Photo: GoBonnies.com BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure overcame a seven-point deficit late to beat the last place George Washington Colonials 50-49 on Wednesday. “I am happy that we found a way to win, but I was really disappointed in the way we played,” said head coach Jesse Fleming. St. Bonaventure (11-9, 3-6… Keep Reading
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY COLBY GAINES, STAFF WRITER Coming off a 27-15 semi-finals statement win over Kutztown, the Bonnies are locked and loaded for this weekend’s National Collegiate Rugby Division I Tournament championship game against the second-seeded Penn State. “It was huge,” coach Tui Osborne exclaimed, moments after the win in a university press release. “The… Keep Reading
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER Claire Cody, a redshirt sophomore on the women’s basketball team, is St. Bonaventure University’s latest scholarship athlete. Bonaventure head coach Jesse Fleming surprised Cody with the news Saturday after practice in front of the team. “It was honestly so unexpected,” said Cody. “It was crazy … The team went crazy.… Keep Reading
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure looked to bounce back at home playing host to the Bucknell Bison on Monday, but lost, 72-60. Bucknell won possession on the tipoff and never looked back. They led wire-to-wire. The Bison jumped out to a 7-2 lead. Bucknell junior forward Carly Krsul hit a… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure Bonnies continued their homestand against the Kent State Golden Flashes looking to continue their home win streak. The Bonnies won the tip off and the opening possession resulted in a shot-clock violation. The Flashes started the game with two threes to open their scoring. After trading… Keep Reading
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team won a game by more than 30 points for the first time since 2012 Sunday at the Reilly Center, routing Division II Clarion 81-49. The Bonnies (5-1, 0-0), outpaced the Golden Eagles (1-4, 0-0) in key areas like offensive rebounding (18-8), second chance… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The Bonnies hosted Little Three rival Canisius at home on Wednesday, winning 67-59. St. Bonaventure got out to a quick start going up three to start the game. The Bonnies pressured on defense early as they forced a couple missed 3-pointers. The Golden Griffins and Bonnies traded threes early… Keep Reading
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2021 Men’s Soccer End of Year Awards Thursday, recognizing two St. Bonaventure University players. The major awards, All-Conference teams and the All-Rookie Team, were voted on by the A-10 men’s soccer coaches while the All-Academic Team was selected by the men’s soccer communications directors,… Keep Reading
BY COLBY GAINES, STAFF WRITER Loyola Chicago University, currently representing the Missouri Valley Conference, will become the newest member of the A-10, the league announced on Tuesday. This addition will make Loyola the 15th league affiliate as of July 1, 2022. “Welcoming Loyola University Chicago was not a difficult decision,” said Dr. Mark C. Reed,… Keep Reading
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2021 Women’s Soccer Postseason Awards Thursday, recognizing three St. Bonaventure University players. The major awards, All-Conference Teams and All-Rookie Team were voted on by the A-10 women’s soccer coaches while the All-Academic Team was selected by the women’s soccer communications directors, according to the… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swim teams traveled to Ithaca, New York to take on Cornell this weekend, falling 156-87 and 144-92 respectively. On the men’s side, the Bonnies were able to pick up four event wins. Two wins by senior Alec Thomas in the 200-yard freestyle with a… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team played host to the Siena Saints on Thursday, winning 50-42 in the Reilly Center. Early on the Bonnies jumped out in front as Siena couldn’t find a rhythm. The Bonnies attacked the paint by way of forward Ene Adams. After the first timeout, the Bonnies would go cold as they let the… Keep Reading
BY MICHAEL SEITZ, STAFF WRITER. St. Bonaventure defeated the Robert Morris Colonials 61-53 this afternoon at the Reilly Center. The game began slow as both teams started cold from the floor. Robert Morris led after an uneventful first quarter by a score of 11-8. To start the second quarter, the Colonials responded to a Nikki… Keep Reading
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team clinched an Atlantic 10 tournament berth for the first time since 2013 on Sunday at the Marra Athletics Complex, defeating Duquesne, 2-1. After looking on from the sidelines as the Bonnies (7-7-4, 5-4-1) celebrated their senior day before the game, the Dukes (4-10-2,… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR This season, the NFL decided to go stricter on the taunting rule. This is making it seem like we are ending up at the no fun league once again. What drives people to watch games are the celebrations and the emotion after huge plays. It’s just natural for emotion… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team won 2-1 in a must-win game on the road against Dayton on Saturday to improve their record to 4-9-1 in the fight to make the conference tournament. The first half started slow for both teams. The Bonnies struck first late into the first… Keep Reading
BY COLBY GAINES, STAFF WRITER As the fall season comes to an end for St. Bonaventure golf, the men traveled to North Carolina last weekend for the ODU/OBX intercollegiate to come away with a 15th place finish out of 17 teams—tallying an 897 54-hole total. Although the competition at Powells Point may have not been… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR With the Buffalo Bills on a bye week this week, I feel that this would be a great time to take a look at why these weeks are important. This week is usually used to regroup and recover to continue the long NFL season. Since the league decided to… Keep Reading
BY LOUIS GENOVESE, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s cross-country teams made the trip to Delaware Park Saturday afternoon for the Canisius Alumni Classic. The Bonnies had five men in the top 30 out of 119 runners. Freshman Zack Buckner finished sixth, coming in at 26:35.0, a mere 10 seconds short of his… Keep Reading
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The Bonnies’ three game win streak ended at the hands of the Dayton Flyers on Sunday. St. Bonaventure now stands at 6-7-3 and 4-4-0 in conference play. The first half was a quiet one. It took until the opening minutes of the second half before a goal was scored.… Keep Reading