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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    Bonnies men’s rugby adds 28 players to defending national champions

    Aug 29, 2022

    Less than a year after winning a national championship, the St. Bonaventure men’s rugby team isn’t lowering its goals for the upcoming season despite record numbers of new recruits.

    Bonnies head coach Tui Osborne welcomes 26 freshmen and two transfers, about 10 more than the typical class of incoming players.

    “We will miss our (10) graduating players, but we have a good group returning and a very talented group of new players,” Osborne said. “French scrum half Mathéo Lorenzato will be one to watch!”

    Lorenzato is one of six new international players on the Bonnies, who now boast players from South Africa, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy and New Zealand.

    The Bonnies defeated Penn State, 19-18, on Dec. 11 to win the National Collegiate Rugby Division I championship in Houston.

    “Our expectations remain high with a goal to finish with a better conference record this season than last in Rugby East,” said Osborne, whose club went 3-2 last fall in the six-team league but finished 10-2 overall.

    Rugby East has expanded this season to an 11-team, two-division format.

    The Bonnies will be in the North with Penn State, Kutztown, Army, Navy and Notre Dame College. The South is made up of Mary Washington (Va.), Queens (N.C.) University, Southern Virginia, Virginia Tech and Mount St. Mary’s (Md.).

    The Bonnies kick off their season at home Sept. 10 vs. Notre Dame College (1 p.m.). The complete schedule can be found here.

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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.