Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR With two games remaining, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (6-5-4 overall, 2-3-1 A-10) is positioned to make a late-season push into the Atlantic 10 Conference playoffs for the first time in six years. Eight teams will qualify for this season’s A-10 playoffs. The Bonnies, tied…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The New York Giants have quickly become one of the worst teams in the recent years of the National Football League. Since the 2013 NFL season, the Giants have had one winning season. In 2016, they had a record of 11-5 and lost in the first round of the postseason…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor As the season comes to a close, the St. Bonaventure women’s rugby team looks to enter the playoffs as the three seed. The Bonnies will enter the Upstate New York College Rugby Conference small school division playoffs Saturday morning. Head coach Clarence Picard said even though the team is small,…
In 2013, it was the Pittsburgh Pirates that were the major story of the playoffs. A season ago it was the Kansas City Royals that captivated most of the baseball audience by making it to the World Series. So the question is: Which team has the biggest story going into October? The great thing about…
By Zach Waltz Sports Editor The women’s rugby team improved to 5-0 on the season after defeating the University of Rochester 29-10 last Saturday in Rochester. The win puts the team in first place in the Empire Rugby Division Three West conference. The Bonnies have their first-round playoff game tomorrow at home at 3 p.m.…
By Eustace Q. Browne Staff Writer As the St. Bonaventure softball season begins to come to a close, the team’s (6-28, 3-8) postseason hopes remain ambiguous. With a 3-8 record in the Atlantic-10 conference, the Bonnies sit three games out of the sixth and final spot for the A-10 tournament in the Bronx, New York.…
By Gavin Lindahl Assistant Sports Editor The 2013-14 NHL season has been one of the stranger ones in recent years. From Patrick Roy breaking the glass partition to yell at Bruce Boudreau to John Tortorella trying to fight his way into the Calgary Flames’ locker room to Olympic snubs and to this week’s James Neal…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s rugby season has come to an end as the Bonnies lost their bowl game against American International College (AIC) in Shippensburg, Pa. Saturday. The Bonnies were originally supposed to play Shippensburg University, and SUNY Brockport was supposed to play AIC. However, Brockport was not able to travel,…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The men’s rugby team came away from the weekend with two wins over Iona (90-5) and the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point (55-14). The victories allow the Bonnies to travel to Shippensburg, Pa. to face Shippensburg University in the American Collegiate Rugby Championship’s (ACRC) quarterfinals tomorrow…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor The women’s soccer team’s season came to a close Friday in Richmond, where they lost the semifinal game of the Atlantic 10 tournament. The top-seeded Dayton Flyers (14-5-2) handed the fourth-seeded Bonnies a 4-1 loss despite SBU holding a 1-0 lead for the majority of the game. The women finished…
The men’s rugby team beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 43-12 Sunday in New Haven, N.J. Head Coach Clarence Picard said he started five freshmen to get them playing experience. This tactic is new to the Bonnies lineup. “(The freshmen) all had their ups and downs, definitely,” Picard said. “They’re still getting used to the speed…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team is looking to go where no Bonaventure soccer team has gone before. The team advances to the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament for the sixth year in a row, something only the Bonnies and the Dayton Flyers have done. The women were picked to finish…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor After going 0-3 to start off conference play, the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team has all but booked its sixth-consecutive ticket to the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament. The Bonnies (7-8-1) are tied for third place with George Mason (7-8-1) after bringing in six more points last weekend at home, extending…
By Chris Gilbert Staff Writer With only three games left in the regular season, the team holds an 8-6-1 record and is in sixth place in the Atlantic 10. There are eight playoff spots for the A-10 Tournament, out of 13 teams that make up the conference. The Bonnies look to grab a spot in…
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor As the MLB gears up for what looks to be one most exciting postseasons in recent memory, a common theme has appeared among the October-bound teams. Highlighted by teams like the Pirates, Athletics and Dodgers, this year’s playoff teams are made up of young, exciting players that have taken…
By Mike Specht Staff Writer In their final game of the season, the hockey team fell again to Ithaca 11-3. Not able to qualify for playoffs this year, the Bonnies finished with a final record of 7-13. Last Saturday, the Bonnies looked to end their season with one more victory, even if they weren’t going…
By Mike Specht Staff Writer After a loss to SUNY Cortland last Saturday, the men’s hockey team won’t take part in the American Club Hockey Association playoffs in 2013. Needing a win to stay in contention, the Bonnies (8-11) were outscored 10-3 by Cortland. Their season will conclude Saturday at Ithaca College (13-11). The puck…
By Steve Marcus Staff Writer The men’s soccer team (5-12, 3-4) welcomes La Salle (8-6-3, 2-4-1) today at 3p.m. and Fordham (5-6-4, 1-3-3) Sunday on McGraw-Jennings field. Sitting in 9th place just one point behind 8th place Rhode Island, the team hopes to clinch a playoff berth. La Salle comes into the game winless in…
By Mike Specht Staff Writer Following a close loss against Stony Brook University, the men’s rugby team plans to host Rutgers (2-6) tomorrow. In a do-or-die situation, the Bonnies (5-2-1) need to win this match, as well as the last game of the season against Iona College to be eligible for the USA Rugby National…
