After flying high against Bishop Diego last Tuesday, St. Bonaventure came back down to earth. The St. Bonaventure Seraphs were dealt a 34-7 defeat at the hands of the Ventura Cougars on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Seraphs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 395th, while the Cougars are ranked 12th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ventura to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Ortman, who threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 91.2% of her passes, and also rushed for 52 yards. Kaiya Cooke was Ortman's top target, picking up 123 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
St. Bonaventure has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-10 record this season. As for Ventura, their win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
St. Bonaventure didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 20-6 loss vs. Channel Islands on the 24th. Ventura has also already played their next game, a 39-12 victory against Santa Barbara on the 25th.
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