Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR The St. Bonaventure cross country team’s regular season is coming to a close with Saturday’s Atlantic 10 Championships. Standout junior runner Clay Peets said he has one goal in mind: To improve on his record-breaking times from earlier this season while taking down as many opposing…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Don’t crown this season’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team too soon. Last week, media and coaches picked the Bonnies third in the Atlantic 10 Conference’s annual Preseason Poll. Bonaventure was one of just four teams to earn a first-place vote. KenPom, a popular stat-based index that ranks…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR With a win over VCU this Saturday, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (6-6-4 overall, 2-4-1 A-10) would clinch their first winning record since 2010, when the team finished 10-8-1. The Bonnies had a chance to put themselves into prime position for a playoff bid, however,…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR With two games remaining, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (6-5-4 overall, 2-3-1 A-10) is positioned to make a late-season push into the Atlantic 10 Conference playoffs for the first time in six years. Eight teams will qualify for this season’s A-10 playoffs. The Bonnies, tied…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR While the St. Bonaventure golf team lost to Siena, 283-276, on Oct. 10, graduate Lance Sininger shot 1-under 71, placing him tied for sixth overall and third for Bonaventure. “The goals for the season were for our team to continue to grow as a unit after…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ahead of last season, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team lost most of its players to the transfer portal. In the process, the Bonnies lost all five of their starters, a group that had once played the most minutes of any lineup in the nation. “The only…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s golf team heads to North Carolina this weekend to compete in the ODU/Kilmarlic Invitational. The last of the Bonnies’ fall season, the invitational will be hosted by Old Dominion University and played at Kilmarlic Golf Club in Powells Point from Oct.…
BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team (4-5-2 overall, 1-3 A-10) lossed to the University of Massachusetts (5-4-3 overall, 2-2 A-10) Wednesday afternoon, 5-2. The Bonnies are in 11th place and the Minutemen 8th for the Atlantic 10 standings. The game started with the Bonnies scoring in the 11th minute with…
BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team hosts the University of Massachusetts Minutemen Wednesday afternoon at the Marra Athletics Complex. The Bonnies (4-4-2 overall, 1-2 A-10) return home after playing two teams, Robert Morris and Dayton, on the road last week. “It’s good to be home,” Bonaventure head coach Kwame…
BY KYLE MAIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER APALACHIN, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure University golf team finished 8-under par in the Mathews Auto Collegiate Golf Invitational’s final round Sunday, tying for second place overall. Hosted by Binghamton University, 14 schools competed in the event. Villanova University finished first, shooting 571 total, while Binghamton and the Bonnies finished…
BY GAVIN WATSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER RICHMOND, VA — The Richmond women’s soccer team earned its first Atlantic 10 Conference victory of the season Sunday, beating St. Bonaventure 2-1. With the win, the Spiders (3-7-3, 1-4 A-10) improved to 12th in the A-10 standings. The Bonnies (3-4-5, 2-2-1 A-10) fell to ninth, one spot out of…
BY GAVIN WATSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team will continue its Atlantic 10 Conference schedule on Sunday when they take on the Richmond Spiders at President’s Field in Richmond, Virginia. The Bonnies (3-3-5, 2-1-1 A-10) face a Spiders (2-7-3, 0-4 A-10) lineup featuring top-scorer Molly Wierman. She is ranked sixth in the…
BY KYLE MAIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s golf team heads to Apalachin this weekend to compete in the Matthews Auto Intercollegiate Golf Invitational. The tournament, hosted by Binghamton University, will be played Oct. 1-2 at the Links at Hiawatha Landing. Fourteen schools will compete. Graduate student Lance Sininger looks to continue his…
Photo: GoBonnies BY JONNY WALKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On the final night of last season’s Atlantic 10 Conference Championships, St. Bonaventure diver Davis Hutchinson competed for the 3-meter-dive title as his coaches and teammates cheered from below. But Hutchinson’s path to competing in those A-10 Championships stretched much further than his brief climbs up the 3-meter platform…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR Following a 3-10-3 record in 2022, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team looked to the transfer portal in an attempt to improve talent on both sides of the ball. Fast forward a year, and the Bonnies have added 12 new players to their roster, posting a…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY WILL POLADIAN, MANAGING EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team hasn’t made the Atlantic 10 Conference’s eight-team playoff since 2021. If this season’s playoffs started today, the Bonnies would be in. After their first loss in conference play this season to Duquesne, 2-0, on Sunday, the Bonnies (3-3-5 overall, 2-1-1…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY NATHAN DONNELLY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER After the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished sixth and ninth, respectively, at last year’s Atlantic 10 Conference playoffs, the team returns to the pool Saturday. The Bonnies added 11 freshmen head coach Mike Smiechowski called capable of making noise in the…
BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure, N.Y.— The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team faces Duquesne Sunday at the Marra Athletics Field Complex. The Bonnies (3-5-2 overall, 2-0-1 A-10) will face the Dukes (4-5-2 overall, 1-0-2 A-10) after coming home from a win against Fordham on Thursday. The victory over the Rams moves the Bonnies…
BY KYLE MAIER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER LOCK HAVEN, PA – The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Lock Haven Invitational today, with two Bonnies finishing in the top 10 of their respective races. Hosted by Lock Haven University, the invitational took place at the West Branch Country Club. Over 45…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR Following a last-place finish in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings last season, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team has its sights set on a playoff appearance for the first time since 2017. “Our program holds itself to the highest standard, and we know that making the…