Post by wgt on Apr 24, 2006 21:03:50 GMT -5
As we eagerly await the final signing, here is news on the academic front. Excerts from SBU website:
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., April 24, 2006 — St. Bonaventure University’s College Bowl team capped off the best season in school history Saturday, finishing 11th in the College Bowl National Championship at the University of Hartford.
And with only one team member graduating, hopes are already running high for 2007.
The Bonnies, who won the Northeast region in February by going 11-1 against the likes of the University of Rochester and Syracuse University, went 6-9 in the 16-team round-robin format, winning four of their last seven matches on Saturday and narrowly losing two others to just miss cracking the top 10.
St. Bonaventure’s tournament was highlighted by victories over Northwestern and third-place finisher Washington University of St. Louis, one of only three losses Washington sustained in round-robin play.
The Bonnies also defeated UMass-Lowell, New Mexico, Arizona and Seton Hall, and lost close matches to Montana State and Baylor. But their coaches were hardly disappointed.
“It was really satisfying for me because I know St. Bonaventure is a great school academically, and I’ve known that since the ’70s,” said co-coach Dr. Lauren De La Vars, a 1980 SBU graduate and now an associate professor of English. “To have us be seen as important players in academics on a national level is very rewarding.”
De La Vars was equally impressed with Bona’s cheering section. More than a dozen people — a mix of alums, parents and friends — supported the team, including Trudy Tynan, a 1967 Bonaventure graduate and former College Bowl member during her days at SBU.
“We had more fans there than anyone,” De La Vars said. “Most schools had no one there. People kept commenting about how much support we had.”
Go Bonnies!
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., April 24, 2006 — St. Bonaventure University’s College Bowl team capped off the best season in school history Saturday, finishing 11th in the College Bowl National Championship at the University of Hartford.
And with only one team member graduating, hopes are already running high for 2007.
The Bonnies, who won the Northeast region in February by going 11-1 against the likes of the University of Rochester and Syracuse University, went 6-9 in the 16-team round-robin format, winning four of their last seven matches on Saturday and narrowly losing two others to just miss cracking the top 10.
St. Bonaventure’s tournament was highlighted by victories over Northwestern and third-place finisher Washington University of St. Louis, one of only three losses Washington sustained in round-robin play.
The Bonnies also defeated UMass-Lowell, New Mexico, Arizona and Seton Hall, and lost close matches to Montana State and Baylor. But their coaches were hardly disappointed.
“It was really satisfying for me because I know St. Bonaventure is a great school academically, and I’ve known that since the ’70s,” said co-coach Dr. Lauren De La Vars, a 1980 SBU graduate and now an associate professor of English. “To have us be seen as important players in academics on a national level is very rewarding.”
De La Vars was equally impressed with Bona’s cheering section. More than a dozen people — a mix of alums, parents and friends — supported the team, including Trudy Tynan, a 1967 Bonaventure graduate and former College Bowl member during her days at SBU.
“We had more fans there than anyone,” De La Vars said. “Most schools had no one there. People kept commenting about how much support we had.”
Go Bonnies!