St. Bonaventure University

Club Sports


Club sports allow you to keep those competitive juices flowing, playing as a representative of St. Bonaventure University against club sports teams from other colleges and universities.

But it's more than that. As a club sports participant you'll grow as a person, learn the value of teamwork and fair play, and have the opportunity to mature as a leader through four years of practice and competition with new friends and teammates as devoted to your favorite sport as you.


You might even have the opportunity to compete again in front of your hometown friends and neighbors — this time as a Bonnie.

Club Sports @ SBU


College doesn't mean you stop playing the games you love. Playing a club sport keeps you fit, focused, and satisfies that yearning you'll always have for competition and camaraderie.

Club Sports for Men



  • Club Sports for Women


  • Mixed Club Sports


  • Recreational Club Sports


    These are internal clubs at the university that do not currently compete against teams from other universities. As these clubs grow, the option to compete externally will be explored!


  • Full-time athletic training staff available to club sport athletes

     
    Students who play club sports at SBU have access to full-time certified athletic training staff for their care and treatment.

    The athletic training staff attend many games on campus and staff a club sports training room, located in Room 127 of Doyle Hall, adjacent to the Center for Student Wellbeing.

    The training room is equipped with ultrasound and electrical muscle stimulation equipment, a hydrocollator for heat treatments, as well as other equipment for the prevention and treatment of injuries.

    Trainers Thomas Gallagher & Brendan Carter

    Pictured (from left): Club sports athletic trainers Thomas Gallagher, MS, LAT, ATC and Brendan Carter, MS, LAT, ATC.

    Required club sports clearance form

    All students who want to play a club sport at St. Bonaventure must complete and submit our Club Sports Clearance Form before participating in practices or games.


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    Top-seeded Bonnies down Kutztown; advance to rugby title game in Houston

    Dec 04, 2021


    Tui Osborne admitted he had a touch of nerves in advance of Saturday’s semifinal vs. Kutztown in the National Collegiate Rugby Division I Tournament.

    Having conquered Kutztown for the first time in program history in a 17-12 slugfest just four weeks ago, the Bonnies coach knew the challenge of beating a perennial rugby power twice in the same season.

    “I was a little nervous. It’s been a while since I’ve been in playoff rugby,” Osborne said. “But just the way the men prepared this week gave our staff a good feeling about today.”

    That feeling was rewarded.

    The top-seeded Bonnies erased an early 7-3 deficit and rode a strong defense and kicking game to a 27-15 victory and a berth in next weekend’s NCR title game at AVEVA Stadium in Houston, home to Major League Rugby’s Houston Sabercats.

    SBU will face second-seeded Penn State, a 32-31 winner over Queens University in the day’s second semifinal. The Bonnies defeated the Nittany Lions, 19-15, in October at State College.

    “Our defense was relentless today and that gave us a good platform to convert opportunities in attack,” Osborne said. “Keelin Coyle’s boot was on point today and that put us in range to launch some good set piece attacks.”

    The Northern Ireland native converted both his penalty kicks and was perfect on conversions after all three Bonaventure tries for a total of 12 points.

    After falling behind 7-3, Ethan Doumbe and Matt Conroy scored to stake the Bonnies to a 17-7 halftime lead. Kutztown cut the lead to 17-10 midway through the second half, but the Bonnies responded in less than 2 minutes on an Andrew Bigler try and Kutztown would get no closer than nine.

    “We’re looking forward to Houston,” Osborne said.

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    About the University: The nation’s first Franciscan university, St. Bonaventure University is a community committed to transforming the lives of our students inside and outside the classroom, inspiring in them a lifelong commitment to service and citizenship. St. Bonaventure was named the #5 regional university value in the North in U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 college rankings edition.