On Feb. 17, Mark Schmidt slogged to his seat in the press room at the Reilly Center, one as warm as it's been in his three years as the Bonnies' coach. His team had just suffered its sixth defeat in its last seven outings, as a five-point halftime deficit turned into an 18-point loss to then-No. 21 Temple.
Coach Jim Crowley's opening comments following his women's basketball team's 83-66 defeat at the hands of Dayton March 6 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship in Upper Marlboro, Md. were to the point.
Spring will have officially sprung Wednesday when the baseball team celebrates St. Patrick's Day at Fred Handler Park with a doubleheader against Niagara.
The softball team returned home this week after a road trip to North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. After leaving with a 2-3 record, the Bonnies went 3-5 during the road trip.
The men's soccer team will reunite with a familiar face when it squares off against the Rochester Rhinos in a March 27 exhibition match in Corning, N.Y.
The men's tennis team will look for its third straight win at home today against Robert Morris and will hit the road for matches this weekend against Stony Brook and Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. The match today will be the last at home for the Bonnies until April, with a stretch of seven road matches in between.
The women's tennis team plays Robert Morris today, looking to rebound from a 7-0 loss to Bucknell on March 6.
The lacrosse team is looking for its first win of the season today, after dropping two games during its trip to Florida last week.
For the first time in its 28-year history, the Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Basketball Championship took place at a neutral site - the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. - March 5-8.
