Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LUCAS PANNOZZO AND ANDREW RUSS, STAFF WRITERS The St. Bonaventure cross country team’s season wrapped up this past week at the northeast regionals in Hopkinton, New Hampshire The team posted top 10 overall finishes in every race leading up to the Atlantic 10 Championship. Their best finish came at the…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team opened its regular season with a win today, defeating the 2-0 Binghamton Bearcats 82-61 at the Reilly Center. “We knew this was going to be a challenging game,” said head coach Jim Crowley. “Binghamton had a great win Thursday, so…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team travels to Buffalo, New York, today, looking to snap its two-game losing streak against Little Three rival Canisius. After defeating California State University, Northridge 70-56 in their season opener, the Bonnies make the 76-mile trip to face a Golden Griffins team…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: SAMUEL WEILERT, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure Men’s Soccer team capped off their 2024 season this past Saturday with a 5-1 defeat to 10-3-4 conference rival UMASS, finishing with a 6-8-3 record. While they didn’t reach their goal of making the Atlantic 10 playoffs, players on the team said they…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LUCAS PANNOZZO AND ANDREW RUSS, STAFF WRITERS Three St. Bonaventure runners prepare for the biggest race of the year, the NCAA Northeast Regional in Hopkinton, New Hampshire on Nov. 15th. Sophomore William McCarthy joins Juniors Aiden Scattergood and Casey Malloy to compete. McCarthy said he looks forward to his first…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN, STAFF WRITER As we near the return of Bonnies men’s basketball in the Reilly Center, it is difficult not to feel optimistic about the upcoming season. Despite the low expectations entering the year, the Bonnies have the makeup to challenge the best in the conference. Bonaventure was tabbed…
Photo: Aidan Shinners BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Jim Crowley, St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball head coach, detailed the versatility and depth nine new players will add to his 2024-25 roster ahead of the team’s first game tonight. “We have a lot of different things we can do with our lineups,” said Crowley. “We have…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITER International talent fills one third of St. Bonaventure University’s women’s soccer’s active roster. Graduate student and first-year Bonnie Thea Juul found out about Bonaventure after winning the Northeast 10 Conference in her senior season at The College of Saint Rose. Bonnies women’s soccer head coach Donny…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: QUINN BURGESS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Michael Bucko, a junior golfer from Johnson City, New York, had a slow start to his Division I golf career. In his first season at Bonaventure, Bucko’s top finish was tied for eighth 76-76 in the 2022 Murray Cup against Siena College. During his sophomore season,…
Photo: @bonnies_mbb on Instagram BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR St. Bonaventure men’s basketball transfers Melvin Council Jr., Chance Moore and Dasonte Bowen defined individual and team expectations at a media session in the Reilly Center Monday. Council, a transfer senior guard from Wagner College, said the Bonnies ultimate goals are an Atlantic 10 title and…
PHOTO: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: SAM SWEATMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Coming off their best season since a COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign, the St. Bonaventure’s women’s lacrosse team prepares to close out the fall with a scheduled “SBU Play Day” on Saturday. The Bonaventure-hosted event is a set tournament style of scrimmages. Four schools will be participating with…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN AND SEAN WALLACE, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS From securing Atlantic 10 conference victories to being featured in SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team looks to capitalize on its success this month by securing an A10 playoff spot. The team entered the season with 21 returning players,…
Photo: Atlantic 10 Conference BY: ANDREW RUSS AND ROGER WEBSTER, STAFF WRITERS On Oct. 1, Juniors Aiden Scattergood and Mia Winters received Atlantic 10 cross-country performers of the week. Scattergood finished in the top 10 in the 8k at the Lock Haven Invitational while Winters had a top-20 finish in the 6k. Scattergood led the…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LAYNE HAUGHT AND AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITERS With national, foreign and local talent filling the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer roster over the years, some former Bonnies soccer graduates have put their playing careers in the past while others still have the dream of competing professionally. Mitch Wambach, a defenseman for…
Photo: Atlantic 10 Conference BY: CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER St. Bonaventure senior guard Dani Haskell and head coach Jim Crowley represented the Bonnies women’s basketball team at the Atlantic 10 women’s basketball media conference today in Washington D.C. Although the Bonnies went 4-26 (1-17 A-10) last season, there was still a lot to take away…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR St. Bonaventure University’s men’s basketball head coach Mark Schmidt and graduate center Noel Brown addressed media today on the program’s revitalized roster and approaching season. The press conferences and interviews occurred at the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Media Day in Washington, D.C. With nine new players…
Photo: St. Bonaventure University BY: MICHAEL PEPLINSKI AND KEGAN MCCALLUM, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Growing up in a Hispanic community in southern California, Francisco “Frank” Morales was dealt an unfavorable hand. “When I was 12 years old, I was actually jumped into a gang, believe it or not,” said Morales. “They jump you in, the whole gamut,…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR With over six pitchers reportedly throwing over 90 miles per hour this fall, the St. Bonaventure University baseball team has a versatile pitching attack led by 2025 Major League Baseball draft hopeful Michael Salina. Salina, a junior right-handed pitcher in his second season with the Bonnies, clocked…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LEAH ANSON AND LUCAS PANNOZZO, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS The 2024-25 swim and dive season is here, and St. Bonaventure University’s seniors said they look to leave a memorable mark on their athletic and academic journey. With the men’s team, ranked number two in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll, senior breast/free Knute…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: NATHAN DONNELLY, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s tennis team, with 75% of the roster being international players, has created a welcoming and enjoyable connection among players and coaches. Freshman Luke Ollivierre, of Bridgetown, Barbados, said that coach Michael Bates established the type of atmosphere that someone would want to…