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.


    News-Publications-Research- Banner

    ​UB stuns Bonnies with goal in dying seconds at AAU College Hockey Nationals

    Mar 08, 2024

    Heartbreaking.

    With St. Bonaventure (19-5-1 overall) needing only a tie to advance to the national semifinals, the University at Buffalo scored with just 25 seconds left in the game to crush the Bonnies’ dream of a national title.

    UB added another score with just 5 seconds remaining in its 3-1 victory to clinch Pool C in the Division I AAU College Hockey National Tournament Friday evening in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

    The teams both ended up 2-1 in pool play, but the No. 6 Bulls — who defeated SBU, 5-3, two weeks ago in the Upstate New York College Hockey League semifinals — advanced to Saturday’s national semifinals because of the head-to-head result.

    The Bonnies would have won a three-way tiebreaker with UB and Quinnipiac, but the Bobcats (1-2) lost to Auburn (1-2) earlier Friday.

    After a scoreless first period, the third-seeded Bonnies took a 1-0 lead 3 minutes into the second period on a rocket from Jake Spina, who was set up by nice clearing pass from his own zone by David O’Donoghue.

    UB then took a mindless roughing penalty crashing the Bonnies’ goal celebration, but the ensuing power play turned ugly. A mishandled puck off a faceoff the Bonnies had won led to a UB breakout. Matt Tullo beat Kyle Karoleski high on the blocker side to tie the game just a minute later.

    The game remained scoreless until Brandon Licursi scored with 25 ticks left. Knowing it needed to win to advance, UB had pulled its goalie a minute earlier to gain the man advantage.

    The Bonnies outshot Buffalo, 44-29, but UB goalie Craig Kunz only let one shot slip past.

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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. Out of 167 regional universities in the North, St. Bonaventure was ranked #6 for value and #14 for innovation by U.S. News and World Report (2024).