Photo: Colby Gaines BY: AARON TARQUINO, SPORTS STAFF 11-0. A national championship. 651 points scored. Those are some of the accolades the women’s rugby team accomplished last season in Division III. Jumping up to Division I this season, the team is looking for more of the same. “Our biggest motto is to get 1% better…
Graphic: Kyle Maier BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Six years before Utah Archer’s starting goalie Brett Dobson became a two-time Premier Lacrosse League champion, he was a Canadian high school prospect with zero Division I offers, hoping for a single opportunity. St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse head coach Randy Mearns gave him that chance. “I knew…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: NATHAN DONNELLY, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team, with 75% of the roster being international players, has created a welcoming and enjoyable connection among players and coaches. Freshman Luke Ollivierre, of Bridgetown, Barbados, said that coach Michael Bates established the type of atmosphere that someone would want to…
Photo: Kyle Maier BY: ALLIE ELKINS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Every decision that we make is going to be with the student-athlete at the forefront,” said Bob Beretta, vice president and director of athletics at St. Bonaventure University. Beretta took on the job in July, following a months-long search for an athletic director by the university. According…
Photo: Will D’agostino BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR “I could be anywhere in the basketball world today, and I choose to be at St. Bonaventure University,” said Adrian Wojnarowski today at his introductory press conference as Bonaventure’s men’s basketball general manager. At a packed Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Wojnarowski sat alongside director…
PHOTO: Frankie Debari BY: CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team will host Robert Morris University in an out-of-conference clash this afternoon. RMU visits with a record of 3-2-2. The Colonials’ last game resulted in a 3-2-win Saturday evening to IU Indianapolis. The Colonials come into the matchup shooting 1.57 goals per…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure’s women’s soccer team fell to 0-2-0 in Atlantic 10 play yesterday afternoon following a 1-0 loss to the University of Massachusetts. The Bonnies (1-8-1, 0-2-0 A-10) committed 12 fouls and allowed UMass (6-3-1, 1-1-0 A-10) to take eight corner kicks. The Minutewomen attacked…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: CARSON HAYEK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team will face the University of Massachusetts at home today on Bona’s Senior Day. UMass is coming off a 1-0 loss to #22 Saint Louis University Thursday night. Overall, Massachusetts owns a record of 5-3-1 (0-1-0 A10). The Minutewomen average 1.5 goals…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: DAVID PREMYSLOVSKY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s cross county teams compiled fifth and seventh place finishes at the University of Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational today. In the men’s first 8k event of the season, junior Aiden Scattergood finished first overall out of 261 runners with a time of…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AARON TARQUINIO The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team went one for 11 this weekend in the Big 3 Battle, hosted by the University of Buffalo. Niagara University and UB both outmatched the Bonnies in the singles competition, with freshman Alex Kim being the only Bonnie to win a set. Buffalo…
Photo: Ryan Addeo BY: GAVIN WATSON, STAFF WRITER AND WILL NUNN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER For St. Bonaventure University’s cross-country team success comes from the utilization of technology in training, and it all starts with the Garmin GPS watch. The watch, which every runner wears during practice, documents their performance and vitals with an app called V.O2.…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: CARSON HAYEK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure University’s golf head coach, Ryan Swanson, has returned to the mountains of Allegany for his eighth year. Swanson was a 2008 graduate of Bonaventure and looks very favorably on his time in Olean. “I had a great experience here,” said Swanson. “It is why…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR With players hailing from Jamaica, Venezuela, Ghana and Denmark, St. Bonaventure University’s men’s soccer head coach Kwame Oduro has built an international roster with diverse skill sets. Oduro described the scouting approach his staff takes to locate premier talent globally. “There are showcases all over the world…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KEGAN MCCALLUM, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure Women’s team will kick off its Atlantic 10 conference play today, taking on the George Washington University Revolutionaries at the Mount Vernon Athletic Field in Washington, D.C. The Bonnies sit at a 1-6-1 record going into the game. This matchup starts a 10-game run…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LUCAS PANNOZZO, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Second-round heroics allowed the St. Bonaventure men’s golf team to capture its eighth straight Little Three Championship at the Crag Burn Golf Course Tuesday. The Bonnies fought off Canisius University’s strong first round, ultimately ending the day victorious by eight shots. After the first round of…
Graphic: Kyle Maier BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Bob Beretta, St. Bonaventure’s director of intercollegiate athletics, revealed today that Adrian Wojnarowski reached out to him with interest in the men’s basketball general manager position despite being one of the highest-paid figures at ESPN. “Woj was instrumental in helping me begin the search for a general…
Image courtesy of St. Bonaventure University BY: DAVID SCIBILIA, MANAGING EDITOR Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA Insider for ESPN, announced his retirement earlier today and will return to St. Bonaventure University as the general manager for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program. In this role, the 1991 alum will help manage name, image and likeness opportunities…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LEAH ANSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team faceoff against Le Moyne College of the Northeast Conference Wednesday in a battle to start an upcoming home stretch of games. The Bonnies (2-4) are coming off a 4-2 loss to Little Three rival Niagara University and now face a…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY MICHAEL PEPLINSKI, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure men’s soccer (2-3) takes on rival Niagara (1-5) today, hoping to bring back yet another win against a struggling Niagara team. Both teams looked to gain momentum early in the season, and this promises to be a hard-fought matchup. Shots on net will play…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Forged by fire through multiple non-conference battles against Power Four opponents, the St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team now moves to Atlantic 10 play Sept.19 with a game at George Washington. In late August, the Bonnies traveled to the Lone Star State, where they faced Big 12…