Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team travels to Buffalo, New York, today, looking to snap its two-game losing streak against Little Three rival Canisius. After defeating California State University, Northridge 70-56 in their season opener, the Bonnies make the 76-mile trip to face a Golden Griffins team…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team kicks off their regular season at the Reilly Center with an in-state clash against the Binghamton Bearcats today. The Bonnies enter Saturday’s contest coming off a 71-57 win in an exhibition against Daemen College. Redshirt senior guard Dani Haskell and…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: SAMUEL WEILERT, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure Men’s Soccer team capped off their 2024 season this past Saturday with a 5-1 defeat to 10-3-4 conference rival UMASS, finishing with a 6-8-3 record. While they didn’t reach their goal of making the Atlantic 10 playoffs, players on the team said they…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LUCAS PANNOZZO AND ANDREW RUSS, STAFF WRITERS Three St. Bonaventure runners prepare for the biggest race of the year, the NCAA Northeast Regional in Hopkinton, New Hampshire on Nov. 15th. Sophomore William McCarthy joins Juniors Aiden Scattergood and Casey Malloy to compete. McCarthy said he looks forward to his first…
Photo: SBU Archives BY: CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER While students today pile into the Reilly Center for basketball games, students in the early 1900s piled into St. Bonaventure University’s four stands of bleachers to watch Bonaventure football games. Created in 1895, the student body of Bonaventure raised money for the program to afford equipment and…
Photo: Frankie Debari BY: ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team begins its 2024-2025 regular season Monday night, hosting California State University, Northridge in the Reilly Center. The Bonnies are coming off a 63-39 victory against Alfred in an exhibition game last Wednesday. The Matadors will be playing in their first game since…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITER The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team defeated Division III Daemon 71-57 Friday night in an exhibition matchup. The Bonnies opened the game with an all-guard lineup including freshmen Zoe Shaw and Mackenzie Pettinelli. Returners, redshirt seniors Dani Haskell and Isabellah Middleton as well as junior Tamar…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN, STAFF WRITER As we near the return of Bonnies men’s basketball in the Reilly Center, it is difficult not to feel optimistic about the upcoming season. Despite the low expectations entering the year, the Bonnies have the makeup to challenge the best in the conference. Bonaventure was tabbed…
Photo: Aidan Shinners BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Jim Crowley, St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball head coach, detailed the versatility and depth nine new players will add to his 2024-25 roster ahead of the team’s first game tonight. “We have a lot of different things we can do with our lineups,” said Crowley. “We have…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITER International talent fills one third of St. Bonaventure University’s women’s soccer’s active roster. Graduate student and first-year Bonnie Thea Juul found out about Bonaventure after winning the Northeast 10 Conference in her senior season at The College of Saint Rose. Bonnies women’s soccer head coach Donny…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: QUINN BURGESS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Michael Bucko, a junior golfer from Johnson City, New York, had a slow start to his Division I golf career. In his first season at Bonaventure, Bucko’s top finish was tied for eighth 76-76 in the 2022 Murray Cup against Siena College. During his sophomore season,…
Photo: Frank DeBari / The Bona Venture BY ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team defeated Division III Alfred 63-39 in Wednesday’s annual exhibition game. The Bonnies starting lineup featured four newcomers: junior guards Jaxon Edwards, Dasonte Bowen and Lajae Jones, alongside senior guard Melvin Council Jr. Graduate center and co-captain Noel Brown…
BY ANDREW HALE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team takes on Division III Alfred University in its annual preseason exhibition game Wednesday night in the Reilly Center. The Bonnies, projected to finish 10th of 15 teams in the Atlantic 10’s Preseason Poll, face a familiar Alfred team. The two squads have played against each…
PHOTO: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: SAM SWEATMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Coming off their best season since a COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign, the St. Bonaventure’s women’s lacrosse team prepares to close out the fall with a scheduled “SBU Play Day” on Saturday. The Bonaventure-hosted event is a set tournament style of scrimmages. Four schools will be participating with…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: WILL NUNN AND SEAN WALLACE, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS From securing Atlantic 10 conference victories to being featured in SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team looks to capitalize on its success this month by securing an A10 playoff spot. The team entered the season with 21 returning players,…
Photo: @bonnies.hockey on Instagram BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR With eyes set on a national championship this season, the St. Bonaventure men’s AAU Division I hockey team looks to bring its win streak to four following two games against the Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend. After a 2-1 start, head coach Jordan Farnham made…
Photo: The Jandoli School of Communication BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR A lineup of St. Bonaventure University basketball icons will assemble tomorrow for the preview screening of “Brown and White: the Heart of Bona’s Basketball” in the Murphy Auditorium at 4 p.m. Directed by Mike Camoin, ‘88, the documentary explores the men’s basketball program’s impact…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: KYLE MAIER, SPORTS EDITOR Former St. Bonaventure University basketball player Chris Matthews, known to millions on social media as “Lethal Shooter,” will forever be etched in basketball history Sunday. “This weekend, I’m going to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, where I’ll be donating two rims and two pairs of…
Photo: Atlantic 10 Conference BY: ANDREW RUSS AND ROGER WEBSTER, STAFF WRITERS On Oct. 1, Juniors Aiden Scattergood and Mia Winters received Atlantic 10 cross-country performers of the week. Scattergood finished in the top 10 in the 8k at the Lock Haven Invitational while Winters had a top-20 finish in the 6k. Scattergood led the…
Photo: St. Bonaventure Athletics BY: LAYNE HAUGHT AND AIDAN SHINNERS, STAFF WRITERS With national, foreign and local talent filling the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer roster over the years, some former Bonnies soccer graduates have put their playing careers in the past while others still have the dream of competing professionally. Mitch Wambach, a defenseman for…