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 ANDREW HALE, SPORTS EDITOR Following a last-place finish in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings last season, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team has its sights set on a playoff appearance for the first time since 2017. “Our program holds itself to the highest standard, and we know that making the…
BY NATHAN DONNELLY St. Bonaventure, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team defeated Little Three rival Canisius 4-0 at the Marra Athletics Complex Wednesday night. The Bonnies (3-3-1, 0-1 A-10) improve to .500 while the Golden Griffins (1-6-1, 0-1 MAAC) picked up their fourth-consecutive loss. Junior forward Umechi Akuazaoku’s goal with 9:16 left gave…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team lost to Canisius 85-47 Wednesday night in the Koessler Athletic Center, dropping its second-straight game. “One of the worst losses I’ve had as the head coach here,” Bona head coach Jesse Fleming said in an interview with WSBU 88.3 FM. The Bonnies…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure faithful came out in droves to the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as the Bonnies renewed its over century old rivalry with Canisius. St. Bonaventure dropped to 1-1 on the season, losing too Little Three rival Canisius, 84-80, in overtime on Saturday. “We scored 14…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s cross country teams hosted their first event of the season, the Little Three Championship, Sept. 3 at the Marra Athletics Complex. Both teams finished second. The men placed ahead of Niagara, but fell to Canisius by 19 points. The women also placed ahead…
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…
After winning last week’s home meet against Cleveland State, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to Buffalo to take on Canisius College. The men beat the Golden Griffins 144 to 99, while the women lost a hard-fought meet by four points, 115 to 119. For the men, a team effort led to the victory. Junior Michael Pilyugin set…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The last time the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team started a season 3-0, Bill Clinton sat in the Oval Office, the Backstreet Boys ruled the Billboard charts and the phrase “welding certificate” didn’t make residents of Olean recoil in horror. During that 2000-2001 season – which ended with an NIT…
By Joel Jackson Contributing Writer There is always a little bit more intensity when St. Bonaventure competes with Canisius, even when it comes to swimming. “Everyone knows the long history that St. Bonaventure has with Canisius in all sports, and they know when we play them in basketball, they get more ready for us than…
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer What started as a cold, drizzling October afternoon in Buffalo ended in celebration for sophomore cross country runner Kerry Caher. Caher, who seems to be breaking a school record every week, finished her last 5K race of the season with a time of 18:38.3, breaking senior Kady Weisner’s women’s record…
By Pat Tintle Staff Writer Last weekend, the Bonnies took on both Niagara and Canisius in their first meet of the season in Buffalo. Scoring 28 points, the women’s cross country team won its first-ever Little Three Invitational Championship. The Bonnies have been participating in the invitational for 30 years, but were never able to…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Editor The Bonnies began their 2012-13 season 2-0 by beating Cornell Wednesday night, 72-68. Last Friday, Bonaventure earned its first victory of the season over Bethune-Cookman 65-55. It’s the first time the Bonnies started 2-0 in a season since 2008. “We saw good things from Bethune-Cookman,” Coach Mark Schmidt said. “But…
By Zach Waltz Contributing Writer The men’s swimming and diving team defeated Little Three rival Canisius 145-90 last Friday. The Bonnies’ next meet is a tri-meet against Xavier and LaSalle. Head coach Sean McNamee said he looks at this meet as preparation for the Atlantic 10 Championships as it is held in the pool…
By Steve Marcus Contributing Writer The Bonnies ended their program record 16-game winless streak that dates back to Sept. 21, 2011 after beating Saint Francis (Pa., 2-2-2) Sunday. The Bonnies travel to Little 3 rival Canisius tonight at 7. The men return home to take on Niagara Sunday at 1 p.m. After a scoreless 90…