This weekend, the women's soccer team will look to become the first in program history to start the Atlantic 10 Conference schedule with three consecutive wins, hosting Duquesne at McGraw Jennings Field at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Bonnies opened the A-10 slate with a 2-0 road win against Rhode Island on Sept.
Behind a wooden counter, next to rows of boxing gloves and sparring helmets, a stick with a glove fastened to the end menaces boxers and mixed martial arts fighters at Salamanca's Knockout Factory. Michael "Snake" Tome uses the tool to remind his fighters of boxing's most important rule, self-defense.
As the puck drops and another NHL season commences tonight, the sound of the game continues to change. Don't worry, hockey fans. Boards will rattle with heavy hits. Skates will crinkle across freshly Zamboni'd ice. Slap shots will resonate as loud and as clear as ever in crisp digital sound.
Men's soccer assistant coach Mike Martel is a busy man. An Olean native and St. Bonaventure alum, Martel is a graduate assistant enrolled in the Educational Leadership Program. He also teaches full time in the Hinsdale Central School District. "It's pretty busy in the fall," Martel said.
The St. Bonaventure men's soccer team improved its record to 3-4, defeating Big 4 rival Buffalo, 2-1, Wednesday afternoon at McGraw-Jennings Field. This marks the Bonnies' first win against the Bulls in four years. "Overall, we played well enough to beat a very good team," Coach Mel Mahler said.
Recruited last year from sunny Miami, Manuela Marin-Salcedo entered this year with a promising freshman record. Finishing with a combined 9-7 record in primary and secondary singles, she also showed skill in doubles, finishing 9-9 in number one doubles with her partner Maria Barousse.
Two games into its season in Division I, the men's rugby team is one victory away from being in first place in the Premier Division I Standings. The only obstacle for first place is this Saturday's showdown at home against Syracuse, the 2008 New York State Division I Champion currently ranked No.
Before Bonaventure athletic teams step onto McGraw-Jennings Field, their cleats sinking into the slick grass and thick soil, another team has already put in its work on game day. Instead of facing Atlantic 10 rivals, this six-man team representing campus maintenance battles the unpredictable weather and time restraints in an already overloaded schedule.
The men's and women's cross country teams each placed third in Saturday's Little 3 championships. This was the first meet St. Bonaventure hosted this season, as each team ran against Niagara and Canisius. Junior Jimmy Burton finished ninth in the men's 8-kilometer run with his season-best time of 27:39.
In 150 years, the university has changed, and so has its students. But no matter the physical landscape or the student body's size or composition, one underlying facet of student life remained as constant as the cold in the winter. Intramural sports, a staple among students has provided competitive students experiences more memorable than any term papers they've written or quizzes they've taken.
Two teams of eight competing for six balls provides a frantic pace from the outset. Rob DeFazio, director of Intramurals and Club Sports, said this is the first time dodgeball has been an intramural activity at St. Bonaventure. "We always tried to figure out when to do it.