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Women’s lax battles for playoff bid on Saturday

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR With one final chance to secure an Atlantic 10 Tournament bid, the St. Bonaventure University women’s lacrosse team faces Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday.  The Bonnies (7-9, 4-4 A10) would likely claim the sixth and final seed with a victory over the Rams (5-11, 4-4…

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LeighAnn Stauffer: Journey back to Bonaventure

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS EDITOR “Every encounter that I have with an athlete is different, they bring a different story into my office every day,” said St. Bonaventure University’s women’s lacrosse head coach LeAnne Stauffer.  LeAnne Stauffer is approaching the end of her second year coaching at Bonaventure. However, Stauffer’s roots…

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Lacrosse aims to strengthen relationship with Seneca Nation

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR St. Bonaventure University vowed to strengthen ties with The Seneca Nation in February when the institution formed a committee tasked further to rekindle its relationship with the neighboring Seneca people.   Alumni Klint Nephew of The Seneca Nation, a former SBU player and coach, serves as…

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Women’s lax takes on George Mason

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics By Allie Elkins, Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team suffered their first home loss last Saturday against Saint Joseph’s. The Bonnies (overall 7-7, A-10 3-3) fell to the Hawks 16-7. The Hawks got off to a 4-0 start and led the entire game.  Bonaventure didn’t record a goal until…

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Opinion: Two years, two wins, and twenty losses

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Graphic: Courtesy of Allie Elkins By Kyle Maier, Sports Assignment Editor Two wins are all the St. Bonaventure’s men’s lacrosse team has to show after almost two seasons in the Atlantic 10 conference.  Nothing short of disappointing.  In May of 2022, the Bonnies left the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the newly formed A-10 Conference.  …

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Bonnies men’s lacrosse seniors reflect on careers ahead of Senior Day

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s lacrosse team faces Marquette University this Saturday at the Tom 80’ and Michelle Marra Athletics Field Complex.  The Bonnies (1-5) seek their second straight win as the Golden Eagles (3-5) look to avoid their sixth straight loss.  The game serves…

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Men’s lacrosse secures first win of the season

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Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY KYLE MAIER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University’s men’s lacrosse team won its first game of the season Tuesday after beating Canisius University 12-8.  Senior midfielder Jackson Webster opened up scoring for the Golden Griffins (2-5) before the Bonnies (1-5) answered with four goals from four different players in…

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Bonnies fall to Orange in first ever meeting

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BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR On Tuesday, for the first time in school history, the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team traveled to Syracuse to face the Orange in the JMA Wireless Dome. In their first-ever meeting, Syracuse got off to a quick start as the Orange found the back of the net 37 seconds…

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Bonnies earn second conference win over Duquesne

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BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team traveled on the road to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grabbing their second conference win, 16-15, over Duquesne on Wednesday. The Dukes (1-8, 0-3 A-10) started the offensive attack early with a goal from sophomore attacker Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw just 30 seconds into the match. The Bonnies (4-6,…

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Bonnies tripped up by Canisius in home opener 

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DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER After falling to Little Three rival Niagara 13-5 in the season opener, the St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team looked to rebound in their home opener against Canisius on Feb. 15.  The Bonnies quickly fell behind 3-0 in the first two minutes, but after a timeout, they got hot, scoring three goals…

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Goaltending in lacrosse: a sometimes-impossible feat

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photo courtesy of Conan Lynch BY CONAN LYNCH, CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the sport of lacrosse there are a few different positions. These positions are attack, defense, midfield, and goaltender. Attackmen typically stay on one side of the field and try to score goals. Defenders try to defend against the attackmen who are trying to score.…

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Men’s lacrosse begins it’s season against Bellarmine

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BY ANDREW HALE, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The last time the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse team touched the turf was during their close 8-7 loss to Manhattan in the 2022 MAAC Championship game. Much has changed since the Bonnies’ final game last May. Six Bonnies players were drafted into the National Lacrosse League in September, three…

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MLAX looks to improve after third-straight loss

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By Tyler Smith, Sports Editor “ The sticks kind of ran a little cold,” is how head coach Randy Mearns described the Bonnies’ agonizingly close loss to Quinnipiac Saturday. With just over 10 seconds remaining, Bobcat senior Jake Tomsik found the back of the cage, breaking a 4-4 draw and sealing the victory over St.…

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Thank you! St. Bonaventure University’s senior athletes

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By John Pullano, Managing Editor pullanjj18@bonaventure.edu             Following the Atlantic 10’s choice to cancel all 2020 spring sports competitions and 2020 spring championships due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 virus, several St. Bonaventure University athletes were left with no final season. An abrupt ending for athletes who have given countless amounts…

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Women’s lacrosse off to hot start in 2020

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By Tommy Valentine, Staff Writer Feb. 27, 2013, was a different time for St. Bonaventure University athletics. Tim Kenney was the associate athletic director at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The school didn’t offer men’s lacrosse, nor men’s and women’s track at the Division I level. Demetrius Conger was the leading scorer for Mark Schmidt’s men’s…

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Stathius gets first job at the D-1 level

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By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s lacrosse team hired Allison Stathius to be the assistant coach. Stathius was hired in the beginning of February after a week into pre-season. Aside from coaching club lacrosse, this is her first Division I coaching job. Stathius was a four-year starter at Division I Monmouth…

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Lax Coach steps right in

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By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Assignment Editor   With the departure of the women’s lacrosse coach last semester, the team needed to fill the spot quickly. Chelsea Rosiek, the former head coach of Chesnut Hill College in Pennslyvania, will begin her career at St. Bonaventure and her first season coaching a Division I program this semester.…

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Lacrosse team unites for heartbroken teammate

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By. Reid Okoniewski Contributing Writer We all receive the notifications from St. Bonaventure telling us that a fellow Bonnie, or relative of a Bonnie has passed away. I always stop what I’m doing and say a special prayer for that person and their family. Unfortunately, I was shocked by the Notice Board on Tuesday notifying me…

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Lynn: ‘work as 16’

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By Erin Izydorczak Contributing Writer Last Saturday, the St. Bonaventure Lacrosse team lost its third consecutive game to Binghamton by a score of 19-3. Binghamton came out hard and scored seven goals in the first 13 minutes of the game. Meanwhile the Bonnies started slowly and couldn’t get the ball into the offensive zone for…

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Lacrosse team prepares for Bearcats

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By Erin Izydorczak Contributing Writer Mark Twain once said that “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” and this exemplifies the St. Bonaventure lacrosse team early on this year, according to Head Coach Ryan Lynn. The team, led by senior captains Sara Schlagenhauf,…

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