St. Bonaventure Women’s Lacrosse Preps for Upcoming A-10 Tournament
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team is looking to end its season strong. Its final regular … Keep Reading
Bonnies shut out Quakers for third win
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team picked up its third win of the season on Thursday, shutting out the Penn Quakers 4-0. The Bonnies (3-4) out-hit the Quakers (0-6) 12-10 over the course of the game. The Quakers also struggled with runners on, leaving 16 runners on base to the… Keep Reading
Bonnies rout Minutemen in first game of the A10 Tournament
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Associate Editor PITTSBURGH- The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men’s basketball team routed the Massachusetts Minutemen in the second round of the A10 Tournament for the third time this season. “Its tough to beat any team three times, but they kind of know what we do, we know what they do, so… Keep Reading
Bonnies vs. UMASS A10 Tournament Preview
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Associate Editor PITTSBURGH – Third times a charm for the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team (19-11, 11-7), who will take on the Massachusetts Minutemen (15-17) for the third this season in the second round of the A10 Tournament on Thursday. Junior guard Jaylen Adams, who was named to the… Keep Reading
Golf finishes ninth at Fort Lauderdale
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University’s golf team finished ninth out of 14 schools at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday. The Bonnies finished only two shots behind eighth place Drake, and three shots behind seventh place Mercer. The Bonnies had 914 total strokes, and the winners, Richmond, had 871.… Keep Reading
Bonnies avoid sweep on walk-off win
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team avoided a sweep in a three-game series against the Maine Black Bears, winning the third game 4-3 on Saturday. The teams matched each other in hits, with each getting seven a piece. However, a majority of the game was defined by a pitchers’ duel.… Keep Reading
Bonnies lose despite clicking on offense
After earning its first win of the season last Saturday, the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team fell at Radford University on Monday afternoon 14-11. Radford jumped out to an early 5-2 lead in the first half before Bonaventure was able to work their way back into the game and take a lead going into… Keep Reading
Bonnies rebound from loss, beat Rams
By David Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s tennis team emerged victorious on Sunday morning against Fordham, winning 6-1. It was a neutral site for the match at Army West Point, who the Bonnies lost to the day before. St. Bonaventure won five singles matches, including junior Victor Blanco victory over senior Tomas… Keep Reading
Bonnies unload bullpen in extra innings loss
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor For the second straight day, the St. Bonaventure University baseball team went to extra innings against the Maine Black Bears, losing 5-4. The Bonnies and Black Bears combined to use 11 pitchers over 18 innings played in the game. Despite losing, the Bonnies out-hit the Black Bears 13-9. Offense got… Keep Reading
Incomplete matches highlight Bonnies tennis losses
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s tennis teams both played on Saturday, each taking a loss. The men faced Army and took a 4-0 loss in their first matchup in a series at Army West Point. Freshman John Rutkowski, sophomore Indra Patwardhan and senior Hristo Hristov were the only… Keep Reading
Bonnies close out Senior Day with a win
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Associate Editor The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team (19-11, 11-7) earned a 60-56 win over the Massachusetts Minutemen (14-17, 4-14) on senior day this afternoon. Bonnies head coach Mark Schmidt talked about senior day being an emotional high at the beginning for the team. “It’s a different game, the last… Keep Reading
Bonnies go to extras, lose to Maine
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editors The St. Bonaventure University baseball team battled, but ultimately fell to Maine Saturday afternoon, losing 6-5 in extra innings to the Black Bears. The teams matched each other offensively throughout the game, combining for 15 hits (eight for the Black Bears and seven for the Bonnies) and drew a combined… Keep Reading
Softball goes 1-1 on day one of USF Under Armour Invite
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Associate Editor In game one of the USF Under Armour Invite, the St. Bonaventure University women’s softball team fell to the Pennsylvania Quakers 9-1 in five innings. The Bonnies (2-5) struggled to get anything going offensively, not getting their first hit of the game until the fourth inning when junior second baseman… Keep Reading
What is the Warming House?
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer The Warming House is a well-known facility in Olean, NY that provides food for any member in the community that would like to join. The Warming House provides a meal every day at dinner time throughout the entire year; this means it serves 300 days out of every year. On… Keep Reading
Tennis teams create strategic pairings
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer Members of the St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s tennis teams must find their most compatible partner to create an effective doubles team. When choosing doubles teams, Head Coach Michael Bates mixes and matches players to see which ones work best together to create three successful and competitive pairs. Bates… Keep Reading
Golf team looks to youth for success
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor A youth movement has swept through the St. Bonaventure University golf team, bringing together a group of sophomores and freshmen who have found success on the course. “[I] really couldn’t be happier with where [the freshmen] are and how they made it through the winter,” Head Coach Ryan Swanson said.… Keep Reading
Kings reign at the Deadline
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The 2017 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and what a time it was. There were many interesting deals, including Mark Streit getting traded twice, ending up in Pittsburgh. There were many trades this season that involved salary retention for some higher priced players. However, three trades really stood… Keep Reading
Bonnies season comes to an end
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor After nearly four months of long bus trips and hard-fought matchups, the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team’s season ended. The Bonnies finished conference play at 4-12, bringing their overall season record to 9-20, and ended the year with a 73-70 loss to the La Salle Explorers in the opening… Keep Reading
Hall of Fame class announced
Ask St. Bonaventure University students about the history of Bonnies athletics, and the response might be the school made it to the Final Four in 1970 and won the NIT in 1977. However, St. Bonaventure’s sporting history extends far beyond those two years. Players from all the teams have excelled while wearing the brown and… Keep Reading
Sved journeys from Bolivia to Bona’s
“I have heard this many times before. Reverse culture shock and transition back to your home country is worse than leaving,” said Jeff Sved, the new director of the Franciscan Center for Social Concern at St. Bonaventure University. After living in Bolivia, transitioning back to American life was challenging to Sved, as he had to… Keep Reading
Dogs teach valuable lesson
They say all you ever need to really know in life you learn in kindergarten, and I’m not entirely sure I believe that. This quote is commonly found on a poster in an elementary school principal’s office. This poster usually comes with a list of lessons taught in kindergarten such as compassion, cooperation and sharing.… Keep Reading