Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR In a rematch from the 2021 Atlantic 10 Championship game, St. Bonaventure again reigned supreme, taking a 9-7 lead from VCU and leading the rest of the way to win 73-53. “It’s the best game we’ve played in a while,” coach Mark Schmidt said postgame. “It…
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY COLBY GAINES, STAFF WRITER Coming off a 27-15 semi-finals statement win over Kutztown, the Bonnies are locked and loaded for this weekend’s National Collegiate Rugby Division I Tournament championship game against the second-seeded Penn State. “It was huge,” coach Tui Osborne exclaimed, moments after the win in a university press release. “The…
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER Claire Cody, a redshirt sophomore on the women’s basketball team, is St. Bonaventure University’s latest scholarship athlete. Bonaventure head coach Jesse Fleming surprised Cody with the news Saturday after practice in front of the team. “It was honestly so unexpected,” said Cody. “It was crazy … The team went crazy.…
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY TOM SEIPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF With just under a minute remaining against Coppin State, St. Bonaventure’s worst nightmare happened: Kyle Lofton went down with an injury. After twisting his ankle, Lofton was sidelined for the next two games against Buffalo and Loyola (Md.). With freshman Joryam Saizonou being the only other point guard on…
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure looked to bounce back at home playing host to the Bucknell Bison on Monday, but lost, 72-60. Bucknell won possession on the tipoff and never looked back. They led wire-to-wire. The Bison jumped out to a 7-2 lead. Bucknell junior forward Carly Krsul hit a…
PHOTO: GOBONNIES.COM BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR St. Bonaventure faced another halftime deficit after Loyola (Md.) shot 56% in the first half, but a 27-14 run over the final 13 minutes of the game propelled the Bonnies to their third consecutive victory, winning 84-71. “Offensively, we did OK,” St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt said. “It’s…
PHOTO: GoBonnies.com BY NATHAN SOLOMON After leading at the half, St. Bonaventure built an 11-point lead over Buffalo with 3:05 remaining. Dominick Welch hit his second 3-pointer of the game, and things looked promising for the Bonnies. Suddenly, a 13-2 run for the Bulls sparked by three-consecutive 3-pointers in a 53-second span tied the game…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure Bonnies continued their homestand against the Kent State Golden Flashes looking to continue their home win streak. The Bonnies won the tip off and the opening possession resulted in a shot-clock violation. The Flashes started the game with two threes to open their scoring. After trading…
PHOTO: GO.BONNIES.COM BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Fresh off a loss against AJ Green and Northern Iowa, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies rebounded with a 93-81 victory over Coppin State on Wednesday, but the way the game ended overshadowed the result. Senior guard Kyle Lofton fell with an apparent injury after awkwardly…
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team won a game by more than 30 points for the first time since 2012 Sunday at the Reilly Center, routing Division II Clarion 81-49. The Bonnies (5-1, 0-0), outpaced the Golden Eagles (1-4, 0-0) in key areas like offensive rebounding (18-8), second chance…
(Photo: Christopher Cook) BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Senior guard Kyle Lofton scored 21 points and senior forward Dominick Welch scored 20 off six 3-pointers, but the St. Bonaventure Bonnies fell victim to an upset of the Northern Iowa Panthers on Saturday, losing 90-80. “[Northern Iowa] came in and played really…
BY TOM SEIPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. CHARLESTON, S.C. – The expectations were incredibly high on the national stage for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies coming into this season. In the preseason, Mark Schmidt said publicly that those expectations don’t mean anything until you capitalize on them, saying the only expectations that matter were the team’s own expectations. Sunday,…
BY TOM SEIPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF College Basketball. Easily one of the most popular sports in America, basketball has grown at an unbelievable rate. College Basketball is a big reason for that. Upsets, underdogs and results that can happen in an instant are the reason why the collegiate level is so incredibly interesting. But, for years, college…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The Bonnies hosted Little Three rival Canisius at home on Wednesday, winning 67-59. St. Bonaventure got out to a quick start going up three to start the game. The Bonnies pressured on defense early as they forced a couple missed 3-pointers. The Golden Griffins and Bonnies traded threes early…
BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team triumphed for the third time this season, but Asianae Johnson’s career milestone topped the outcome of the game. Johnson, a senior from Brooklyn, New York, scored her 1,000th career point in Wednesday’s 67-59 defeat of the Canisius Golden Griffins. It came on a driving…
BY JONNY WALKER, STAFF WRITER The Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2021 Men’s Soccer End of Year Awards Thursday, recognizing two St. Bonaventure University players. The major awards, All-Conference teams and the All-Rookie Team, were voted on by the A-10 men’s soccer coaches while the All-Academic Team was selected by the men’s soccer communications directors,…
BY COLBY GAINES, STAFF WRITER Loyola Chicago University, currently representing the Missouri Valley Conference, will become the newest member of the A-10, the league announced on Tuesday. This addition will make Loyola the 15th league affiliate as of July 1, 2022. “Welcoming Loyola University Chicago was not a difficult decision,” said Dr. Mark C. Reed,…
BY TOM SEIPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. CHARLESTON, S.C. – St. Bonaventure Bonnie fans have had the Charleston Classic circled on their calendar for a long time. There appeared to be a lot of fans who had that circled, as TD Arena was packed with Bonnie fans. The Bonnies made sure the trip was worth it, as they…
It was a beautiful start of a Sunday afternoon for St. Bonaventure Bonnies fans, as the Buffalo Bills secured a victory. It may have been a lot closer than the Bills game, but it was the Sunday afternoon 69-60 comeback victory against Little Three rival Canisius that made the afternoon even more sweet. For the…
BY NATHAN SOLOMON, SPORTS EDITOR Ahead of the 2021 NASCAR season, FOX, one of the sport’s broadcast partners, deemed the season might just be the “best season ever” in an off-season promotion. After many great races with thrilling finishes across NASCAR’s three main touring series, FOX is exactly right. The 2021 NASCAR season fully lived…