Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY GAVIN WATSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team finished its 2023 campaign with a 3-2 loss against George Washington on Sunday. With the loss, the Bonnies were officially eliminated from the Atlantic 10 Conference playoffs. The Bonnies finished with an overall record of 3-8-6 and a record of…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR With a win over VCU this Saturday, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (6-6-4 overall, 2-4-1 A-10) would clinch their first winning record since 2010, when the team finished 10-8-1. The Bonnies had a chance to put themselves into prime position for a playoff bid, however,…
BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (4-5-2 overall, 1-3 A-10) lossed to the University of Massachusetts (5-4-3 overall, 2-2 A-10) Wednesday afternoon, 5-2. The Bonnies are in 11th place and the Minutemen 8th for the Atlantic 10 standings. The game started with the Bonnies scoring in the 11th minute with…
BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure, N.Y.— The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team faces Duquesne Sunday at the Marra Athletics Field Complex. The Bonnies (3-5-2 overall, 2-0-1 A-10) will face the Dukes (4-5-2 overall, 1-0-2 A-10) after coming home from a win against Fordham on Thursday. The victory over the Rams moves the Bonnies…
Photo: GoBonnies BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF With the score tied 1-1 on St. Bonaventure University’s all-purpose field, junior Sydney Hayward stepped up from her center back spot and into opposing Niagara’s 18-yard box. She tracked her teammate’s free kick — a high, arching ball — and jumped over defenders to head it past Niagara’s goalkeeper. …
BY NATHAN DONNELLY St. Bonaventure, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team defeated Little Three rival Canisius 4-0 at the Marra Athletics Complex Wednesday night. The Bonnies (3-3-1, 0-1 A-10) improve to .500 while the Golden Griffins (1-6-1, 0-1 MAAC) picked up their fourth-consecutive loss. Junior forward Umechi Akuazaoku’s goal with 9:16 left gave…
The Marra Sports Complex after Tate has cleared it Photo Courtesy of GoBonnies BY: CONAN LYNCH, STAFF WRITER Mike Tate, superintendent of St. Bonaventure University’s golf course and sports fields, uses a snow pusher to clear the Tom 80’ and Michelle Marra Sports Complex when it snows. “I’m the only one who clears it,” Tate…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team lost the final game of its season Saturday against Virginia Commonwealth University, 2-0, capping off a winless season in Atlantic 10 play. The Bonnies (3-10-3, 0-6-2) and the Rams (3-7-6, 3-1-4) went scoreless through the first half. Two second-half goals propelled VCU to…
St. Bonaventure has parted ways with women’s soccer coach Steve Brdarski, the university announced in a release Tuesday. Brdarski served as head coach for 10 seasons, beginning in 2013. He led the team to the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals his first season and the first round in 2021. This season, Brdarski compiled a 3-8-6 overall…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team lost, 3-0, at Saint Joseph’s University Saturday, officially eliminating the Bonnies from contention for an Atlantic 10 Tournament berth. The Hawks scored first. The Bonnies failed to register a goal, allowing two second half goals. “I thought we played well,” said Bonaventure…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer ended its 2022, last Thursday, falling to Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne, 2-0. The entire first half consisted of a possession battle between the Bonnies (3-8-6, 1-8-1 A-10) and the Dukes (6-5-3, 4-2-3 A-10) as both teams controlled with an occasional shot for each team. The…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team tied, 1-1, with University of Massachusetts Saturday at Rudd Field, earning its second point of the season. For Bonaventure head coach Kwame Oduro, the game was a tale of two halves. “In the first half, we were excellent — we were unbelievable,”…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team picked up its first conference win of the season, defeating the Richmond Spiders, 1-0 ,Sunday at the Marra Athletics Complex, picking up its first conference win of the season. The win was the Bonnies first since a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan on Aug.…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Fordham’s Jed Dixon, a sophomore defenseman, entered Saturday’s game at the Marra Athletics Complex against St. Bonaventure with just under 14 minutes remaining. Twenty seconds later, Dixon made an overlapping run down the left sideline. Fordham’s Florian Deletioglu, a junior midfielder, laid the ball off for him at the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team lost its fourth-straight conference game against Davidson, 3-0, Sunday. The Bonnies (2-4-5, 0-4 A-10) and Wildcats (9-2-1, 2-2 A-10) were at a stalemate for the entirety of the first half. In the 65th minute, the Wildcats took control as freshman midfielder Charlotte Snead kicked…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR With three minutes remaining in regular time and the score tied, St. Bonaventure’s goalkeeper, freshman Nicolas Pucci, cleared the ball to the top of opposing Niagara’s 18-yard box. Niagara’s goalkeeper, senior Josh Savoni, charged off his line, knocking the ball to the chest of Bonaventure’s leading goal-scorer, Matthew Wrobel,…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team lost, 2-0, at Dayton last Sunday. From the opening kick, the Flyers (8-1, 2-0 A-10) were in control. They kept possession for the majority of the game. With 25 seconds left in the first half, senior forward Alicia Donley attempted a cross into the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team falls by score of 1-0 against conference foe Fordham to kick off conference play last Thursday. The Bonnies (2-1-5, 0-1 A-10) and Rams (2-6-0, 1-0 A-10) had a stalemate going late into the first half. In the 43rd minute, senior midfielder Amber Achladis sent…
By Cameron Carr, Contributing Writer Seeking an important conference victory, the Bonnies broke through in the final 20 minutes of their Saturday afternoon road meeting with Duquesne, scoring twice and winning, 2-0. In the 72nd minute, midfielder Fredrik Hanson scored the Bonnies first goal off a sweet feed from sophomore Joshua Pulla. Then, freshman Luca…
St. Bonaventure University is home to only 1,800 undergraduate students, and on a weekly basis, its athletic programs compete with the largest Division I universities in America, many of which are home to more than 50,000 undergraduate students. And for a school like Ohio State University, with an undergraduate population of 66,000, recruiting is easy…