The Rev. James M. Demske Sports Complex is a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
,
soccer
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,
lacrosse
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, and
softball
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venue in
Buffalo, New York
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, United States. It is home to the
Canisius Golden Griffins
The Canisius University Golden Griffins are composed of 16 teams representing Canisius University in intercollegiate athletics. These teams include men's and women's basketball, cross country, track, lacrosse, soccer, and swimming and diving. Men ...
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
, men's and women's
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
, men's and women's
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
, and
softball
Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...
teams of the
NCAA
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Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
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(MAAC). Built in 1989, the venue has a capacity of 1,200 spectators.
The building is named for Rev.
James Demske, who served as the President of
Canisius College
Canisius University is a private Jesuit university in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 ma ...
from 1966 until 1993.
It is located behind the
Koessler Athletic Center on Canisius' campus. To save space and money in the college's urban setting, the facility is home to six Canisius athletic programs.
From 1989 to 2008, the facility had an
AstroTurf
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12 surface. In 2008, renovations installed of A-Turf, which lessens the impact on athletes who play on the surface. Also in 2008, new scoreboard and baseball
dugouts were added. The facility also features stadium lighting and
locker room
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s.
In 2004, 2009, and 2011, the venue hosted the MAAC Men's Lacrosse Championships. In 2010, it hosted the MAAC Softball Championships. In May 2012, it hosted the MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championships.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
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References
External links
New Turf Photo Gallery August 2008at GoGriffs.com
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