By Mikael DeSanto Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team, currently 1-8-2 on the season and 0-1-1 in conference play, has struggled to keep opponents’ shot totals down, leading to them surrendering more goals and applying more pressure to the team’s goalkeeper tandem of sophomore Luke Iacobellis and redshirt-freshman Alex Olday. Head…
The St. Bonaventure women’s swimming & diving team hopes to make a splash this season under new head coach Brian Thomas. Thomas joins Bonaventure from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, according to gobonnies.com. “I started in May, so when I started, after a couple weeks…
By Kiley O’Donnell Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s cross country teams have had big results from their first-year runners. William Delaney led the Bonnies men’s team at last weekend’s Harry F. Anderson Invitational. With his 8k time of 26:59.4, Delaney finished 36th out of 213 runners and collected the Atlantic 10 men’s…
By Ryan Signorino Staff Writer In total, 106 new athletes, including transfer students, came to Bonaventure this fall. Included in that number are 13 new international athletes coming from countries such as Spain, Canada, Georgia and Sweden, according to Bernie Valento, vice president of enrollment. Valento said the increase in student athletes could be attributed…
By Mikael DeSanto Sports Assignment Editor Atlantic 10 conference play will begin Saturday for the St. Bonaventure University Men’s soccer team when it takes on the Saint Joseph’s Hawks at home. The Bonnies are coming off a non-conference schedule that saw them go 1-7-1, with the only win coming against the Niagara Purple Eagles. “Our…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure Women’s soccer team has had an up and down year so far. But one player in particular, junior forward Danielle Vis, has been the Bonnies’ main offensive threat. Vis leads the team in goals (4), points (10), shots (29) and shots on goal (16). Vis said without…
By Michael Rickicki Contributing Writer In August, prolonged rainfall caused catastrophic flooding in Louisiana. The floods left thousands of homes in ruin from the damage, according to NBC News. CNN claims that the event was the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Even though the flooding occurred all the…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor Last year, the entire St. Bonaventure University athletic program made the switch to Adidas after not having a set brand for campus sports. The university’s athletic director, Tim Kenney, said the athletic department went out and talked to a group of candidates to sponsor the school. “The interesting thing, there…
By Kiley O’Donnell Contributing Writer There is a shortage of locker room availability for varsity teams at St. Bonaventure University. Some teams share locker rooms with other teams that do not play in their seasons. But there are also some that have no locker room space at all. This has been an issue for the…
Renovations to the Reilly Center means students now share the campus with construction crews working on both projects. Workers replaced the Reilly Center’s old scoreboard with a newer video board with many more capabilities, and the floor of the gym was redone with St. Bonaventure’s updated logo. “First thing we did was the installation of…
By Kiley O’Donnell Contributing Writer After a win last Saturday against the University at Buffalo Bulls, the men’s rugby team looks to improve their record to 2-0 this weekend at Wheeling Jesuit University. “It’s always good to win the season opener and we did a few things well later in the game,” said Coach Andrew…
Most fans would say one of the worst moments watching sports is seeing an athlete in pain on the ground. Teammates surround the injured player, then quickly wave for help. On rush the trainers, there to treat athletes when they’re injured during a game. Trainers are typically overlooked during sports because fans do not want…
By Mikael DeSanto Sports Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure University men’s soccer team played at home last weekend, losing to the Robert Morris Colonials 1-0 on an own goal. The loss brought the team’s record to 0-4-1, making them tied for last in the Atlantic 10 with the University of Massachusetts Minutemen. The team started…
Senior cross country runner Courtney Brinsky is only 21 years old, but says she already has eight children. “The freshmen on the team all call me ‘mom,’” Brinsky said. “I think it’s hilarious.” Entering her final year of competition, Brinsky says she has earned the respect of teammates and coaches, but this respect did not…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team will head to Florida for the weekend as they take on the Florida Atlantic University Owls and Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles. The team has begun the season 2-3-1 and freshman forward Sydney Cerza, second on the team in points with five, says the…
By Cameron Hurst Contributing Writer The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s cross country teams had a successful weekend at Delaware Park Golf Course in Buffalo for the Little Three Invitational, finishing in third place while the women’s team finished in second. “We had a good weekend,” said Bob MacFarlane, head coach of men’s and…
By Jonathan Sawyer Sports Editor St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team went 1-1 this past weekend, losing Friday to the Canisius Golden Griffins 4-2 and winning Sunday against the Niagara Purple Eagles 4-1. The win against the Purple Eagles was the Bonnies’ first of the season. Freshman goaltender Lauren Malcolm has been the backbone of the…
Staff Editorial Basketball returned to St. Bonaventure last week and brought with it students’ favorite weekend activity – screaming at officials, opposing players and fans and whoever dares wrong the sacred Bonnies. Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with this – it seems like most fans are just showing passion and having fun. But there’s…
By Annie Riley Assistant News Editor The 27th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NAGWS) will be held on campus April 23. Tim Gallagher, a counselor education and school counseling grad assistant who works with the program, said female athletes from schools in the area can participate in this event. They can take…
Skye Tulio Sports Assignment Editor Have you ever logged in to Twitter to check the score of a Bonnies men’s basketball game only to find such a page does not exist? Rest assured Bona Nation, the problem has been solved and then some. The latest creation out of the Sports Information Office, a St. Bonaventure…