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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    Bona women thump BC to capture first rugby road win of the year

    Sep 21, 2025

    The St. Bonaventure women’s rugby team picked up where it left off last season, traveling to Boston College and steamrolling the Eagles, 74-0, Sunday afternoon.

    In 2024, their first year in Division I, the Bonnies outscored their regular-season opponents 415-0 before losing to eventual national champion Wheeling in the Allegheny Rugby Union title game.

    Eleven players scored tries for the Bonnies: Lexi Thompson, Jillian Rea, Rory Senft, Madison Moeller, Kaegan Rhodes, Alexandria Sutandar, Gia Ditto (2), Kyla Nentarz, Taylor Cohen, Natalie Lamar, and Taryn Gonzales.

    Lamar had five conversions and Elizabeth Lyons added two.

    “This was our first 15s road trip for this group, so we were excited to see how they would handle the new experience,” said Meredith Pyke, Bonnies head coach. “We were able to move a lot of players around and get everyone significant minutes.”

    The Bonnies (2-0), ranked No. 5 in the preseason National Collegiate Rugby Division I poll, host Cincinnati at 1 p.m. Saturday as part of SBU’s Family Weekend.

    The Bonaventure men, who won at Queens University Saturday on the final play of the match, host Kutztown at 11 a.m.

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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 #8 for value and #19 overall by U.S. News and World Report (2025).