Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER The Los Angeles Dodgers look to win their second consecutive World Series championship, and the only team standing in their way is the top-seeded Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers, led by two-way player Shohei Ohtani and defending World Series MVP Freddie Freeman look to be…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball defeated Division II Daemen University 79-68 in an exhibition game Wednesday in the Reilly Center. Tied at 68 with 2:10 left in regulation, sophomore guard Mackenzie Pettinelli’s corner three sparked an 11-0 run to close out the game. She finished…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team took down Division III Alfred University Wednesday in its season-opening exhibition game 101-40. The Saxons jumped out to a quick 11-5 advantage three minutes into the first half, before the Bonnies began a scoring barrage led by junior guard…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure’s women’s basketball opens its season with an exhibition game against Division II Daemen University at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Reilly Center. Bonaventure enters the season without its top three scorers from last year. Guard Dani Haskell graduated, while guard Zoe…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; SPORTS EDITOR During the offseason, the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team reloaded their roster. The retooling brought some international talent to Olean, including two new additions that call Canada home. Frank Mitchell, a native of Toronto, Ontario, comes to Bonaventure for his senior season after spending two…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER On Oct. 18, the St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s cross country teams had their best showings of the season, with a combined 24 personal bests being achieved in the team’s last meet before the Atlantic 10 Championships Meet on Nov. 1. Senior runner Clay Peets…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER During the 2026 season, the St. Bonaventure softball team will be managed by first-time head coach Camden Decker. Decker joins the Bonnies following three consecutive 30 plus win seasons as an assistant coach with the Troy University Trojans. Decker led the Trojans to a 34-22 record…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SAWYER BURKE AND SAM SWEATMAN; STAFF WRITERS Handler Park at McGraw-Jennings Field is getting a $1.5 million facelift this offseason, marking one of the most significant upgrades to St. Bonaventure University’s baseball facilities. Developments began in May after being delayed in 2024 and are expected to be completed…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer fell to 3-11-2 with a 6-0 loss to the University of Dayton Sunday, extending its losing streak to eight straight, all against Atlantic 10 opponents. The team nears the end of its first season with head coach Melissa Sherwood, who…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team dropped their ninth consecutive game, this one by a score of 5-1 to Duquesne University. The Dukes (11-5-1, 6-3-0 A-10) started the scoring early when junior forward Kaitlyn Killinger scored her fourth goal of the season unassisted. In…
BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team fell Thursday to the St. Joseph’s Hawks by a score of 3-1. The Hawks (5-9-1, 2-5-0 A-10) started the game fast, with a scoring chance in the 8th minute that was denied by sophomore goalkeeper Adelaide Paredes. In the…
BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com St. Bonaventure University’s men’s soccer team hosts conference opponent No. 24 George Mason University, their fourth to last game of the season, at the Marra Athletics Field Complex Saturday. This is just the third time since 2015 that a nationally ranked team will play in…
BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team fell to conference rivals George Washington (4-6-3, 1-4 A-10) in a 3-2 home loss this past Sunday afternoon. This loss continued the Bonnies’ (3-8-2, 0-5-0 A-10) winless start to conference play this year. Bonnies graduate defender, Paula Sanabria Diaz, opened…
BY: CAMERON DUMONT; STAFF WRITER Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com St. Bonaventure men’s soccer dropped their game Saturday 2-0 to conference foe Rhode Island Rams. The loss drops the Bonnies to a record of 1-2-1 in Athletic 10 play and 3-6-2 on the season. The Rams sit at 2-6-3 on their season following the victory. The Bonnies…
BY SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com St. Bonaventure’s golf team will compete in the Matthews Auto Intercollegiate, its fourth tournament of the season, on Sunday, Oct. 5 and Monday, Oct. 6 at the Links at Hiawatha Landing in Apalachin, New York. Bonaventure returns to the two round 36-hole event hosted by…
BY SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com St. Bonaventure’s men’s cross-country team races in the Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic, its third meet of the season, Saturday at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Bonaventure returns to the course for the first time since 2021 when it placed last out…
BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com George Mason (4-6-2, 3-1-0 A-10) started the scoring in the 16th minute with a penalty kick scored by senior defenseman Zoë Vidaurre. The penalty kick came off a handball call on Bonnies junior defenseman Naomi Sharma Tobar. Four minutes later, Bonnies sophomore midfielder Hannah Lindenberger committed a defensive…
BY: WILL NUNN; SPORTS EDITOR Photo: @LiquidSportsLab / X The game of baseball has entered a new age. Gone are the days of using the eye test to evaluate a player or determining a player’s worth based on his batting average. In today’s game, analytics are king. Advanced metrics and biomechanics can engineer a ballplayer…
BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com On Aug. 21, St. Bonaventure University announced plans to build a six-court outdoor tennis complex located southeast of Joyce Field. After twenty years, the tennis courts on the west side of campus are beyond repair and no longer a viable training option for a Division…
BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER Photo: @sbuwomensrugby on Instagram Fifty Years ago, St. Bonaventure University Rugby played its first season. Now in 2025, the men’s and women’s teams are some of the most decorated programs in Northeastern America. Freshman forward Jacob Papesh is looking forward to this milestone year. “It’s a big year for us,…