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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    NCR bye on the line for SBU in Atlantic Rugby title game Friday

    Nov 06, 2025


    Their National Collegiate Rugby playoff berth is secure, but if St. Bonaventure defeats Queens University in the Atlantic Rugby Conference (ARC) title game Friday night, its climb to reach another national title game won’t be as steep.

    By virtue of their last-minute, 32-29 win Sept. 20 over the Royals (3-1-1 league), the Bonnies (4-0-1 league) are the top seed in the league, assuring them a bid to the 16-team NCR national championship tourney.

    Beating Queens again would earn SBU a bye into the quarterfinals Nov. 22. All four league champions in NCR get a pass to the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals will be held in December.

    A loss Friday would relegate the Bonnies to a round of 16 NCR play-in home game Nov. 16 and give Queens the bye to the quarterfinals. SBU is ranked No. 1 and Queens No. 3 in the latest NCR Division I poll.

    The match, being played at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., kicks off at 7 p.m. and will be streamed on the NCR YouTube page.

    “Queens won’t be easy,” said Coach Danny Neighbour. “Both of us have been to the (national) finals and lost so it will be a big game with a lot on the line. We’d love to get the bye and underline the fact that we are the team to beat.”

    In their first year in the newly formed ARC, the Bonnies survived a number of close calls but never lost.

    “Going unbeaten in conference play is not easy to do,” Neighbour said. “We’ve had some close calls with the one tie, so I think that’s really prepared us well for these games to come.”

    Neighbour said his banged-up club is on the mend and “we’re starting to see some guys returning” to the pitch.

    “The lads are excited about the challenge and confident in our ability to compete with anyone. Now it’s about sharpening our claws for the final push to get back to another final,” he said.

    The Bonnies defeated Penn State to win the 15s national title in 2021 and lost to Notre Dame College in the 2023 national title game. Queens lost the national title game in 2024.

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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).