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,…
BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team enter Atlantic 10 Conference play with a record of 3-3-2 while achieving a win or draw in every single home contest outside of A-10 play. Transfer players have made an impact on the stat sheet early on this season. Graduate…
BY: SEAN WALLACE; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com After a scoreless draw against Davidson, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team enter the last half of the season, with six of eight games coming against Atlantic 10 opponents. The Bonnies sit 12th in the A-10 and possess a conference record of 0-1-1. The standings…
BY: CARSON HAYEK; SPORTS EDITOR Photo Courtesy of daytonflyers.com Built in 1966, the Reilly Center has had numerous notable players, such as Bob Lanier and the Stith brothers, play on the court in the past. As for the present, the NBA is approaching the end of the regular season, and there are 12 current NBA…
BY: RILEY PENDLETON; STAFF WRITER Photo: @hoopglitch on Instagram With the Bonnies losing nine players on the roster to the transfer portal, they needed to make some noise of their own. Adrian Wojnarowski and the Bonnies staff were able to do just that, bringing in Minnesota Gopher big man Frank Mitchell and Juco product Joe…
BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com From winning the Little Three Championship to finishing 19th out of 20 in the Ross Collegiate Classic the road to the Atlantic 10 Championships has been nothing short of rocky. Freshman Braddock Damore said that the team has shown they have the potential to place better…
BY JOHN GUERRERA; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com On April 2 St. Bonaventure University Vice President and Director of Athletics Bob Beretta announced the appointment of Mick Giordano as the eighth head coach in the history of the Bonnies men’s soccer program. Giordano spent the last five seasons as head coach of the UNC…
BY: SAM CAROZZA; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Down to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and each of the eight teams left wants their hands on Europe’s most prestigious club competition trophy. In the Champions League, each team faces each other twice, once at home and once away. Four first-leg games took…
Photo from Wikimedia Commons BY: COLIN BISH/ STAFF WRITER 40. Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan In recent years, no player has screamed “Michigan Wolverine” more than Hutchinson. Hailing from the small town of Plymouth, Michigan, Hutchinson committed to the Wolverines in 2018. He played sparingly in his freshman season, but came back to show major…
BY: CARSON HAYEK; SPORTS EDITOR Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com On March 24, the NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal opened. According to the New York Times, over 1,000 basketball players have entered the NCAA transfer portal. As for St. Bonaventure, the Bonnies’ entire 2024-25 scholarship roster with eligibility remaining has decided on its future. Two players…
Photo courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR As the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team’s season closes, the vaunted calamity of the offseason has arrived. The Bonnies finished the season with a 6-24 record, going just 2-16 in Atlantic 10 play. In the present era of collegiate athletics, a complete roster upheaval can…
BY: AIDAN SHINNERS; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy @MLB on X With the first weekend of the 2025 Major League Baseball season in the books, baseball fans are starting to see the fallout of this past offseason filled with many franchise-altering moves. Some of these moves have improved rosters, while others may not look as good…
BY: CARSON HAYEK; SPORTS EDITOR Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com The 2024-25 Bonaventure men’s basketball season has ended, and the season was a fascinating one. A season that saw the team start 14-1, finish 8-12 and go 9-9 in conference play has led to many questions about the state of the team entering the offseason. Here…
Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com BY: WILL NUNN; SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR For the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball program, the 2011-2012 season was one for the record books, providing the program with the most success it had ever seen, success that has not been replicated since. Coming off three consecutive women’s NIT appearances, the Bonnies, who had…
BY: LAYNE HAUGHT; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com The St. Bonaventure baseball team had its 2025 season home opener this past weekend in a three-game series against George Mason. The Patriots took a two-to-one series win over the Bonnies, with the Bonnies pulling together to avoid the sweep on Sunday. George Mason opened the…
BY: SEAN WALLACE; STAFF WRITER Photo Courtesy of gobonnies.com Coming off a 19th-place finish at the Ross Collegiate Classic to start their spring schedule, the Bonnies placed 11th out of 13 teams at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate Mar. 25 in Williamsburg, VA. The team shot 297 in round one, 300 in round two and 299…
BY: SAMUEL WEILERT; STAFF WRITER Photo: @DukeMBB / X For the first time since 2017, not a single 13, 14, 15 or 16 seed pulled off a miraculous upset against any of the top four seeds. This year’s Sweet 16 is also composed of only Power Four conference teams, with the SEC taking up seven…