By Nate West Assistant News Editor Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams ended their seasons at the Atlantic 10 Championships. The 11th-seeded men took on sixth-seeded Richmond last Friday and the 12th-seeded women opened against fifth-seeded Xavier yesterday. The men lost 4-0 against the Spiders, coming away with only one victory in both doubles and singles action. The…
By Jordan Morey Staff Writer The golf team snapped consecutive last-place finishes with a fifth-place finish in a field of 10 at the Manor Intercollegiate in Farmville, Va., hosted by Longwood last Saturday, concluding the regular season. The Atlantic 10 Championship will take place at Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla., April 27-29. In the league’s pre-championship…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor In the shadow of the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ seasons to remember, the baseball team began its 2012 season. Such monumental Bonaventure moments are definitely memories I will cherish for the rest of my life. But as I stood in the Reilly Center parking lot waving to the…
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer Going into the final weekend of the season, the lacrosse team (3-8) is still looking for its first conference win. Despite an 0-5 Atlantic 10 record and recent elimination from playoff contention, coach Ryan Lynn said he hopes the Bonnies can pull out a win in these final two…
By Nate West Assistant News Editor Just when you thought all the hype was over and all the excitement had drawn to a close, St. Bonaventure basketball has one last surprise. This time, it’s not a tournament bid or a conference championship. It’s a book. “A Legacy Defined,” which will celebrate the success of the…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief Jim Crowley won’t be leaving Olean anytime soon. Steve Watson, director of athletics, announced Monday the women’s basketball coach signed a two-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season, quieting any rumors the ESPN.com National Coach of the Year would leave for a higher-profile job. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Crowley, also the Atlantic 10 Coach of…
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor In case you were living under a rock, March was a pretty busy month for both basketball teams. Since I’ve been at St. Bonaventure, it was my favorite month by far. With the women making the Sweet 16 and the men’s astonishing Atlantic 10 championship that put them in the Big Dance,…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief We can now resume our regularly scheduled lives, but what a month – what a year we’ve experienced at St. Bonaventure. Bonnies basketball fans had high expectations entering the 2011-12 season, and it’s fair to say the teams met them – in exhilarating fashion. It didn’t quite have a fairytale ending, but the glass slipper…
Dear campus community, As I was leaving the PNC Arena in Raleigh, an elderly Notre Dame alumus, dressed in the dreadful green that N.D. seems to love, stopped me. He wanted me to know why the Bona fans didn’t seem to understand the score. I assured him that we certainly understood the reality of…
This editorial represents the opinion of The Bona Venture staff The St. Bonaventure University community has been through a whirlwind journey during this year’s basketball season, physically and emotionally. Bonaventure students got to make the most of this time with the help of the university’s alumni community. Both the men’s and women’s basketball…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After its first home loss against Canisius, 4-3, Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Fordham in a three-game home series this weekend, beginning today at 4 p.m. The Bonnies (9-9, 1-2) take on the Rams (9-16, 1-2) in their second series of Atlantic 10 play. Last weekend against Dayton, the…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Assignment Editor The last few weeks, Bonaventure basketball fans have had a lot to cheer about. Students spent days traveling to see the Bonnies play up close and personal. The students with the best seats in the house, however, weren’t those kids down the hall, but the cheerleaders. “It’s an experience…
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer After going 2-0 to start the season, the lacrosse team has lost its last two games, the latest defeat coming in blowout fashion, 20-8, against rival Canisius last Wednesday. According to coach Ryan Lynn, the losing streak comes during mere warmups for conference games. “Nonconference games are more like practice for conference games,” Lynn…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-chief RALEIGH, N.C. – A stifling defensive effort from top-seeded Notre Dame ended the women’s basketball team’s ‘sweet’ season on a sour note Sunday. The Irish (33-3) dominated the fifth-seeded Bonnies, 79-35, in an NCAA Raleigh Regional semifinal, holding them to a regional-record-low scoring output. Notre Dame fifth-year senior guard Brittany Mallory…
By Nate West Assistant News Editor The softball team (12-10, 2-0) will host Saint Louis (14-18, 1-3) this weekend as the Bonnies enter the second weekend of conference play. Coach Mike Threehouse said in order to beat the Billikens, the Bonnies will have to play identical to how they played last week when they swept Dayton.…
By Samantha Berkhead News Editor With the recent success of St. Bonaventure’s men’s and women’s basketball teams throughout the last four weeks has come a whirlwind of activity on the part of students, faculty and university employees. There were the viewing parties in the The Rathskeller, bus trips to Atlantic City, N.J., Nashville, Tenn. and…
By Kristie Schiefer Staff Writer Temperatures nearing 70 degrees, the emergence of green buds from freshly raked flowerbeds and shorts replacing winter coats means spring is around the corner. But for Olean residents, spring fever hasn’t been the only epidemic sweeping through local businesses. St. Bonaventure students flocked to Nashville, Tenn. March 16 after an…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Assignment Editor After the women’s basketball team’s runner-up finish in the Atlantic 10 Championship, every player is back in the gym getting ready for the NCAA Tournament. The women’s basketball team will learn its fate Monday, when the selection committee releases its bracket for the Women’s NCAA Tournament in a ESPN 7 p.m. special. In…
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor It’s been a long time since St. Bonaventure has had an Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, but that changed this season. Sunday, the league announced senior forward Andrew Nicholson as the A-10 Player of the Year. He’s the first Bonnie to win the award since Earl Belcher in 1980 and 1981. After…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-chief Before coach Jim Crowley guided the women’s basketball program to national prominence, Mary Jane “MJ” Telford laid the foundation. Telford, ‘75, who coached the team for 17 years, will enter St. Bonaventure’s Athletics Hall of Fame in June. She joins Jim Meicke, ‘87 (men’s soccer), and Hilary Waltman (women’s basketball, 1995-99,…