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 fall to Fairfield, 4-3, at AAU Hockey Nationals

    Mar 05, 2025

    Fairfield University stormed back in the third period to defeat St. Bonaventure, 4-3, in the opening game of pool play at the AAU College Hockey National Tournament at Jacksonville, Florida.

    The Bonnies (13-9-1) led, 3-1, heading into the third period, but the Stags (9-8) scored three times in the final frame and held off several SBU chances in the final minute after the Bonnies had pulled goalie Kyle Karoleski.

    The Bonnies, ranked No. 7 in the 16-team tournament, play No. 15 Auburn at 11:15 a.m. Thursday. SBU plays No. 2 Tampa at 8 p.m. Friday. The games will be streamed here.

    The Bonnies could still advance out of pool play by winning their next two games if No. 10 Fairfield loses one, but they’d need to win tiebreakers to do so.

    The four pool winners will play semifinal games at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The championship game is at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

    Carson Schlager scored on a nice 2-on-1 feed from Tyler Benz to open the scoring at 13:47 of the first. After Fairfield tied it 5 minutes later, Tyler Kelley scored late in the period on a poke check off a bad Fairfield pass in front of its own net to give SBU a 2-1 lead after the first.

    Michael Clouden gave the Bonnies a 3-1 lead with 3:55 left in the second period off assists from Menz and Schlager.

    But special teams proved to be the Bonnies’ undoing.

    They were unable to score on several power play opportunities, including a 5-on-3 for about a minute when leading 3-2; gave up a breakaway shorthanded goal in the first period; and allowed a power play goal early in the third to flip the momentum to the Stags.

    Fairfield then scored on deflections 77 seconds apart midway through the period to take the 4-3 lead.

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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).