Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY MICHAEL PEPLINSKI, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure men’s soccer (2-3) takes on rival Niagara (1-5) today, hoping to bring back yet another win against a struggling Niagara team. Both teams looked to gain momentum early in the season, and this promises to be a hard-fought matchup. Shots on net will play…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: NATHAN DONNELLY, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team faces Niagara on Saturday, Sept. 14, in Niagara Falls, New York. Having faced Niagara every year since 2004, except for the shortened 2020 season, the Bonnies lead the all-time series 10-8-1. The Brown and White look to improve on that…
By Jonny Walker St. Bonaventure snapped its four-game losing streak Friday night in the Reilly Center, defeating Niagara 61-57. The Bonnies (2-6, 0-0) pulled ahead of the Purple Eagles (1-6, 0-0) late as I’yanna Lops scored eight of her game-leading 19 points in the final quarter. The 6-foot-3 forward routinely exploited post matchups with smaller…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR With three minutes remaining in regular time and the score tied, St. Bonaventure’s goalkeeper, freshman Nicolas Pucci, cleared the ball to the top of opposing Niagara’s 18-yard box. Niagara’s goalkeeper, senior Josh Savoni, charged off his line, knocking the ball to the chest of Bonaventure’s leading goal-scorer, Matthew Wrobel,…
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…
By Jonathan Sawyer Contributing Writer Saturday, the men’s club basketball team concluded its season in style. The Bonnies faced Niagara, who was missing a few players to start the game. Heading into the first half, the Bonnies got out to a 13-point lead, and continued to roll in the second half, winning the game, 55- 40.…
By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer St. Bonaventure women’s swimming and diving team has a reputation of being one of the hardest working teams on campus, practicing twice per day five days per week. This season, Coach Krista Carlson has stated that their eyes have remained set on that same goal. The girls are certainly on…
By Emily Mulcahey Staff Writer They rise well before the sun most mornings and wake themselves up with a short trip through the frigid air and a physically intensive training session. While the rest of the students around them get a five-week Christmas break, theirs is only three. Their course work is the same, but…
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 Pat Tintle Staff Writer After dropping both games of a doubleheader to Little 3 rival Niagara, the Bonnies (6-36, 2-14) will look to break their four game skid when they host Fordham (28-16, 11-5) today at 3 p.m. and tomorrow at noon. Sunday, the team will host La Salle (14-26, 2-14) for a doubleheader…
By Chris Spiker Staff Writer The tennis teams dropped three matches last weekend, with the women (3-15, 1-4) losing at Duquesne, 7-0, last Friday and to Niagara, 6-1, Monday. The men (5-12, 1-3) lost at Niagara, 6-1, Sunday. Both teams end their regular season Saturday, hosting Xavier at 11 a.m. Xavier (17-4, 6-0) challenges the…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer The women’s lacrosse team won its first two games against Winthrop (2-1), 15-14 and Coastal Carolina, 14-7 on the road last week. Head Coach Ryan Lynn said he is hoping to pick up two more wins this week against the Delaware State Hornets (0-3) on Sunday and the Niagara Purple…
By Zachary Waltz Staff Writer he men’s swimming and diving team defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles last week, 147-72. The team is set to face the Buffalo Bulls tomorrow at Buffalo. Coach Sean McNamee expressed his excitement for the meet at Buffalo. “We’re looking forward to the meet this weekend up at UB,” McNamee said.…
By Mike Specht Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure hockey team (7-9) is set to face off against Niagara University (19-7) in a home-and-home series this weekend. The puck will drop at 9:15 in Dwyer Arena Friday night, and again at the William O. Smith Center 8:30 Saturday. The match Saturday will be the last home…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor With less than a month to go until they compete for Atlantic 10 championships, the women’s swimming and diving team will host Niagara tonight at 6 before traveling to Buffalo Feb. 2 in their final two dual meets of the year. The Niagara meet will mark the second consecutive…
By Heather Monahan Assistant Features Editor The women’s soccer team recorded its first win of the season against Binghamton (6-2-0) when freshman forward Abby Maiello scored the lone goal of the game in the 51st minute last Friday. This weekend, the Bonnies have two games against Little Three opponents. Tonight, the Bonnies host Niagara (4-3-0)…