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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    SBU men's rugby begins spring quest to reach CRC National 7s

    Feb 28, 2025

    St. Bonaventure gets its first chance this weekend to qualify for the 2025 Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s.

    The Bonnies will be sending A and B teams to Landisville, Pennsylvania, for the 15th annual Frostbite 7s. The tournament winner qualifies for the CRC National 7s April 25-27 at Boyds, Maryland.

    The Bonnies’ A side plays Fordham, Indiana (Pa.) and Niagara on Saturday in the Premier Cup division. SBU’s B side will play East Stroudsburg, Bloomsburg and Penn State-Berks on Saturday in the Open Division.

    Championship and consolation games will follow late Saturday and Sunday.

    The Bonnies will play in three more 7s tournaments this spring: Wheeling 7s on March 22, Old Blue 7s at Mount Vernon on March 29, and Fairfield 7s on April 12. Old Blue and Fairfield are also qualifiers for the National 7s tournament.

    IN OTHER MEN’S RUGBY NEWS:

    Starting in the fall, St. Bonaventure’s 15s will be playing in a new league. Top Division I programs from Rugby East are joining forces with Wheeling University to establish the Atlantic Coast Rugby Conference (ACRC).

    The ACRC will be home to six highly competitive, school-supported programs, including five teams from Rugby East and Wheeling, which transitions from the Big Rivers Conference as the easternmost member. It’s anticipated that additional teams will be added to the conference in the coming weeks.

    The other four founding members of the ACRC are Belmont Abbey College, Kutztown University, Queens University and Walsh University.

    The ACRC will align with National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) with the teams continuing to play a fall regular season and postseason schedule.

    Queens reached the national finals in 2022 and 2024, while St. Bonaventure claimed its first national title in 2021 and returned to the championship match in 2023.

    The new teams have also had great success in 7s, with Kutztown winning the 2022 Premier Cup national championship and Wheeling taking home the trophy in 2024.  

    NCR will offer five automatic bids to ACRC teams for the 2025 national 15s playoffs.

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    About the University: The nation’s first Franciscan university, St. Bonaventure is a community committed to transforming the lives of its students inside and outside the classroom, inspiring in them a commitment to academic excellence and lifelong civic engagement. 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).