By Pat Tintle Sports Editor The men’s basketball team faced Rhode Island last Sunday in a battle of defense, but failed to seal a victory as the Bonnies fell to the Rams 53-48. The Bonnies are now 11-7 (4-3) and are sixth in the Atlantic 10. The Bonnies’ two main offensive threats, junior guard Marcus … Keep Reading
Western New Yorker’s love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its’ regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Sabres Oh yes, the Sabres. The worst team in the Atlantic Division. The worst team in the Eastern conference.… Keep Reading
By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team has a reputation of being one of the hardest working teams on campus, practicing twice per day five days per week. This season, Coach Krista Carlson has stated that their eyes have remained set on that same goal. The girls are certainly on… Keep Reading
By Nick Konotopskyj Contributing Writer Success has been a common theme for the St. Bonaventure men’s swimming team. One week after taking down Binghamton by a score of 147.5-88.5, the Bonnies managed to win even more convincingly against the Niagara, 168-74 Saturday These were the first two meets the team has competed in for more… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor From West Africa to Western New York – Coach Kwame Oduro has traveled far to continue being a part of the sport he loves. Appointed the seventh head coach of the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team in mid-December, the Ghana native is plenty familiar with the American university atmosphere. Oduro… Keep Reading
By Gavin Lindahl Sports Assignment Editor The club hockey team split its road trip with one loss and one overtime win last weekend. The Bonnies’ win over Ithaca Sunday was the team’s first win since Nov. 8 and its second win of the season. According to junior defenseman and assistant captain Nate Parker, the 4-3… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor With the national television spotlight upon it, the men’s basketball team came back from a first-half deficit to defeat Atlantic 10 rival St. Joseph’s 70-61 last Sunday. The team started the game with four turnovers within the first ten minutes of play. Despite giving the Hawks an early lead, the… Keep Reading
Not every student at St. Bonaventure is from Buffalo, but sometimes it certainly seems that way. Many of these students are, to extreme degrees, interested in the professional and college sports of that great town. To cater to our proud Buffalonians, the BV is excited to unveil the “Buffalo Brief”, a breezy synopsis of all… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Sports Editor Major League Baseball (MLB) players are filthy rich. How rich? To put it in perspective, the 12 largest sport contracts in history come from MLB players, the highest being this off-season’s signing by the Miami Marlins of Giancarlo Stanton, who will make $325 million over the next 13 years. On… Keep Reading
By Ethan Kibbe Assistant Sports Editor I wish I knew.” That is how St. Bonaventure women’s basketball Head Coach Jim Crowley responded when asked why his team was mired in a five-game losing streak after falling to Virginia Commonwealth University 61-51 on Wednesday night. When the contest began, it looked like St. Bonaventure would take… Keep Reading
By Gavin Lindhal Sports Assignment Editor In sports, there are few positions as physically and mentally demanding as that of an ice hockey goalie. Game in and game out, goalies are expected to contort their bodies, diving and spinning to stop discs of vulcanized rubber traveling at speeds up to a 100 mph from entering… Keep Reading
By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer They rise well before the sun most mornings and wake themselves up with a short trip through the frigid air and a physically intensive training session. While the rest of the students around them get a five-week Christmas break, theirs is only three. Their course work is the same, but… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor The women’s basketball team (5-2) hosted Colgate University (0-6) on Tuesday, Dec. 2 in the Reilly Center. Despite a 30-30 tie at halftime, the Bonnies came out in the second half to outscore the Raiders 35-19, sealing their fifth victory of the season, 65-49. The Bonnies will head to… Keep Reading
By Zach Waltz Sports Editor The men’s basketball team improved to 5-1 on Wednesday after beating the Buffalo Bulls, 72-63. Head Coach Mark Schmidt said the Bonnies executed their defensive game plan perfectly in the first half, allowing the team to get a 16 point lead going into the half. “I thought we took… Keep Reading
By Zach Waltz Sports Editor When I first started writing for The Bona Venture, I had no clue what I was getting myself into. I figured I would just be writing some stories every week, and I was perfectly content with that. Seeing my name on a byline in print is a feeling that never… Keep Reading
By Gavin Lindahl Sports Assignment Editor Sixteen years ago, when junior forward Andrew Chadwick was only four years old, his mother made an interesting and, possibly, ill-informed decision. She put the four-year-old Chadwick on ice with skates and a hockey stick and let him play hockey as opposed to football. “My mother thought football… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor For the second straight year, the Bonnies have surrendered the Franciscan Cup to Siena. Last season, the men’s basketball team traveled to Siena to battle for the cup. They fell 72-70 at the Times Union Center in Albany, ceding the cup which they had won at home in… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor After a win in front of their home crowd against Canisius College, the women’s basketball team dropped their first road game of the season to James Madison, 76-43, on Sunday, Nov. 16. The Bonnies struck first against the Dukes with a jump shot by junior forward Katie Healy, but James… Keep Reading
By Gavin Lindahl Sports Assignment Editor Nearly two months into the season, and the situation is bleak for the St. Bonaventure club hockey team. The team has been outscored 40 goals to 16 through the team’s first eight games, seven of which have been losses. Included in those seven games is Bona’s 5-2 loss… Keep Reading
By Pat Tintle Assistant Sports Editor Heading into the 2014-2015 offseason, the New York Yankees have a glaring issue to address – the replacement of an icon. Derek Jeter has been synonymous with the Yankees since his first full big league season in 1996. His leadership and exemplary consistent baseball brought New York five… Keep Reading