By Angelia Roggie Features Editor Female athletes can feel truly important. At least, author Andrea Montalbano seems to think so. “The very act of signing her up and bringing her to her first practice … tells her she can do it and that she is important,” Montalbano said. “You are telling her that you believe…
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer Going into the final weekend of the season, the lacrosse team (3-8) is still looking for its first conference win. Despite an 0-5 Atlantic 10 record and recent elimination from playoff contention, coach Ryan Lynn said he hopes the Bonnies can pull out a win in these final two…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief Jim Crowley won’t be leaving Olean anytime soon. Steve Watson, director of athletics, announced Monday the women’s basketball coach signed a two-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season, quieting any rumors the ESPN.com National Coach of the Year would leave for a higher-profile job. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Crowley, also the Atlantic 10 Coach of…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After splitting a doubleheader at Niagara Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Rhode Island this weekend in a three-game home series beginning today at 3 p.m. “Rhode Island is perennially one of the best teams in the conference,” coach Larry Sudbrook said. “From 2000-2009, us and Rhode Island went to the…
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor In case you were living under a rock, March was a pretty busy month for both basketball teams. Since I’ve been at St. Bonaventure, it was my favorite month by far. With the women making the Sweet 16 and the men’s astonishing Atlantic 10 championship that put them in the Big Dance,…
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer The lacrosse team (3-5) has a busy weekend, as it takes on Atlantic 10 opponent Saint Joseph’s (4-9, 0-3) in Philadelphia today at 3:30 p.m. before traveling to Amherst, Mass., to take on the Massachusetts Minutewomen (12-1, 3-0) Sunday at noon. The Bonnies must win both of these games and all other league…
By Jordan Morey Staff Writer The golf team looks to rebound from two consecutive last-place finishes as it heads to Farmville, Va., today for the Manor Intercollegiate, hosted by Longwood. Longwood is hosting a field of nine schools: Bucknell, Delaware, George Washington, Seton Hall, Towson, Wagner, and Hampden Sydney. Last year, Longwood opened its season with a win…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Assignment Editor The Bonnies (14-14, 4-4) head to Charlotte for a noon doubleheader tomorrow after dropping two games to Massachusetts last weekend, including a perfect game from the Minutewomen’s Sara Plourde. Plourde struck out 10 Bonnies and hit two home runs in the first game before throwing a one-hitter in the second game to…
By Nate West News Assignment Editor Believe it or not, St. Bonaventure has two more teams headed to the Atlantic 10 Championships. The women’s tennis team is traveling south to the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the Atlantic 10 tournament. Seeds have not yet been announced but will before play begins next Thursday. The…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief We can now resume our regularly scheduled lives, but what a month – what a year we’ve experienced at St. Bonaventure. Bonnies basketball fans had high expectations entering the 2011-12 season, and it’s fair to say the teams met them – in exhilarating fashion. It didn’t quite have a fairytale ending, but the glass slipper…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Assignment Editor The women’s basketball team just came off its most successful season ever (31-4). Now that the season is done, major issues arise for next season after losing three starters and big bench contributors in Armelia Horton, Jessica Jenkins, Megan Van Tatenhove and Jennie Ashton, respectively. The group will be difficult to replace,…
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor Nearly five years ago, redshirt senior Da’Quan Cook came to St.Bonaventure under then-first-year head coach Mark Schmidt. Since his arrival, the Bonnies have improved their conference record each year, going from 2-14 overall in 2007-08 to 10-6 this year. The Elizabeth, N.J. native said he and his teammates are still in shock about…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After its first home loss against Canisius, 4-3, Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Fordham in a three-game home series this weekend, beginning today at 4 p.m. The Bonnies (9-9, 1-2) take on the Rams (9-16, 1-2) in their second series of Atlantic 10 play. Last weekend against Dayton, the…
By Taylor Nigrelli Staff Writer After going 2-0 to start the season, the lacrosse team has lost its last two games, the latest defeat coming in blowout fashion, 20-8, against rival Canisius last Wednesday. According to coach Ryan Lynn, the losing streak comes during mere warmups for conference games. “Nonconference games are more like practice for conference games,” Lynn…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-chief RALEIGH, N.C. – A stifling defensive effort from top-seeded Notre Dame ended the women’s basketball team’s ‘sweet’ season on a sour note Sunday. The Irish (33-3) dominated the fifth-seeded Bonnies, 79-35, in an NCAA Raleigh Regional semifinal, holding them to a regional-record-low scoring output. Notre Dame fifth-year senior guard Brittany Mallory…
By Nate West Assistant News Editor The softball team (12-10, 2-0) will host Saint Louis (14-18, 1-3) this weekend as the Bonnies enter the second weekend of conference play. Coach Mike Threehouse said in order to beat the Billikens, the Bonnies will have to play identical to how they played last week when they swept Dayton.…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-chief The women’s basketball team’s magical ride came to a crashing halt Sunday in Raleigh, N.C., as the No. 5 seed Bonnies fell to top-seeded Notre Dame, 79-35, in an NCAA Tournament Raleigh Regional semifinal. Sophomore guard CeCe Dixon led the Bonnies with 13 points. Sophomore forward Doris Ortega added 11. The…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Assignment Editor Bonnies Fever has reached new heights on campus and in the community. The success of the men’s and women’s basketball teams this season has sparked a surge of school spirit. Their upcoming appearances in the NCAAs have especially triggered Bona Madness on campus. Lindsey James, a literacy graduate student, said she’s been…
By Anthony Gannon Sports Assignment Editor After the women’s basketball team’s runner-up finish in the Atlantic 10 Championship, every player is back in the gym getting ready for the NCAA Tournament. The women’s basketball team will learn its fate Monday, when the selection committee releases its bracket for the Women’s NCAA Tournament in a ESPN 7 p.m. special. In…
By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor It’s been a long time since St. Bonaventure has had an Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, but that changed this season. Sunday, the league announced senior forward Andrew Nicholson as the A-10 Player of the Year. He’s the first Bonnie to win the award since Earl Belcher in 1980 and 1981. After…