BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team lost the final game of its season Saturday against Virginia Commonwealth University, 2-0, capping off a winless season in Atlantic 10 play. The Bonnies (3-10-3, 0-6-2) and the Rams (3-7-6, 3-1-4) went scoreless through the first half. Two second-half goals propelled VCU to…
St. Bonaventure has parted ways with women’s soccer coach Steve Brdarski, the university announced in a release Tuesday. Brdarski served as head coach for 10 seasons, beginning in 2013. He led the team to the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals his first season and the first round in 2021. This season, Brdarski compiled a 3-8-6 overall…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team lost, 3-0, at Saint Joseph’s University Saturday, officially eliminating the Bonnies from contention for an Atlantic 10 Tournament berth. The Hawks scored first. The Bonnies failed to register a goal, allowing two second half goals. “I thought we played well,” said Bonaventure…
BY DAN GEYER, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer ended its 2022, last Thursday, falling to Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne, 2-0. The entire first half consisted of a possession battle between the Bonnies (3-8-6, 1-8-1 A-10) and the Dukes (6-5-3, 4-2-3 A-10) as both teams controlled with an occasional shot for each team. The…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team tied, 1-1, with University of Massachusetts Saturday at Rudd Field, earning its second point of the season. For Bonaventure head coach Kwame Oduro, the game was a tale of two halves. “In the first half, we were excellent — we were unbelievable,”…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team picked up its first conference win of the season, defeating the Richmond Spiders, 1-0 ,Sunday at the Marra Athletics Complex, picking up its first conference win of the season. The win was the Bonnies first since a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan on Aug.…
BY JONNY WALKER, SPORTS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Fordham’s Jed Dixon, a sophomore defenseman, entered Saturday’s game at the Marra Athletics Complex against St. Bonaventure with just under 14 minutes remaining. Twenty seconds later, Dixon made an overlapping run down the left sideline. Fordham’s Florian Deletioglu, a junior midfielder, laid the ball off for him at the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team lost its fourth-straight conference game against Davidson, 3-0, Sunday. The Bonnies (2-4-5, 0-4 A-10) and Wildcats (9-2-1, 2-2 A-10) were at a stalemate for the entirety of the first half. In the 65th minute, the Wildcats took control as freshman midfielder Charlotte Snead kicked…
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 WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team lost, 2-0, at Dayton last Sunday. From the opening kick, the Flyers (8-1, 2-0 A-10) were in control. They kept possession for the majority of the game. With 25 seconds left in the first half, senior forward Alicia Donley attempted a cross into the…
BY WILL POLADIAN, SPORTS EDITOR The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team falls by score of 1-0 against conference foe Fordham to kick off conference play last Thursday. The Bonnies (2-1-5, 0-1 A-10) and Rams (2-6-0, 1-0 A-10) had a stalemate going late into the first half. In the 43rd minute, senior midfielder Amber Achladis sent…
By Cameron Carr, Contributing Writer Seeking an important conference victory, the Bonnies broke through in the final 20 minutes of their Saturday afternoon road meeting with Duquesne, scoring twice and winning, 2-0. In the 72nd minute, midfielder Fredrik Hanson scored the Bonnies first goal off a sweet feed from sophomore Joshua Pulla. Then, freshman Luca…
St. Bonaventure University is home to only 1,800 undergraduate students, and on a weekly basis, its athletic programs compete with the largest Division I universities in America, many of which are home to more than 50,000 undergraduate students. And for a school like Ohio State University, with an undergraduate population of 66,000, recruiting is easy…
An 84th minute penalty kick spoiled St. Bonaventure’s women’s soccer team’s Atlantic 10 opener at Fordham, proving to be too much to overcome the Bonnies lost 1-0. The loss dropped the Bonnies to 4-5 overall and 0-1 in the A10. Fordham improved to 2-6-2 overall and 1-0 in the A10 as of printing. The decisive…
By Mike Hogan Sports Editor Former St. Bonaventure men’s soccer midfielder Remi Dujardin fulfilled a lifelong goal of his last week, signing a professional contract with FC Jumilla in Murica, Spain. Dujardin, who got professional-like experience this past summer with the Hong Kong U23 National Team, said the opportunity came after he graduated in the…
After going nine matches scoreless, the St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team finally broke their drought in a 1-1 double-overtime draw against University of Richmond, putting the women at 0-9-2 on the season. Junior midfielder Marley Jarvis scored her second goal of the season just before halftime in the 44th minute to put the Bonnies…
By Gavin Lindahl Staff Writer As they sit in the basement of the Atlantic 10, the women’s soccer team is nowhere near where it wanted to be at this point of the season. The conference campaign has yielded a meek 2-6 record at press time. Coming off back-to-back road losses against Davidson and Dayton, the…
By Dominic LoVallo Staff Writer A 3-0 loss to Duquesne University last Saturday officially eliminated the St. Bonaventure’s men’s soccer team from reaching the Atlantic 10 (A-10) playoffs this season. The Bonnies also lost the final of their three goaltenders due to a concussion only 21 minutes and 58 seconds into the first half.…
By Dominic LoVallo Contrbuting Writer The men’s soccer team closed the gap on the opposition, but they still were unable to find a way to score. Last Friday, the Bonnies lost to the St. Francis Red Flash in a low-scoring game as they were shutout, 1-0. St. Bonaventure, throughout the entirety of the game, only…
By Julia Mericle News Editor During halftime at yesterday’s game, the Bonaventure women’s soccer team, in partnership with Bona Responds, put “Project-Soccer for Haiti” into action with the collection of new and used soccer equipment. As an initiative of the new Bona Responds program, Bonas and Beyond: Haiti, an arrangement was made with Haitian…
