Photo: GoBonnies BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Less than two months from the start of its women’s basketball season, St. Bonaventure boasts the smallest roster among all 15 Atlantic 10 Conference teams. “You need five to play. We have 10,” said Jim Crowley, Bonaventure’s head coach. “Other people are way more worried about that than we…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR After 12 seasons under Steve Brdarski, a new head coach is on the scene for the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team. In January, Bonaventure named Donny George its 11th head coach in program history. In two seasons on Niagara University’s coaching staff, George helped lead the…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR Clay Peets has made his mark on St. Bonaventure University’s cross-country and track programs. As a freshman, Peets set program records in outdoor track in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter dashes. He established the 5000-meter record at that year’s Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships. During the 2021-22 season,…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team opens Atlantic 10 play Saturday following a 2-2-1 start during its non-conference slate. Bonaventure traveled to Texas as they faced Houston Christian and Incarnate Word to begin the season. The Bonnies’ lone non-conference win came against Houston Christian in…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team traveled on the road to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grabbing their second conference win, 16-15, over Duquesne on Wednesday. The Dukes (1-8, 0-3 A-10) started the offensive attack early with a goal from sophomore attacker Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw just 30 seconds into the match. The Bonnies (4-6,…
BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR On Tuesday, for the first time in school history, the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team traveled to Syracuse to face the Orange in the JMA Wireless Dome. In their first-ever meeting, Syracuse got off to a quick start as the Orange found the back of the net 37 seconds…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER After getting swept in three games at Saint Louis last weekend, the St. Bonaventure softball team welcomed the Buffalo Bulls into town on March 21 for its home opener at Joyce Field. The Bonnies held the Bulls scoreless in Game 1 en route to a 3-0 victory. While coming back…
St. Bonaventure University has hired Jim Crowley as the next women’s basketball coach, according to a release. Crowley served as the head coach of the Bonnies from 2000-16 and the team made six postseason berths. In 2012, the team won 31 games and made the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. He won 258 games and won…
Photo @BonniesMBB/Twitter BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Davidson faithful traveled in droves to the Barclays Center as the Wildcats took down St. Bonaventure, 65-54, Wednesday afternoon in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. “It was being keyed in on our defensive principles, following the scouting report, locking in on the film that…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In a game that St. Bonaventure needed for Atlantic 10 Tournament seeding, the Bonnies pulled through. Bonaventure jumped ahead 40 seconds in and never looked back, scoring a season-best 89 points to defeat Saint Joseph’s 89-76 and snap a five-game skid. “We didn’t play perfect by any stretch, but…
DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER After falling to Little Three rival Niagara 13-5 in the season opener, the St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team looked to rebound in their home opener against Canisius on Feb. 15. The Bonnies quickly fell behind 3-0 in the first two minutes, but after a timeout, they got hot, scoring three goals…
BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNEMNT EDITOR After playing their first six matches on the road, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s tennis teams returned home to compete in their first home matches of the season. The women’s team competed twice over the weekend, beating Slippery Rock 5-2 on Saturday and defeating Mercyhurst 7-0 on Sunday.…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s track teams continued their strong start to the season, picking up where they left off at the Houghton Invitation, as more school records continued to fall at the Brockport Invitational on Feb. 4. On the men’s side, it was Clay Peets who set a…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure Men’s and women’s tennis teams continued their spring season as the men traveled to Clevland to take on Cleveland State and Xavier, followed by a trip to Virginia to take on Davidson and Virginia Tech, while the women traveled to West Point to take on Fordham, Stony…
BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The last time the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team touched the turf was during their close 8-7 loss to Manhattan in the 2022 MAAC Championship game. Much has changed since the Bonnies’ final game last May. Six Bonnies players were drafted into the National Lacrosse League in September, three…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team snapped it’s three game winning streak to La Salle in the Reilly Center, 76-70, on Wednesday night, dropping to fifth in the Atlantic 10 standings. “We didn’t play our best tonight,” Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt said. “But give La Salle credit. I thought…
BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR After narrowly losing 49-45 to George Mason last month, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team looked to split the season series against the Patriots Wednesday night. The Brown and White couldn’t get the offense going as they fell to George Mason 65-51. Graduate senior Nikki Oppenheimer led the way…
Photo: GoBonnies BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR In a sea of white, the Reilly Center brought the white noise to capture a victory over Dayton, 68-59, on Saturday night. The Flyers started out hot with a 5-0 run to start the game. Guard Kyrell Luc then answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Bonnies the…
BY JONNY WALKER, MANAGING EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team defeated Atlantic 10 rival Richmond 66-62 Wednesday night in the Robins Center, moving up one spot in the A-10 standings. The Bonnies (12-11, 6-4 A-10) prevailed over the Spiders (11-12, 4-6 A-10) despite their leading scorer this season, guard Daryl Banks III, recording…
BY TOM SEIPP, ASSOCIATE EDITOR In the newly painted St. Bonaventure baseball head coach’s office hangs an old white t-shirt. The shirt has four school logos – St. Bonaventure, the University of Miami, Florida Atlantic and NC State – surrounding the words 2004 NCAA Regional. That was the last – and only – time the…