BY TOM SEIPP, MANAGING EDITOR. An Emily Calabrese mid-range jumper just over two minutes into the second half would give St. Bonaventure a 12-point advantage against St. John’s. It was the Bonnies largest lead of the season. The energy was positive. The entire St. Bonaventure bench was standing, cheering loudly for their teammates in an…
BY TOM SEIPP, MANAGING EDITOR Just over a year ago, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies dismantled Hofstra in a 73-45 victory in front of a sold-out Reilly Center crowd. In the first few minutes of Saturday’s game, it seemed like the only difference would’ve been the attendance number, as the Bonnies got out to an early…
BY TOM SEIPP, MANAGING EDITOR It’s been 283 days since the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team stepped off the court after 40 minutes of basketball. After two quarantines, five games canceled and days of waiting, the Bonnies finally were able to begin their 2020-2021 season at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The Bonnies wasted…
BY TOM SEIPP, MANAGING EDITOR. NOV. 6, 2020 After a difficult season in 2019-20, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team is looking to start off on the right foot in the 2020-21 season. The Bonnies struggled a year ago, finishing with a 7-23 record, losing six games in a row to end the season, and…
By Tyler Smith, Sports Assignment Editor After years of disappointment and mediocrity, Buffalo Bills fans went into the 2020 NFL season with cautious optimism. Through the league’s first four weeks, that optimism turned into excitement. The Bills began the year 4-0 for the first time since Marshawn Lynch was the team’s leading rusher. The time…
By Nathan Solomon, Staff Writer On Oct. 16, the St. Bonaventure University’s men’s basketball team officially kicked off pre-season activities in preparation for the upcoming season. “We have 30 practices starting [last Friday] before hopefully our first game on Nov. 25th,” said head coach Mark Schmidt. After last season was abruptly cut short due to…
By Dustyn Green, Staff Writer Over the last several years, St. Bonaventure University has become known for attracting some very talented athletes, most notably within their basketball programs. However, athletes from SBU are headed to the professional ranks in other sports such as baseball and soccer. Most recently, Remi Dujardin, a 2019 graduate of St.…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor St. Bonaventure University hasn’t seen any of their former players appear in a Major League Baseball game since 1962. While the team has seen many go through the Minor League Baseball system, there hasn’t been one who has made the show quite yet. But, if you tuned into the 2019…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor If you’re a basketball fan on social media, there’s a good chance you follow @LethalShooter on Instagram. If you don’t, you should join over 1.4 million fans who already do. @LethalShooter posts shooting tips, motivational quotes and clips of him working out with NBA and WNBA players. What many people…
By Tyler Smith, Sports Assignment Editor If there is any element that could further the already vibrant school spirit at St. Bonaventure University, it would be a football program. Whether it be Division I or even Division III, due to the small school population, the Bonnies’ faithful would flock to the field in droves on…
Positive test becomes second active case on-campus By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor A St. Bonaventure University student- athlete tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, according to the Bonaventure athletic department. It’s the second student to test positive since classes began. The athletic department said that the individual is asymptomatic and returned a negative result on the…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor The 9/11 Memorial in New York City is like no other. Nearly 3,000 names of the victims who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001 are engraved at the site, as exhibits fill up the emotional memorial. From New York Mets comebacks to George Bush’s emotional first pitch in the World…
By Henry Trost, Contributing writer It would seem that most members of the St. Bonaventure University community have become acclimated to all of the necessary safety precautions enforced everywhere on campus. Student athlete’s schedules go from class to their afternoon practices as they would any other year. But the empty schedules for all of St.…
By Nathan Solomon, Contributing Writer Throughout the later part of summer, St. Bonaventure University student-athletes began to repopulate campus after being abruptly sent home in March due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, in order to return, athletes would have to be committed to following protocols, even after a summer at home. “Two weeks prior to…
Social distancing requirements are adding a new wrinkle to offseason workouts By Tommy Valentine, Staff Writer It used to be that the toughest part of preseason workouts for athletes at St. Bonaventure was avoiding the snooze button on their blaring alarm at 6:00 a.m. Picture the toughest pre-pandemic workout you’ve had in recent memory: hands…
By Mike Hogan, Associate Editor Sometime in the future, St. Bonaventure women’s soccer coach Steve Brdarski will coach his players in person again. Games will be played at the Tom ‘80 and Michelle Marra Athletics Complex. The lights will be on. The hill filled with SBU students on a crisp fall night. But when those…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor Two weeks ago St. Bonaventure University’s men’s basketball program had three scholarships to fill for the 2020-2021 season. On Monday, the Bonnies landed their third recruit with the commitment of Kent State University transfer Anthony Roberts. “It was a no brainer,” Roberts said. When Roberts announced that he was entering…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor Just three days after St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball program signed its first spring recruit, it got another commitment. This time, Jalen Shaw, a six-foot 10 center by way of Triton Junior College in River Grove, Illinois. Multiple schools pursued Shaw this year, including Cleveland State, but Shaw decided to…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team picked up their first spring recruit Friday, with the commitment of JUCO guard Eddie Creal. “It just felt like the place to be,” said Creal on his commitment. “The coaches here believe in me and I trust them.” Creal said there were other…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor and Mike Hogan, Editor-in-Chief On March 30, the NCAA voted to grant an extra year of eligibility to student-athletes in spring sports whose seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of the decision, the NCAA left the decision up to institutions on whether or not they …