Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams experienced what they called the most grueling stretch of their season last weekend, facing nationally ranked Army and Cornell in back-to-back days. Scheduling two difficult meets in two days was an intentional decision, according to Bonaventure’s…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER Coming off of their most impressive victories of the season on December 3 against Canisius, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams looked to keep the momentum rolling in a dual meet at Binghamton on Jan. 21. By the end of the day, the Bearcats got the…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER Coming off their longest break of the season, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s Swim and Dive teams return to the pool as they head to Cleveland, Ohio to compete in the Magnus Cup from Nov. 17-19. The Bonnies, who have not competed since Nov. 5, have utilized their week-and-a-half…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER After competing on the road for the first five meets of the season, the St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s Swim and Dive teams returned home to face Cornell. The men’s and women’s teams fell to the Big Red by scores of 95-148 and 90-144 respectively. On the men’s side,…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swim and dive team are set to compete at the Atlantic 10 invitational this weekend in Ohio. The men’s team is going into the invitational coming off of a 0-2 performance in the Cleveland State tri-meet with loses to both Cleveland State and Kenyon.…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s swimming and diving team started its 2022-23 campaign Thursday as it took on St. Francis (Pa). Last year the Bonnies finished with a record of 4-1 in dual meets last season. They started this year with an entirely new coaching staff. This means they will…
The women’s swimming and diving team dominated the Niagara Purple Eagles 154-79 during its final away meet before A10’s. The Bonnies were led by freshman Rachel Taylor and senior Tanja Kirmse. Both women won two events during the meet last Saturday. Taylor won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke events. Kirmse finished first in…
After a difficult week of practice, the women’s swimming and diving team competed against Atlantic 10 rivals Duquesne and LaSalle last weekend in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sophomore Tanja Kirmse led the way for the Bonnies, winning the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. Juniors Adelyn Graf and Elizabeth Malone turned in second-place finishes…
By Joel Jackson Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team will be competing in their last dual meet before Atlantic 10 Championships this weekend, but the emphasis will not be on winning. The Bonnies travel to Penn State this Saturday to take on the Nittany Lions. In fact, Head Coach Seth Johnson…
By Joel Jackson Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming team hasn’t competed in a meet in more than a month, but the Bonnies have been staying busy. “We’ve been kicking the snot out of them,” Head Coach Seth Johnson joked. Over the pre-semester break, the Bonnies took a training trip to Florida and spent…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor The women’s swimming and diving team is making its final preparations for Atlantic 10 Championships. With only four days until the team’s travel day, a palpable sense of excitement has encompassed the swimmers. “It’s indescribable,” senior Erica Pascarella said of the A-10s. “It’s a meet you can’t understand unless…
By Harrison Leone Assitant Sports Editor People search high and low to find a calling or a niche where they truly feel comfortable. For Erica Pascarella, the lone senior of the women’s swimming and diving team, that niche was swimming. “Swimming was just something that I always wanted to do,” Pascarella said. “I’ve always enjoyed…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor With its final home meet in the books, the women’s swimming and diving team is preparing for the home stretch of the 2012-‘13 season. The next challenge for the Bonnies will come tomorrow as the team travels to Buffalo. The meet will be a rematch of the Feb. 4…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor With less than a month to go until they compete for Atlantic 10 championships, the women’s swimming and diving team will host Niagara tonight at 6 before traveling to Buffalo Feb. 2 in their final two dual meets of the year. The Niagara meet will mark the second consecutive…
By Harrison Leone Staff Writer The women’s swimming and diving team is back in the pool today as they travel to Akron, Ohio to participate in the Zippy Invitational. Last year, the team finished 12th of 14 participating schools. The invitational is the first competition for the Bonnies since their home loss to Cleveland State…
By Zach Waltz Staff Writer The men’s swimming and diving team will travel to Akron, Ohio for the Zippy Invitational at Akron University, today through Dec. 4. The teams competing against the Bonnies are Akron, Buffalo, Clarion and Niagara. Coach Sean McNamee said the meet looks to be very competitive with all of the teams…
By Harrison Leone Staff Writer The women’s swim team hopes to rebound after last weekend’s home loss to Cleveland State (143-99). The women have this weekend and Thanksgiving week off. The Bonnies will be back in the water Nov. 30 when they travel to Akron, Ohio, to compete in the five-day Zippy Invitational. “There’s always…
By Harrison Leone Staff Writer The Reilly Center hosts its first women’s swim meet of the season tomorrow when the Bonnies welcome Cleveland State. The meet will be a rematch of last year’s contest in which the Vikings bested the Bonnies 141-96. Coach Seth Johnson said his team is working hard to prepare for the…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Editor The women’s swimming and diving team heads to Pittsburgh today for an 11 a.m. meet with the Panthers tomorrow. The Bonnies had a promising opening to the season last Saturday at the WNY Invitational at Buffalo. For the Pitt meet, the team is taking a different approach than the WNY…