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 men, women ruggers earn bids to CRC National 7s

    Apr 22, 2026


    St. Bonaventure’s rugby teams are in search of more national hardware this weekend.

    Both the men and women have qualified for the Premier Cup divisions of the Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s Friday through Sunday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in suburban Washington, D.C.

    All the games will be streamed here (subscription required). National Collegiate Rugby plays 15-player rugby in the fall and 7-player in the spring.

    CRC-7s-logoThe men qualified for the 32-team national tourney by winning the Frostbite 7s March 1 and followed that with another dominating tune-up for nationals — an undefeated run at the Stag 7s at Fairfield University on April 11. The Bonnies edged Walsh in the title match, 17-12.

    “The tournament was great preparation going into nationals. The team is getting hot just at the right time!” said Coach Danny Neighbour. “It’s been a great season of continuous development for the lads. We continue to build off our successful fall championship win.”

    St. Bonaventure, which thumped Queens, 55-19, in December to win its second 15s national title in the last five years, hopes to avenge its title-game loss to Wheeling in last April’s CRC National 7s.

    “The lads are hungry to get a title in both 7s and 15s, something we’ve never done,” Neighbour said. “We got close last year with another program first, reaching the final of the CRCs, but we aren’t satisfied and believe we have the talent and the game to take it all.”

    The men open play Friday at 9 a.m. vs. Maryland. The semifinals and finals are Saturday. The full bracket and schedule of games is here.

    On the strength of a strong spring 7s season, the women earned an at-large bid to the 16-team nationals. The Bonnies went 3-1 at their most recent tournament, the Gate City 7s in Greensboro, North Carolina, losing only to Queens in the title game.

    The Bonnies open play with Navy at 9:45 a.m. Saturday. The semifinals and finals are Sunday. The full bracket and schedule of games is here. The SBU women won the small-college National 15s title in 2023.

    The JV men also went unbeaten at the Stag 7s tournament, the club’s third title of the spring season.

    “Their success only cements the fantastic depth of talent we have,” Neighbour said. “Once again, it won’t be easy to pick the final 15 tasked with competing for another national title in the fall.”

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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).