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 move one step closer to semifinals at hockey nationals

    Mar 13, 2026


    Two down, one to go.

    St. Bonaventure (25-4-1) scored four answered goals to upend Utah State (24-12), 6-3, Friday night at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 2 National Tournament in St. Louis.

    The Bonnies, who rallied to defeat Florida Atlantic, 4-3, Thursday, now control their own fate in their quest to reach the national semifinals Monday. A win over St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m. EST Saturday will clinch Pool A.

    However, a loss Saturday will allow St. Thomas, which beat Florida Atlantic, 5-1, to advance on a tiebreaker (head-to-head) if it’s a two-way tie for first in Pool A with the Bonnies.

    The second tiebreaker is fewest goals allowed if it’s a three-way tie with Utah State, which plays Florida Atlantic Saturday. St. Thomas has allowed three goals in its two games, SBU has allowed six, and Utah State has allowed seven.

    Sam Chiavetta opened the scoring for the Bonnies just 1:52 into the game, but the Aggies scored twice within two minutes midway through the first period to take a 2-1 lead.

    But a power play goal by Carson Schlager late in the first knotted the game and a shorthanded breakaway goal by Cole Bailey just eight seconds after the Aggies went on the power play early in the second period seized momentum for the Bonnies that they wouldn’t relinquish.

    Michael Clouden’s brilliant length-of-the-ice rush and short-sided wrister gave the Bonnies a 4-2 lead with 10:59 to play in the second. Ryan Berry scored on a nifty backhander off a great pass from Jake Giordano early in the third, and Michael Robertson closed out the scoring with an empty-netter with 52 seconds left.

    Ryan Levesque and Sam Renaud also had assists for the Bonnies.

    Winners of each of the four pools in the 16-team tourney advance to the semifinals Monday, with the winners playing Tuesday, March 17, for the national title. Sunday is an off day.

    All tournament games will be streamed here (subscription required).

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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).