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 two wins away from national club hockey tournament

    Feb 19, 2026


    Mike Cosentino is confident his Bonnies can do well this weekend at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Northeast Regional Tournament.

    But after watching Canada nearly stumble Wednesday to Czechia in what would have been one of the great upsets in Olympic history, he knows that overconfidence is unacceptable.

    St. Bonaventure (21-4-1), ranked No. 3 in the ACHA regional tournament, squares off with No. 14 Sacred Heart (12-8-3) in the first round at 10 a.m. Saturday in Simsbury, Connecticut. The game will be streamed here (subscription required).

    “If you can get to this regional level, you’re a good team so there is no way we will take Sacred Heart lightly,” said Cosentino, St. Bonaventure’s first-year head coach. “They have some really skilled players and solid goaltending.”

    Winners of the eight regional games Saturday will be reseeded and square off on Sunday. The four remaining teams in each of the regionals — Northeast, Central, Southeast and West — will advance to the ACHA Division II National Tournament March 12-17 in St. Louis.

    The Bonnies are coming off a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over Niagara in the Upstate New York Collegiate Hockey League title game Feb. 12 to earn the automatic bid to regionals. Niagara (24-2) earned an at-large bid despite the loss and is the top-ranked team in the region.

    Cosentino is counting on the Bonnies’ overall team speed and depth to carry them to the national tournament.

    “Our speed is our strength and is hopefully too much for them handle,” he said. “But in the end, these games when you get this far really come down to who’s the most disciplined.”

    The Bonnies have relied on very special special teams to get them this far.

    “Our penalty kill has been fantastic, well over 85%, and our power play has been a massive weapon for us,” Cosentino said. “We’re converting over 45% of the time, which is a remarkable rate.”

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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).