Women’s soccer opens its arms to Undercoffer family Nearly six years ago, St. Bonaventure University’s women’s soccer coach Steve Brdarski picked up a copy of USA Today and attempted a crossword puzzle on a team bus. After becoming uninterested, Brdarski started to read the paper and stumbled upon a heart-hitting article. Brdarski read an article…
Gianniny helps team to best A10 finish in Swanson’s career As the sun began to set last Sunday night, it also set on another spring season for the St. Bonaventure men’s golf team. The men finished up their 2019 spring golf season at Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference…
From iPhones, to computers and just about anything else, technology has taken a firm grip on every aspect of our lives – for the better and the worse. But after reading reports that the MLB will test out robotic umpiring at the minor league level at some point this season, I was equal parts confused…
Enjoying success as both a starter and reliever No letters, no offers. Donovan Moffat, a 2016 graduate of McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, only had plans to attend St. Bonaventure University as a student. Baseball wasn’t clearly in the cards when he arrived to campus two years ago. Until the hopeful Moffat received an…
MacFarlane sees improvement as runners adopt a winning mindset In only its third season, the St. Bonaventure track program has taken large strides on both the men’s and women’s side. Both the men’s and women’s teams set a number of personal records and, in some cases, shattering program records. For Bob MacFarlane, head coach of…
With confetti falling onto the court at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tony Bennett and the Virginia Cavaliers had finally climbed the hill of college basketball immortality. A little more than a year after being the only No. 1 seed to ever lose to a No. 16 seed, Virginia made an all-time turnaround. Bennett,…
Mentor and former student of the game go head-to-head As the lights flicked on at the Tom and Michelle Marra Athletics Complex Tuesday night, Randy Mearns, head coach of the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team, stood on the opposite sideline of Canisius. The place he had spent the entirety of his professional career until now.…
Davidson, Easterday and others encouraged by newcomers With only one win in 28 games, the past season and a half has been tough sledding for the St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team. But even with the struggles come bright spots. For coach Chelsea Rosiek, the rest of the 2019 season revolves around competitiveness, building for the…
Shyly sitting in Reilly Center room five, I signed up to do my first story for The Bona Venture newspaper during the welcome week interest meeting in August of 2017. My assignment: to write about the men’s soccer team, a sport that I knew very little about at the time. But as a scared-to-death freshman…
Growing pains aplenty as Mearns and team stay positive during their inaugural season For the St. Bonaventure University men’s lacrosse team, the end of their inaugural season is near. With four games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Bonnies have a lot to look back on and grow from, all the while having plenty…
Success becoming an expectation for men’s rugby team as season kicks off After the fall 15-on-15 season ended, the St. Bonaventure men’s rugby team finished the season ranked No. 12 in Division I-A. As the team started its seven-on-seven spring season this weekend, momentum continued for a program that is seemingly on the rise. The…
At the NFL Owners meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Kim Pegula told reporters that they are in the early stages of studying the future of New Era Field. Since the early 2000s, NFL teams have been in a frenzy to use the public’s money to construct the newest coliseum. The Buffalo Bills stadium, commonly referred to…
Men’s rugby senior making program proud in hopes of award “In high school, I was an under 18 all-American, here at Bonaventure, I was an under 20 all-American and this season, I was the most valuable player of the Rugby East, which is our conference,” said Eamonn Matthews, a senior member of St. Bonaventure University’s…
Scoring leader gives credit to her teammates for her success Entering her third year as a member of the St. Bonaventure’s women’s lacrosse team, Destinee Johnson was prepared to make her presence felt, not only on St. Bonaventure’s team, but on the A10 conference at large. Following up her freshman and junior season, in which…
As I walked through the media entrance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, I felt a chill go through my body. With two of my journalistic best friends, Jeff Uveino and Sean Mickey, we picked up our media credentials and headed downstairs to the media headquarters, where we spent pretty much all weekend.…
Bonnies’ NCAA Tournament dream falls just short As time ticked away on the game clock in the waning seconds of the Atlantic 10 Championship game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, time froze and the arena fell silent. With the Bonnies trailing St. Louis University 55-53 Nelson Kaputo, a senior guard that spent…
Freshman and his beer hat go viral during Atlantic 10 Tournament As we have seen so many times in sports, especially on television, fans play a big role in any live broadcast. That was true this weekend for St. Bonaventure freshman Dominic Grecco. Whether he was standing in the student section end-zone bleachers of the…
It was Sunday Jan. 6 in Fairfax, Virginia. The banged-up, inexperienced Bonnies entered its first conference game with a lousy record of 4-9, the worst non-conference record of the Mark Schmidt era, and almost nobody had any hope for this team. As they walked out of the locker room after taking a 15-point…
“They just have to play,” said Mark Schmidt, the head coach of St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball team four days ahead of his team’s first Atlantic 10 Tournament game. “We play in big arenas, so that’s not going to be a factor at all. They’re no longer freshmen. They have played 30 plus games.…
Despite an 0-3 record, the Bonnies’ young core are enjoying the ride As a bitter winter continues in New York, the spring lacrosse season gets underway. The St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team made their collegiate Division I and conference debut in the span of two weeks. The season for the Bonnies has been a roller…