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 rugby women earn bid to national 7s; men open play Friday

    Apr 24, 2025

    CRC National7s LogoSt. Bonaventure’s women are headed back to a national rugby tournament.

    The Bonnies received an at-large bid to the 16-team Premier Cup bracket of the Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s this weekend at Boyds, Maryland. SBU opens play Saturday at 10 a.m. vs. New Haven.

    The St. Bonaventure men earned an automatic bid to the CRC National 7s — also being held at Boyds, Maryland — by winning the Old Blue 7s qualifier March 29. They open play in the 32-team Premier Cup bracket at 9:20 a.m. Friday vs. Delaware.

    Tournament games will be streamed on either The Rugby Network or YouTube, depending on which field a game is being played on.

    The Bonaventure women, who made the move this school year to Division I after winning the 2023 national 15s title in the small-college division, earned the bid with their performance when they hosted Walsh and Wheeling universities in a CRC nationals qualifier on March 29.

    Despite losing to Wheeling, 31-17, in the title game, the Bonnies steamrolled Walsh twice, 41-0 and 38-0, to warrant strong consideration for a tournament bid. Makenna Ramsey, Kaylee Middaugh, Natalie Lamar and Ashlee Reid all had multiple goals for the Bonnies in the tournament.

    “This will be our first time competing at this level, and we will be facing several NCAA programs in this new bracket,” said Meredith Pyke, Bonnies’ head coach. “This is the move we need to make as we continue to professionalize the program, bringing in students from across the nation with rugby experience and growing our experience level and depth.”

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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).