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 drop heartbreaker to Tommies at hockey nationals

    Mar 14, 2026

    St. Bonaventure’s road to a national title took a heartbreaking detour in St. Louis tonight.

    St. Thomas stormed back for a 4-3 win over the Bonnies to capture Pool A and advance to Monday’s semifinals of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 2 National Tournament.

    Leading 3-1 midway through the second period, the Bonnies (25-5-1) gave up three answered goals, including a backbreaker off a 2-on-1 break with just 11 seconds left in the period.

    Neither team could muster a score in the third period.

    The Bonnies best chance came in the final minute after they had pulled goalie Tyler Kirk for an extra attacker, but a goal off a scrum in front of the net was disallowed because the net had first come off its moorings.

    The Tommies won a tiebreaker over SBU and Utah State to move on. All three teams went 2-1 in pool play, but St. Thomas advanced because they gave up the fewest goals (six) in their three games. Florida Atlantic finished 0-3 in the pool.

    Winners of each of the four pools in the 16-team tourney advance to the semifinals, with the winners playing Tuesday for the national title.

    The Bonnies jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Michael Robertson and Michael Clouden. The Tommies cut it to 2-1 after a period, but Robertson scored again 8 minutes into the second on a wicked wrist shot.

    Cole Bailey assisted on both Robertson goals. Carson Schlager and Ryan Levesque also had assists. Kirk was brilliant in net, turning back 44 shots. The Bonnies were outshot, 48-29.

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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).