Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY RYAN LOMBARDI, CONTRIBUTING WRITER On Friday, St. Bonaventure traveled to Mount St. Mary’s for a four-game weekend series. Chance Moore, a redshirt junior, toed the rubber for the Bonnies in Game One. Moore went four innings, allowing three earned runs and striking out three. Redshirt senior right fielder Adam Rankie…
BY: ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR The No. 7 seeded St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team fell 70-60 to the No. 6 seeded Duquesne Dukes in the Atlantic 10 Semifinal game. The semifinal matchup was the third time the two teams played each other in three months. Bonnies sophomore forward Assa Essamvous drove to the lane, converting…
BY: ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR The No. 7 seeded St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team takes on the No. 6 seeded Duquesne Dukes in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Championships Saturday. This is the third matchup of the season between the two teams. Duquesne defeated Bonaventure in both games. At home in January, the Dukes…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University’s men’s lacrosse team won its first game of the season Tuesday after beating Canisius University 12-8. Senior midfielder Jackson Webster opened up scoring for the Golden Griffins (2-5) before the Bonnies (1-5) answered with four goals from four different players in…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY RYAN LOMBARDI, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Bonnies traveled to Middle Tennessee Friday afternoon for a three-game series against the Blue Raiders. Redshirt junior Chance Moore started on the mound for Bonaventure in Game 1. The Bonnies went down early after junior shortstop Clay Badylak and sophomore secondbaseman Cale Vinson hit sac…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS EDITOR Having not won a game since Dec. 30, the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team capped off a rough season with a 62-51 loss on March 6 to Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Championships. This abrupt end to a 4-26 season served as a sad ending…
BY ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR The No. 7 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball defeated the No. 2 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 75-74 in a double overtime thriller to advance to the Atlantic 10 Semifinals. Like the Bonaventure’s second-round matchup against La Salle, the Bonnies came out cold shooting 0-5 to begin the game. Following a layup from…
BY WILL POLADIAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Redshirt junior center Noel Brown came up limping after a defensive position early in the first half needing assistance on the bench after being substituted for redshirt junior forward Chad Venning. The trainers on the bench worked on taping his left ankle and foot and used the bicycle next to the…
BY ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR The No. 7 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team takes on No. 2 Loyola Chicago in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championships Thursday. In February, the Bonnies defeated the Ramblers 79-64 in Loyola Chicago’s first trip to the Reilly Center. Bonnies redshirt senior guard Daryl Banks III scored 26 off…
BY WILL POLADIAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Redshirt junior forward Chad Venning took a pass in the low post, pivoted and drove up to the basket, laying the ball in while being fouled by sophomore forward Rokas Jocius, tying the game at 62 points a piece with 5:11 left to play. Venning then took a deep breath and…
BY ANDREW HALE, MANAGING EDITOR The No. 7 St. Bonaventure Bonnies basketball team defeated the No. 10 La Salle Explorers in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championships. In the first matchup between La Salle and Bonaventure in January, the Explorers won 72-59. La Salle had won the previous two meetings before Wednesday’s tournament…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s baseball team dropped the rubber game against The Citadel Bulldogs this past Sunday at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, losing 8-4 after allowing a five-run seventh inning. In the 1st, the Bonnies bats continued to produce a day after scoring 22…
PHOTO: ST. BONAVENTURE ATHLETICS BY NATHAN DONNELLY, SPORTS WRITER Following an 12-35-1 record in 2023, the St. Bonaventure softball team looks ahead to 2024. The Bonnies will begin their season with a trip to Madeira Beach, Florida., against Bellarmine on Feb. 23. Sophomore second baseman Abby Farber said she is looking forward to traveling to…
Photo: La Salle Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team dropped a crucial conference matchup against La Salle on Wednesday, losing 72-59 in Tom Gola Arena. After trading baskets for the first 10 minutes, the Explorers (13-14, 4-10 A10) took a 21-19 against the Bonnies (16-10, 7-7 A10)…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR In a game that went down to the final play, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team defeated Davidson College 81-80 in an overtime thriller at the Reilly Center Saturday. Trading buckets early, the Bonnies (16-9, 7-6 A10) went on an 8-0 run midway through the…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR NEW YORK — Forward Assa Essamvous’ career-high 23 points lifted the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team over Fordham, 85-67, Wednesday night in Rose Hill Gymnasium. Essamvous, a 6-foot-6 sophomore, hit seven of the Bonnies’ (15-9, 6-6 A-10) 12 made 3-pointers. The Rams (10-14, 4-7 A-10), who…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR With an 85-67 rout of Fordham Wednesday night, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team got back to .500 in Atlantic 10 Conference play. But two-thirds of the way through their conference season, the Bonnies (15-9, 6-6 A-10) have only consistently proved one thing: their inconsistency. Wednesday’s…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Following yet another invitational where they broke numerous records, the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s track teams compete at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships next week. This signifies the approach of the outdoor season, which brings rule changes and environmental obstacles that St. Bonaventure athletes…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s track teams rewrote the program record books at the Youngstown State Mid-Major Invitational this past Friday. Freshman Riley Dillon ran a school record 23.82 in the 200 meters for the men’s team, a week after breaking the school…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY NATHAN DONNELLY, SPORTS WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to Pittsburgh this past weekend to face off against PSAC school Clarion and familiar foe Duquesne. The women’s team won in lopsided fashion against Clarion 209-52; however, they failed to defeat the Dukes with a…