When junior Tyler Bellamy and his teammates on defense protect their goal from charging opponents, they playfully tell each other to "bring the lumber" - referencing a physical style of play. This is fitting, considering the type of player Bellamy has become for the men's soccer team.
When coach Manoj Khettry traveled to Disney World for a tournament, Christmas came early as he watched an "explosive" young soccer player named Tori Burchett come to life. With a skill level like Burchett's, Khettry thought she was way out of his league for his prospects.
While most other St. Bonaventure students worked their average summer jobs, sophomore shortstop Jesse Bosnik worked as a member of the Brockport Riverbats in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. The NYCBL, founded in 1978, is a summer wood bat development league for professional baseball.
She's an average fun-loving college sophomore with a sibling in the Bona Bubble, an average outspoken teenager with a voice softer than her light blue eyes, an average open-minded student pursuing a marketing degree. She's Caitlin Palmer, and what she's accomplished on the cross-country course has been anything but average.
After opening the 2008 season at last weekend's Duquesne Duals with ninth and eighth place finishes, respectively, the men's and women's cross country teams are set for tomorrow's Harry Long Invitational in Hamilton, N.Y., hosted by Colgate University. The early season meet does not have the standard distances (8k and 5k meters), but it won't be a cakewalk for the Bona men and women.
The shade offered little protection from the glaring sun and oppressive heat at the St. Bonaventure tennis courts Monday afternoon as the men's tennis team practiced for the beginning of its fall season. The warm weather didn't bother sophomore Enric Larregola, who is from Spain "I prefer playing outside," he said.
