BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR With three minutes remaining in regular time and the score tied, St. Bonaventure’s goalkeeper, freshman Nicolas Pucci, cleared the ball to the top of opposing Niagara’s 18-yard box. Niagara’s goalkeeper, senior Josh Savoni, charged off his line, knocking the ball to the chest of Bonaventure’s leading goal-scorer, Matthew Wrobel,…
BY ANDREW HALE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s tennis teams were in action this past weekend with the men’s team beginning their season at the Navy Invitational tournament. The women’s team, on the other hand, played in their second tournament in two weeks at the University at Buffalo Invitational. The men’s…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Buffalo Bills: the only NFL team that plays in New York State No, the New York Giants and the New York Jets don’t count. They play in New Jersey. Bills fans have seen it all: Wide Right, the Comeback (known to now Tennessee Titans fans as the choke, or…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The New York Giants have quickly become one of the worst teams in the recent years of the National Football League. Since the 2013 NFL season, the Giants have had one winning season. In 2016, they had a record of 11-5 and lost in the first round of the postseason…
BY SAM CAROZZA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Wilt Chamberlain might be the most disrespected legend in the NBA. People appreciate his greatness, but I feel like NBA fans don’t investigate him specifically as a player. His scoring feats alone could put him top 3 all-time in today’s game. Some of his scoring records include: most points per game…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team lost, 2-0, at Dayton last Sunday. From the opening kick, the Flyers (8-1, 2-0 A-10) were in control. They kept possession for the majority of the game. With 25 seconds left in the first half, senior forward Alicia Donley attempted a cross into the…
BY SAM CAROZZA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure golf team competed in the VCU Shootout this week in Richmond, VA. Although not the outcome the Bonnies expected, the shootout did have some standout moments. The Bonnies finished with a total of 878 points coming in 13th out of 14 teams. During the rounds they had…
By Nathan Soloman, Sports Assignment Editor After a convincing 11-6 victory over Siena on Saturday, the St. Bonaventure University’s men’s lacrosse team is on their way to the program’s inaugural MAAC tournament as the number six seed. Winners of three of the last four games, the Bonnies head into Friday’s match-up against Detroit Mercy with…
By Tyler Smith, Sports Editor “ The sticks kind of ran a little cold,” is how head coach Randy Mearns described the Bonnies’ agonizingly close loss to Quinnipiac Saturday. With just over 10 seconds remaining, Bobcat senior Jake Tomsik found the back of the cage, breaking a 4-4 draw and sealing the victory over St.…
By Cameron Carr, Contributing Writer Seeking an important conference victory, the Bonnies broke through in the final 20 minutes of their Saturday afternoon road meeting with Duquesne, scoring twice and winning, 2-0. In the 72nd minute, midfielder Fredrik Hanson scored the Bonnies first goal off a sweet feed from sophomore Joshua Pulla. Then, freshman Luca…
By Nathan Soloman, Sports Assignment Editor For the first time in 680 days, the St. Bonaventure Baseball (0-5) team took the Fred Handler Park field, facing off with the La Salle Explorers (10-7) in a Saturday doubleheader. However, the Bonnies faced overall struggles in the two games, dropping contests 6-3 and 4-1 to the Explorers.…
By Max McAuliff, Staff Writer Welcome to a 17-game NFL regular season. NFL owners voted Tuesday to expand the NFL regular season from 16 games to 17. This decision has been expected for months and doesn’t come as a surprise to most people in the league. While a 17-game season isn’t surprising, it certainly has…
By Michael Seitz, Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team split two contests on the road last weekend, beginning with a win at George Mason University on Friday by a score of 72-62. This was the team’s third straight victory and pushed their Atlantic 10 conference record to 4-8. Tori Harris led the Bonnies…
By Nathan Soloman, Sports Assignment Editor After an 11-month lay-off, the St. Bonaventure Women’s Lacrosse team is back in action on Friday. Coming off a 5-2 COVID-19 shortened season, the Bonnies look to continue last year’s success with an 11-game slate under second-year coach Jason Levesque. “Everyone’s just anxious and excited to get back on…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor It’s no secret 2020 has been a year unlike any other. After not having professional sports from March to the end of July, the sports world is finally completely back underway. The return to watching live sports is something we’ve all missed tremendously, and are glad to have back, but…
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 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…
By Andrew Kruszka, Contributing Writer The Sandra A. & William L. Richter Center is St. Bonaventure University’s fitness building for non-student athletes on campus. Although some of the time, a Division I athlete may catch your eye as they do have workouts and activities in there, most of the time, the general non-athlete student population…
The week of Nov. 17, 2019 will always be remembered, in my mind at least, as the week when sports media got bored. Sports media networks wasted their time covering the tryouts of potential backup NFL quarterbacks and washed up NBA superstars. The likes of ESPN, Bleacher Report and Fox Sports were sucked into the…
Last week, the St. Bonaventure University Faculty Senate voted on and approved a sports management major for the school of business. The major currently needs New York State approval before being implemented in the school’s curriculum. A full launch of the major is expected to be next fall semester, according to the school’s dean. Sports…