When the 2009-10 men's basketball schedule was announced, it featured a non-conference slate coach Mark Schmidt said his improving program needed to play. Four teams on the non-conference schedule made the NCAA Tournament, three from major conferences. After a double-digit victory over Cleveland State last Friday, the Bonnies lost to Big East member St.
The women's basketball team began the 2009-10 season with four consecutive wins, ending a seven-day, four-game stretch with yesterday's 66-49 win against Big Four rival Niagara. The Bonnies opened this year's slate on the road for the first time since 2003, defeating Binghamton, 63-42, Nov.
As game time approached before the women's basketball team's home opener Nov. 15 against Akron, an all-too-familiar sound once again filled Bob Lanier Court at the Reilly Center. Silence. The WolfPack, otherwise known as the Bonnies' student section, memorably filled its designated seats for two Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) games against West Virginia and South Florida last March.
Ethan Rowan cuts down lane six with a graceful backstroke. The freshman from Charlotte, N.C., earned his second Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week award Monday, but he plods on down the lane like the rest of the team, training for the Akron Invite Dec. 4 in Ohio.
The St. Bonaventure ice hockey team struggled on the road this past weekend, losing to Binghamton University, 11-3, on Friday and to the University of Rochester, 6-4, on Saturday. The losses bring the Bonnies' overall record on the season to 1-6-0-1 and league record to 1-5-0-1.
The most successful men's soccer season since 1999 ended last Friday night in Kingston, R.I. after a 3-1 loss to No. 1 seed Dayton in an Atlantic 10 semifinal. The Bonnies finished the season 10-9 overall (5-4 A-10) and earned the No. 6 seed in the A-10 Championships, their first appearance since 1999.
From 1977-1981, Kathy Lynch brought the scoring, defense and leadership needed to help carry an upstart women's basketball team out from Title IX's long shadow. Her career blazed a trail for Bonaventure women's athletics, earning her the first female spot in the university's athletic hall of fame in 1991.
Wednesday, the men's basketball team announced the signing of Elijah Carter to a National Letter of Intent on the final day of the early signing period. A 6-foot-2-inch guard from Paterson, N.J., Carter is entering his senior season at Saint Anthony's High School and will join the Bonnies for the 2010-11 season.
