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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    SBU men finish 7th, women win Shield at rugby National 7s

    Apr 26, 2026

    In its bid to capture a second national men’s rugby title in four months, St. Bonaventure came up short. Twice.

    Two yellow cards against the Bonnies allowed Dartmouth to score both its tries with the man advantage, leading to a 10-7 win over SBU in the Premier Cup division quarterfinals of the Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s Friday afternoon at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland.

    St. Bonaventure, which was one of the top four seeds in the 32-team bracket, finished seventh, losing to Walsh, 17-14, on the final play of the match and beating Indiana, 15-7, Saturday in a consolation bracket of the Cup Division. Wheeling edged Dartmouth, 14-12, for the national title.

    To reach the quarterfinals, the Bonnies overwhelmed their first two opponents Friday, thumping Maryland, 47-7, and shutting out Clemson, 24-0.

    Noah Edwards (6 tries, 4 conversions), Troy Heroldt (3 tries, 4 conversions) and Matthew Marten (3 tries) led the Bonnies in scoring for the weekend.

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

    On Sunday, the St. Bonaventure women won the consolation Shield Bracket of the Premier Cup, defeating UConn, 34-14, and Aquinas, 27-0.

    The Bonnies lost both of their games Saturday in the main bracket of the Premier Cup — 45-7 to Navy and 17-5 to Northern Iowa.

    Gia Ditto (5 tries), Alexandria Sutandar (2 tries) and Madison Moeller (2 tries) led the Bonnies in scoring over the four games.

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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).