PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. BONAVENTURE ATHLETICS BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WASHINGTON – The No. 8 seeded St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team takes on the No. 9 seeded Duquesne Dukes in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championships Thursday. The Bonnies (21-10, 9-9 A-10) enter the tournament having won four of their last five games, including a…
PHOTO COURTESY OF GOBONNIES BY JONNY WALKER, ADVISORY EDITOR After his St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team got knocked out of the Atlantic-10 Tournament Saturday afternoon by Duquesne, head coach Mark Schmidt summarized the result rather simply. “We had open shots — we missed them. They had open shots — they made them,” Schmidt said. “That…
BY WILL POLADIAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In a game where St. Bonaventure only led at the 17:08 mark of the first half, redshirt senior guard Daryl Banks III did all he could, scoring 14 points and going 6-for-6 from the free throw line in a 70-60 loss to Duquesne. “We weren’t good enough and a lot had…
BY WILL POLADIAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF St. Bonaventure ended its conference season with a 9-9 record, granting the Bonnies the seventh seed entering the conference tournament. La Salle beat George Washington in the first round, setting up the Bonnies against the Explorers in the second round. After a 75-73 victory, second seeded Loyola Chicago had its matchup…
Photo: GoBonnies BY NATHAN SOLOMON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF St. Bonaventure cruised into the halftime break with a 38-23 lead, firing all cylinders. It felt like one of the Bonnies best – and most complete – halves of the season. Think fast. The second half was a complete 180. Bonaventure went cold in the final 20 minutes, making…
By Jonathan Sawyer Staff Writer The Men’s Tennis team lost its final home match of the season to the Dayton Flyers 7-0. It has not been the most successful season, in the winning category, but the team seems to be in high spirits, according to Coach Michael Bates. This young, freshman-heavy team faced a tough…
By Jonathan Sawyer Staff Writer The men’s tennis team suffered its sixth straight loss last weekend to Duquesne. Playing in a tightly contested match, the Bonnies never lost hope of winning, played a lot more competitively and felt they were equal to the Duquesne team, they said. “We played very well this weekend, and we…
After a difficult week of practice, the women’s swimming and diving team competed against Atlantic 10 rivals Duquesne and LaSalle last weekend in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sophomore Tanja Kirmse led the way for the Bonnies, winning the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. Juniors Adelyn Graf and Elizabeth Malone turned in second-place finishes…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The Bonnies (16-10, 6-6) ran their conference record back to .500 for the first time in over a month as they defeated Duquesne (11-14, 3-9) 71-67 at the Reilly Center Wednesday. The win marked the third in a row for the Bonnies, who had previously not won consecutive conference games.…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor We’re five games into conference play, and, with a 2-3 record, the team’s play has fostered a strange combination of hope and despair. Hope, because the team has played some of the Atlantic 10’s best competition so well. The team held halftime leads against #16 UMass and George Washington while…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer The lacrosse team lost two of its three games last week, dropping their record to 5-4. The team has three games scheduled for next week against Temple (6-4) Friday, St. Joseph’s (6-4) Sunday and Bucknell (1-10) Tuesday. Head Coach Ryan Lynn said the team needs to focus on fundamentals in…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor The women’s soccer team (5-9-1) fell to Duquesne (5-8-2) last weekend in Pittsburgh, 3-2. The Bonnies travel to Dayton (10-4-0) tonight at 7:30 and play their last scheduled road game against Xavier (6-8-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m. “Beating Dayton at Dayton on the road is an extremely tall…