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 bounce back, bury Auburn at hockey nationals

    Mar 06, 2025

    Sure didn’t take long for the Bonnies to bounce back.

    Just a day removed from squandering a 3-1 lead after two periods to Fairfield, St. Bonaventure’s club hockey team jumped all over Auburn, scoring five first-period goals en route to a 9-1 win today in game two of pool play at the AAU College Hockey Nationals in Jacksonville, Florida.

    Eight different players scored for the Bonnies, led by Jake Spina with two goals. Michael Clouden and Presley Schiltz scored less than 3 minutes into the game and the Bonnies dominated the rest of the way.

    St. Bonaventure led 5-0 after the first period and 7-0 after the second. Carson Schlager, Michael Robertson, Landon Kramer, Nathan Sobko and Francis Zaklukiewicz also scored for SBU, who outshot the Tigers, 35-22. Defenseman Sam Chiavetta added two assists.

    The No. 7 Bonnies (14-9-1) face No. 2 Tampa at 8 p.m. Friday, the final day of pool play in the 16-team tournament. The game will be streamed here.

    The Bonnies can still advance out of pool play if they beat Tampa and Fairfield loses to Tampa (today at 8 p.m.), but they’d need to win a three-team tiebreaker to do so.

    Fewest goals allowed in the tournament is the first tiebreaker if the three teams are 1-1 vs. each other. After that, tournament goal differential is the next tiebreaker, followed by fewest penalty minutes.

    SBU can also advance by beating Tampa if Fairfield loses to Tampa tonight and Auburn on Friday. Head-to-head would be the first tiebreaker in that case.

    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.

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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).