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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    St. Bonaventure rugby teams headed to D.C. area for rugby 7s nationals

    Apr 24, 2024

    St. Bonaventure’s men’s and women’s rugby teams will be competing in the Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s tournaments this weekend at the Maryland SoccerPlex near Washington, D.C.

    The men will be competing in the 32-team Premier Cup bracket, opening with Marian at 10:40 a.m. Friday. The men were the national 15s championship runner-up in December.

    The women, who just made the jump to Division I after winning the small-college national 15s championship in December, will compete in the 16-team Division I Club bracket. They open with Oregon at 11:40 a.m. Saturday.

    All games in the stadium and Field 12 will be streamed on The Rugby Network. Games on Fields 9, 10 and 13 will be streamed on NCR’s YouTube page.

    Teams will be dropped to consolation brackets after losses. The men will play three times Friday and twice more Saturday. The women will play twice Saturday and twice on Sunday.

    “This is the biggest collegiate rugby 7s tournament, so we are looking forward to an awesome, rugby-filled weekend,” said Meredith Pyke, coach of the women’s team.

    Tickets can be purchased on the NCR website. Fans can download the NCR app to make it easier to follow the tournaments.

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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).