Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — A new era of St. Bonaventure basketball has been born with a victory. Despite a tie after 20 minutes, the Bonnies inched away from Saint Francis (PA) in the second half behind 52% shooting to defeat the Red Flash, 71-58, in the season opener.…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR As a freshman, Kyrell Luc flashed his potential as a college point guard. He’s 5’11” — traditionally undersized — but that doesn’t seem to stop him. After scoring 13 points per game and winning Patriot League Rookie of the Year with Holy Cross, Luc entered the transfer portal…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team lost the final game of its season Saturday against Virginia Commonwealth University, 2-0, capping off a winless season in Atlantic 10 play. The Bonnies (3-10-3, 0-6-2) and the Rams (3-7-6, 3-1-4) went scoreless through the first half. Two second-half goals propelled VCU to…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure Men’s and Women’s cross country teams competed at the Atlantic 10 Championship in Mechanicville, Virginia last Saturday. The men finished 15th out of 15 teams and the women placed 14th out of 15 teams. Head coach Bob McFarlane was glad to see his senior runners finish their…
St. Bonaventure has parted ways with women’s soccer coach Steve Brdarski, the university announced in a release Tuesday. Brdarski served as head coach for 10 seasons, beginning in 2013. He led the team to the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals his first season and the first round in 2021. This season, Brdarski compiled a 3-8-6 overall…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The Reilly Center brought the noise as St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt led the new look Bonnies to victory over Alfred University, 76-48, on Wednesday night. The Bonnies started out the game with a freshman forward Yann Farrell 3-pointer from the top of the key. Continuing to push, redshirt…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s swim and dive team are set to compete at the Atlantic 10 invitational this weekend in Ohio. The men’s team is going into the invitational coming off of a 0-2 performance in the Cleveland State tri-meet with loses to both Cleveland State and Kenyon.…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team lost, 3-0, at Saint Joseph’s University Saturday, officially eliminating the Bonnies from contention for an Atlantic 10 Tournament berth. The Hawks scored first. The Bonnies failed to register a goal, allowing two second half goals. “I thought we played well,” said Bonaventure…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer ended its 2022, last Thursday, falling to Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne, 2-0. The entire first half consisted of a possession battle between the Bonnies (3-8-6, 1-8-1 A-10) and the Dukes (6-5-3, 4-2-3 A-10) as both teams controlled with an occasional shot for each team. The…
BY ANDREW HALE, STAFF WRITER After a month and a half since the season began, the St. Bonaventure Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams look to finish their season off strong at the Atlantic 10 Championship on Saturday, Oct. 29. Throughout the regular season, the men have had top-five placements in three of their four…
(Photo: GoBonnies.com) BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR Last year’s theme for St. Bonaventure men’s basketball: experience. This year’s theme: youth. “With a young group, you’re going to have your good days and your bad days,” coach Mark Schmidt said. “They are enthusiastic. There’s a lot of energy at practice. Guys are willing to learn and…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team tied, 1-1, with University of Massachusetts Saturday at Rudd Field, earning its second point of the season. For Bonaventure head coach Kwame Oduro, the game was a tale of two halves. “In the first half, we were excellent — we were unbelievable,”…
BY ANDREW HALE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s tennis teams competed in their final tournament of the fall at the Bloomsburg-Invitational this past weekend. Both the men’s and women’s teams found success in Bloomsburg. The men went 7-2 in doubles and were victorious 12 times in singles competition. The women went 8-1…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR After placing 14th in the Atlantic-10 with a 12-16 record last season, St. Bonaventure and head coach Jesse Fleming look to right the ship this season. Fleming is coming into his seventh season as the Bonnies head coach. In the A-10 preseason poll, the Bonnies are predicted to finish dead…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR Three faces from last year’s team are looking to be the new shining stars after the departure of Asianae Johnson and Tori Harris. Leading the charge for this year’s team are graduate guard Nikki Oppenheimer, senior forward I’yanna Lops and junior guard Tianna Johnson. “Those are the three main people…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR Daryl Banks lll is ready for a new brand of basketball. After three seasons at Saint Peters, Banks transfers to St. Bonaventure in a position to blossom into a star. But, he wouldn’t be in this position without his special junior season with the Peacocks. Banks averaged 11.3…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team picked up its first conference win of the season, defeating the Richmond Spiders, 1-0 ,Sunday at the Marra Athletics Complex, picking up its first conference win of the season. The win was the Bonnies first since a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan on Aug.…
BY NATHAN SOLOMON, MANAGING EDITOR On Thursday, St. Bonaventure men’s basketball announced Daryl Banks and Moses Flowers as the captains for the 2022-23 season. Banks, a redshirt junior from Somerset, New Jersey, comes to Bonaventure after three seasons at Saint Peters University. Last season with the Peacocks, Banks averaged 11.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per…
BY LANDON WASHBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s swimming and diving team started its 2022-23 campaign Thursday as it took on St. Francis (Pa). Last year the Bonnies finished with a record of 4-1 in dual meets last season. They started this year with an entirely new coaching staff. This means they will…
BY ANDREW HALE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER After a week off, the men’s and women’s tennis teams will be back in action this weekend. The men will head to West Point, New York to participate in the Army Invitational from Sept. 30 – Oct. 2. As for the women, four members of the team will travel to…