By Caitlyn Morral Contributing Writer The women’s basketball team played and won against Davidson with a score of 72-56 on Saturday, Feb. 21. As usual, the university’s cheerleaders were present, but this time they were accompanied by another group of young girls. The South Knight Cheerleaders of Olean had the opportunity to show off…
Expectations can be hard to meet, and the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team is finding this out the hard way. Going into the season, the Bonnies were projected to finish fourth in the Atlantic 10. Yet, as the season nears its end, the Bonnies find themselves with a 14-12 (4-9) record and an inconsistent, under-performing roster.…
The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team celebrated ” Think Pink” day on Sunday during its game against the Rhode Island Rams. “Think Pink” day is an event where Bonnies raise money by selling pink T-shirts, and raffles sponsoring awareness and support the fight against breast cancer. The Bonnies women won the game 73-59, and “Think…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor During St. Bonaventure’s surprisingly successful 2013-14 season, much has been made of the on-and-off court chemistry of the team’s star sophomore forward duo of Katie Healy and Hannah Little. In multiple press conferences Coach Jim Crowley has joked about the similarities between the two, on separate occasions saying they “have…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor The women’s basketball team will face the Charlotte 49ers today at 7 p.m. in the Reilly Center for the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Bonnies received an automatic berth in the WNIT because they were the highest-ranking team in the Atlantic 10 that did not…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor St. Bonaventure’s (23-12, 11-6) emotional roller coaster came to an end Saturday as the team struggled mightily in a 73-32 loss to Fordham (24-7, 13-5). The semifinal loss eliminated the Bonnies from the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament and sent Fordham to its second consecutive finals appearance. The Bonnies…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor After going 22-9 on the season, the women’s basketball team will go into the Atlantic 10 tournament in Richmond with a two seed. The Bonnies were predicted to finish ninth in the A-10 this year. However, they defeated six out of the eight teams picked ahead of them on…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor Senior forward Chelsea Bowker is leading the women’s basketball team far past expectations this season, as they were predicted to finish towards the bottom of the Atlantic 10 The Bonnies are 19-7 on the season with an 8-3 record in conference play, putting them in second place behind the…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor Before the women’s basketball team’s scrimmage against Edinboro last November, a fellow reporter and friend asked me how I thought the team would finish in conference play. “No better than two wins,” I told him. After the team finished 3-11 in conference play last season, lost two major contributors to…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor Sophomore forward Katie Healy has put on an impressive display of skill this season for the Bonnies. Healy is averaging 15.4 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game, both team highs. She is also leading the team with 30 blocks and 59 assists. Healy said most of her…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor The women’s basketball came back to beat the St. Louis Billikens 62-60 yesterday. Head Coach Jim Crowley said the Billikens disrupted the Bonnies from the get-go, making it a difficult game. “I give St. Louis a lot of credit,” Crowley said. “I thought they executed their game plan really…
By Zach Waltz Sports Assignment Editor The women’s basketball team put on a strong performance against the La Salle Explorers on Wednesday, winning 58-35. Head Coach Jim Crowley said the Bonnies disrupted La Salle’s offense with their solid defense. “We set goals to get to the foul line more than them and to out-rebound them,”…
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor Life on the road was not kind to the women’s basketball team last season. Away from the friendly confines of the Reilly Center, the Bonnies lost 12 of 14 games, only recording victories against Little Three rivals Buffalo and Niagara; in conference play, the team was winless away. The…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor After watching last season from the sidelines, redshirt senior forward Chelsea Bowker is ready to step back on the Reilly Center court and make a big impact on the women’s basketball team. “I’ve been looking forward to it for a year and a half now,” Bowker said. “I’m really excited…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor You’ll have to excuse St. Bonaventure students for their light attendance of Saturday’s women’s basketball scrimmage. The program hasn’t exactly been a beacon of hope the past year. Last season, as the defending Atlantic 10 regular season champions, the team dropped 11 out of 14 conference games, scoring 60 or…
By Taylor Nigrelli Sports Editor The women’s basketball team shook off the rust of an eight-month offseason Saturday as they defeated the Edinboro Fighting Scots, 65-43, in an exhibition matchup. Despite the final score, the game was close for quite a while. Edinboro out-rebounded the Bonnies 26-14 in the first half and trailed just 32-28…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor With its postseason hopes dashed, the women’s basketball team ended its 2012-13 season on high note, defeating La Salle, 71-58. The home win snapped a nine-game losing streak. “Disappointed is probably too soft of a word for where we ended up,” Coach Jim Crowley said. “We knew there’d be challenges,…
By Mike Specht Staff Writer The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team will have revamped locker room facilities, thanks in part to an initiative by the athletic department and various contributions from alumni and friends of the university. A total of $300,000 was raised since the project was announced last March. Construction will begin soon after…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor On Sunday, the women’s basketball team (9-13, 2-5) welcomes Virginia Commonwealth to the Reilly Center at 1 p.m. This serves as the first meeting between the two teams since VCU (8-14, 1-6) joined the Atlantic 10 in July 2012. In three of the last four years, the VCU Rams won…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor The women’s basketball team (9-12, 2-4) fell to Charlotte (15-3, 4-1) Wednesday night at home, 64-57. The Bonnies will travel to Xavier (6-13, 0-5) on Super Bowl Sunday for a 2 p.m. game. Last year, the women hosted Xavier and pulled off a 66-48 win in front of the largest…