By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team opened its weekend series in Saint Louis with a loss, falling to the Billikens 4-2. The Billikens (16-4, 1-0 A10) picked up the slight edge in hits 8-5 over the Bonnies (6-8, 1-3 A10), and picked up the win despite leaving seven runners on…
By Alfonso De Falco Contributing Writer On Friday evening, the St. Bonaventure University men’s tennis team was defeated by the Mercyhust Lakers, 5-2. All three of the doubles matches came down to the wire. The pair of sophomore Indra Patwardhan and freshman Lukas Linden Malmberg was the only team on the Bonnies side to notch…
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The last time a varsity men’s lacrosse team took the field at St. Bonaventure University, it was 1993 and the program was Division III. In 2018-19, the program will return to Bona Territory, this time as a Division I team. Athletics Director Tim Kenney and the athletics department announced Wednesday…
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team fell to Vermont on Thursday afternoon, 17-10. The game was played at Virtue Field, in Burlington, Vermont, where Vermont picked up their first win of the season. The Bonnies fell behind in the first eight minutes, trailing 3-0. Then, with 19:47 remaining in…
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer Dahron Wells, a sophomore walk-on on the St. Bonaventure University cross country and track teams, considers running a vital part of his life and has found a purpose from it. First inspired by his parents, who also ran track in high school, Wells decided in tenth grade that he could…
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team has faced its fair share of offensive struggles through the first 13 games of the season. The Bonnies (6-7) have gone through stretches of low run production, including being shutout 10-0 by North Dakota State on March 10. Head coach Larry Sudbrook said he…
By Alfonso De Falco Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s rugby teams have found a new way to add more members to the Bonaventure rugby program and strengthen its future. The St. Bonaventure Rugby Club will host the inaugural Bonnies High School Boys Rugby Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Challenge Cup will…
The well-known phrase is “the best offense is a good defense,” but typically, the offensive-minded players who can produce points, runs or goals are often the star of the team. For the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team, that offense comes from its seniors. The top five scorers, now seven games into the season, are…
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor Come on Villanova! What happened to that whole “going to be back-to-back champs” thing? Admittedly, I didn’t think the Wildcats were going to win again (that spot is reserved for my favorite team, the North Carolina Tar Heels). But what I did think would happen was a Final Four appearance.…
By Kiley O’Donnell Sports Assignment Editor Alexandra Piergustavo, a first baseman for the St. Bonaventure University softball team, has broken out during sophomore season for the Bonnies. A native of Milford, Massachusetts, she has a .306 batting average on the season with three homeruns and 16 RBIs. Piergustavo, who has been playing softball since she…
Despite winning four matches on the day, the St. Bonaventure University women’s tennis team dropped its matchup against Mercyhurst University Wednesday 4-3. Starting with doubles, the duo of senior Mara Martinez-Santori and junior Gabriella Bowe pushed their match to a tie-break, eventually earning the win 7-6. The other two Bonaventure tandems fell short, although freshman…
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University golf team played in the Kingsmill Intercollegiate this past weekend at Kingsmill Resort River Course in Williamsburg, Virginia, finishing with an overall stroke total of 920 to place 18 out of 22 schools. In first place was the University of Tennessee with an overall stroke total…
The St. Bonaventure University men’s tennis team was defeated by the Duquesne Dukes on Sunday, falling 4-3 and dropping their record to 6-11. Junior Victor Blanco came away victorious against junior Dimitris Stavropoulos with scores of 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Freshman Lukas Linden Malmberg defeated junior Andrew Ong after dropping the first set. He emerged with…
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University baseball team rebounded from its offensive struggles from earlier in the weekend, defeating Davidson 17-4 on Sunday. Junior third baseman David “Bubba” Hollins drove the offensive onslaught for the Bonnies, going six-for-six at the plate with three doubles, one homerun and eight runs batted in. As…
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team fell to Robert Morris on Sunday afternoon, 12-7. With the loss the Bonnies drop to 2-5. Robert Morris started out with a quick goal within the first 30 seconds, and another with 24:53. But, senior LeighAnn Stauffer put the Bonnies on the board…
By Dave Malchak Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s tennis team fell to Dayton on Saturday afternoon, 5-0. The women’s team also fell to the Flyers, losing 4-0. With the loss, the men fall to 6-10 and the women drop to 4-14. The men dropped each of the doubles matches. Junior pair Hector Martinez…
By Mike DeSanto Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure University dropped the first two games of its three game weekend series against Davidson, losing both games 9-2 on Saturday. The first game started on Friday, but a rain delay forced play to be suspended in the top of the fifth inning. So when both teams took…
By Emily Coughlin Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure University women’s tennis team fell 5-2 today against University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee in Akron, Ohio on Friday. Freshman Clara Herberts and junior Gabriella Bowe were the only victorious players for Bonaventure. Bowe fought hard against her opponent, freshman Ester Zador, losing the first set 4-6, but…
The St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team used home field as an advantage Friday afternoon to win their second game of the season 18-13 over Siena College. Coming off two losses, in which the team held the lead during the first half, the players kept pressure on the Saints through halftime, scoring eight goals to…
By Ryan Signorinio Staff Writer Despite the team having eight seniors, the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team is in the midst of a youth movement. “It’s really integral to our success moving forward that we incorporate as many underclassmen as possible in our rotation, so that they can start to see time and they…