By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor It’s always special when a notable St. Bonaventure alum returns to campus. It’s even more special when it’s a former first-round NBA draft pick who played four years for the Bonnies. Andrew Nicholson ‘12 spent the day on campus and watched the men’s basketball team defeat George Washington, 72-47. “This…
By Tommy Valentine, Staff Writer Being the official education partner of the Buffalo Bills certainly has its perks, and St. Bonaventure athletic director Tim Kenney has taken full advantage of the recently formed partnership. Sunday afternoon, the men’s lacrosse team will be opening the 2020 season with a game played inside the ADPRO Sports Training…
By John Pullano, Managing Editor Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Boston Red Sox fans have had a Mookie Betts-sized hole carved into their hearts over the past week that only the 2018 MVP and four-time All-Star can fill. Late Tuesday, the Red Sox elected to trade Betts and former Cy Young…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor Less than 20 hours after the University of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball team defeated the St. Bonaventure men’s team on Saturday in front of a sold-out Reilly Center, the Bonnies’ women’s team provided a different result. A much-needed victory over a short-handed Rams women’s team. The game started about as…
By Tommy Valentine, Staff Writer Nearly three months ago, the men’s cross-country team posted one of their best collective performances at the Atlantic 10 Championship in roughly a decade. Now, head coach Bob MacFarlane and his rising group of runners are making headlines yet again. This time, it’s the track teams turn. In just the…
By Ryan Bowlin, Contributing Writer With the fall exhibition season complete, the spring tennis season has started for St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s tennis teams. The matches count now. Head coach Michael Bates has set the bar for the spring season. One of the team’s biggest goals, according to Bates, is to advance in the…
By Tom Seipp, Sports Editor We all will remember where we were when the news of Kobe Bean Bryant passed away. For me, it was really the first moment that would eventually become a “where were you when” moment. I was just six weeks old when the attacks on the World Trade Center occurred, too…
By John Pullano, Managing Editor The Rhode Island Rams and the St. Bonaventure Bonnies took center stage Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Reilly Center. The Bonnies opened the game with a barrage of three pointers, lighting up the Atlantic 10’s best defense that has only allowed 60.3 points per game.…
The week of Nov. 17, 2019 will always be remembered, in my mind at least, as the week when sports media got bored. Sports media networks wasted their time covering the tryouts of potential backup NFL quarterbacks and washed up NBA superstars. The likes of ESPN, Bleacher Report and Fox Sports were sucked into the…
Jessica Jenkins, Chelsea Bowker and Mariah Ruff. Three names that St. Bonaventure women’s basketball fans are all too familiar with. Those three women were some of the most prolific shooters and gifted scorers to don the white and brown. They rank first, fourth and fifth respectively all-time in three-pointers in program history. But there’s a…
The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team concluded its fall season Nov. 3. Although the three events didn’t count towards the team record, there were many opportunities in the fall season for growth. Senior captain John Rutkowski said the fall season is a great time to get practice in for the spring. “Being a captain this…
This past weekend, the St. Bonaventure Men’s swim and dive team defeated Little Three rival Canisius, 150-87. The Bonnies won seven out of 13 total events to secure the win at home. The Bonnies had wins from David Shakhazarov (50-freestyle, 21.18), Tjaard Krusch (200-IM, 1:55.76), Nick Burdo (100-Freestyle, 47.14) and Matthew Bielobradek (one-meter dive, 262.65,…
Ahead of his team’s Nov. 12 loss to Siena, Mark Schmidt was still looking for answers to his team’s slow start offensively. He said, “We’re looking for all of them to step up. Not just one guy. We’re shooting 15% from three. It’s all of them.” After leaving the Times Union Center in Albany, New…
The Akron Zips mounted a major comeback last Sunday as they came back to defeat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, 63-54. It was a game of runs to say the least. The Bonnies started the game on an 11-0 run and led 16-4 early. The Zips then took their own run then, going on a 18-5…
Thanksgiving is upon us. Another fourth Thursday in November where NFL fans are forced to watch the pathetic Detroit Lions and the underperforming Dallas Cowboys, while stuffing their faces at the idea of Christmas being right around the corner. But before you rush off to Target and are forced to play tug of war over…
Macfarlane and Lonzi assemble best team in six years As snow begins to fall and students are forced to take their workouts to the Richter Center, it means the fall sports season is all but over. The soccer team is packing up cleats while the golf teams are storing their clubs away for the…
The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team loss its meet against Cornell University Saturday, 164-136. The loss drops the Bonnies record to 5-4 on the season. Although a loss, the Bonnies won a total of eight events and were led by Rachael Kimmel and Katrina Wardner, last week’s Atlantic 10 performer of the week.…
The offensive stats haven’t been glamorous for the Bonnies through three games of the 2019-2020 season. In fact, they’ve been the Achilles heal of the 0-3 start. No team that shoots 17-60 (28%) from three wins many games. Heck, Bonnies’ head coach Mark Schmidt has said that himself. Factor in an extremely young and inexperienced…
A proposed ban on Youth Tackle Football in New York State has resurfaced Football…it’s America’s game…and it’s slowly dying. The game of football has been played under a microscope ever since tragic stories started to flood in from former NFL players. Stories detailing the struggles many of these players endure in their retired lives…
The centennial season of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball has gotten off to a less-than-desirable start. Tuesday, however, the Bonnies will have a chance to pick up their first win and retain the Br. Ed Coughlin Franciscan Cup against the Siena Saints (1-1) in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center. Series history and last…