview

05/14/2024

Congratulations to our six student athletes who were named 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Winners!
First team honorees in their respective sport include women's Basketball players Bri Rider and Avery White
Second team honorees were Neal Hill (Men's Basketball; Jose Cuadra and Adam Manfaa (men's soccer). football player Nick Ocampo was a third team honoree.

full story on griffinathletics.com

05/08/2024

Our director of Athletics Jesse Balcer was a guest on Matt Leon's 1 on 1 Podcast this week! Click below to listen!

Jesse Balcer has been the Director of Athletics at Division II Chestnut Hill College since 2018. He’s been at the school since 2003 when he started the men’s basketball program and he served as head coach until 2020. In Episode #214 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Balcer in studio ...

05/07/2024

Michael Pascoe and Phoenix Bowman Named to CACC Baseball All-Conference Team

Chestnut Hill College baseball players Michael Pascoe and Phoenix Bowman have been named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference 2024 all-conference team in an announcement made by the conference office Tuesday morning.

05/06/2024

MLACROSSE RECAP: Griffins Capture Fourth Straight CACC Men's Lacrosse Championship!

Sam Slater Scores Career-high Seven Goals in 17-8 win

An explosive offensive attack by the Chestnut Hill College Men's Lacrosse team left no doubt as to who would claim the 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Men's Lacrosse Championship as the Griffins rallied from a one goal deficit in the third quarter to handily defeat top seed Wilmington Un...

05/05/2024

FOUR-PEAT!
Our Griffins Men's Lacrosse team are CACC CHAMPIONS for the 4th straight year! We defeated Wilmington University 17-8 in the Championship game this afternoon!

full story will be up later on griffinathletics.com

05/05/2024

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY!
Our team goes for their 4th straight CACC Men's Lacrosse championship today against Wilmington University
First faceoff is at 11 AM in Orangeburg, NY

watch: www.griffinathletics.com/coverage (link in bio)

05/04/2024

MEET DAY!
Our Chestnut Hill Track and Field teams are competing at the CACC Track and Field Championship Meet this weekend at Georgian Court University!

Go Griffins!
1 PM start on Saturday; 10 AM on Sunday


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05/02/2024

MLACROSSE RECAP: Johnson's Five Goals Lead Griffins into CACC Championship Game with Win over Lions

Cade Johnson scored three of his career-high five goals in the second half as the Chestnut Hill college Men's Lacrosse team held off a comeback effort from Georgian Court University to defeat the Lions 10-5 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate conference Tournament Semi-finals Wednesday night at victo...

05/01/2024

GAMEDAY!
Post season time as our Griffins Men's Lacrosse Team begin their quest for a fourth straight CACC championship with the CACC semi-Finals tonight vs. Georgian Court University at Victory Field
Game time is 7:30 p.m.

stats/video found at www.griffinathletics.com/coverage


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