The Butler women’s tennis team finished its regular season by beating Youngstown State 4-3 Sunday.

The Bulldogs (8-14, 5-3) were led by senior Cam Thompson at No. 4 singles.

Thompson defeated sophomore Gimena Puppo 6-1, 6-3 to get Butler rolling against the Penguins (1-17, 1-7).

Bulldogs’ sophomores Angelina Qin and Laura Shull won their No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches by default, because the Penguins played only four players.

Qin and sophomore Caroline Hedrick won their No. 2 doubles match 8-4, while seniors Kahfii King and Kate Panawash won the No. 3 doubles match by default to give Butler the point.

The day before, the Bulldogs lost to Cleveland State. The Vikings (15-8, 7-1) swept the match 7-0.

Butler is the No. 4 seed in the women’s Horizon League Tennis Championship tournament, which will start Friday.

The Bulldogs will face off against No. 5 seed Wright State in their opening-round match.

The men’s team suffered a 5-2 loss to Youngstown State Sunday.

Freshmen Austin Woldmoe and Billy Weldon won at No. 1 doubles to lead the Bulldogs (3-20, 2-5).

Woldmoe and senior Zach Ervin also won their singles matches against the Penguins (9-10, 4-3).

Butler also fell to Cleveland State 5-2 Saturday.

The duo of Woldmoe and Weldon grabbed its first victory of the weekend at No. 1 doubles, topping the team of freshmen Ali Shabib and Nolan Marks 8-6.

Woldmoe and freshman Tommy Marx also won their singles matches against the Vikings (10-11, 4-3).

The No. 6 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Tennis Championship tournament, the Bulldogs will play the No. 3 seeded Penguins again Friday.

The Butler baseball team piled up runs against Wabash yesterday, taking advantage of five errors and winning by a score of 17-3.

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The Bulldogs (16-13, 5-4) broke open the game with five runs in the fourth inning and four runs in the fifth innings against the Little Giants (13-14).

Junior Pat Gelwicks continued to lead Butler offensively. The designated hitter had a home run and five RBI in the contest.

Senior right fielder Mike Hoscheit had a home run and three RBI, and senior shortstop Griffin Richeson had three hits and scored three runs from the leadoff spot.

Seven of the Bulldogs’ 17 runs were unearned.

Last weekend, Butler took two out of three games in a weekend series against the Youngstown State Penguins.

With the victories, the Bulldogs moved into second place in the Horizon League.

On Sunday, the team defeated the Penguins (4-22, 2-7) 18-5 behind a strong performance from Gelwicks.

Gelwicks was a force once again, going 5-for-7 with a home run, a double and three RBI.

Butler jumped out to an early lead, scoring five runs in the top of the first inning.

The Bulldogs added six runs in the top of the sixth inning and collected four more in the top of the ninth inning.

Ten Butler players recorded at least one RBI in the contest.

Senior pitcher Mike Hernandez gave up one earned run and scattered six hits over six innings pitched. Hernandez also struck out two Penguins in the weekend’s rubber game.

On Saturday, the Penguins got the best of the Bulldogs, who committed four errors in the first three innings of the game.

Youngstown State won the game by a 9-3 margin despite tallying only three earned runs.

Sophomore third baseman Drew Dosch went 3-for-5 with four RBI and a double for the Penguins.

Youngstown State sophomore pitcher Patrick O’Brien scored his first victory of the season, while Butler junior pitcher Joel Leichty suffered his first loss of the campaign.

On Friday, Butler senior pitcher and Youngstown native Dom Silvestri had a successful homecoming, leading the Bulldogs to a 7-5 win.

Silvestri pitched six innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits to improve his record to 3-0.

Four Bulldogs recorded a double and Hoscheit hit a home run.

Hoscheit led Butler offensively, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Butler led 7-4 after six innings and Youngstown State was unable to rally back.

The Bulldogs will jump back into conference action when they take on Milwaukee in a three-game series from Thursday to Saturday.

The Butler baseball team toppled Bellarmine yesterday, winning 12-5.

The Bulldogs (13-12, 3-3) scored three runs in the first inning and seven runs in the second inning against the Knights (12-8).

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Butler scored 20 runs over the weekend, taking one of three games against Horizon League foe Wright State.

The Bulldogs won the first game of a doubleheader against the Raiders (12-10, 3-3) on Saturday by a score of 9-5.

The win stretched Butler’s win streak to three games.

Junior first baseman Jimmy Risi had a home run and four RBI in the game.

Senior pitcher Dom Silvestri (2-0) pitched 5.1 innings, giving up four earned runs on nine hits and two walks. Silvestri struck out two batters before relievers came in and held Wright State to one run.

In the second game of the doubleheader, senior right fielder Mike Hoscheit went 2-for-3 with an RBI as the team fell to the Raiders 19-10.

Sophomore first baseman Ryan Wojciechowski drove in two for the Bulldogs.

On Sunday, Wright State won the rubber match 14-1.

After Wright State’s coach got ejected after the sixth inning, the Raiders put the Bulldogs away by scoring eight runs in the top of the seventh inning.

Butler will head to Youngstown State this weekend for a three-game series.

The Butler softball team continued to struggle, picking up only one win in a seven-game, six-day stretch.

Last night, the Bulldogs (6-20, 1-2) took Eastern Illinois into extra innings in the first game of a doubleheader.

Butler capitalized on an error by the Panthers (13-13) in the top of the ninth to grab a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom half of the frame, the Bulldogs allowed a game-winning, two-run single and fell 2-1.

The result of the second game was not available at press time.

The Bulldogs started Horizon League play over the weekend, winning one of three games against Youngstown State.

Butler snapped its 12-game losing streak by rallying from a 4-2 deficit and recording a 5-4 win against the Penguins (16-6-1, 2-1-0).

A two-out, run-scoring single from senior catcher Mallory Winters in the seventh inning put the Bulldogs over the Penguins.

Senior pitcher Breanna Fisher picked up the win for Butler, allowing two hits and striking out five in three innings of work.

Butler dropped the next two games to the Penguins.

In the second game the Bulldogs started with a 5-1 lead but couldn’t hold off Youngstown State, eventually losing the game 6-5 through 10 innings.

The Bulldogs dropped a 4-1 decision in the final game of the three-game series.

Last week, the Bulldogs dropped two more games at home to Miami of Ohio.

The Redhawks (17-11) won the first game by a 5-1 score. They took a one-run lead in the fourth inning and added three more runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Senior first baseman Erin Falkenberry got her first home run of the season, accounting for the Bulldogs’ only run of the day.

In the second game, two Miami pitchers combined to toss a shutout. The Redhawks finished the game in five innings, winning 9-0.

Butler will take on Michigan State tomorrow before hosting a three-game series against Loyola of Chicago this weekend.

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The Butler men’s basketball team pushed its winning streak to three games last night by defeating Loyola of Chicago 63-57.

The victory moved the Bulldogs (16-12, 10-6) past Detroit and into third place in the Horizon League.

Four Butler players finished in double-digits. Sophomore guard Chrishawn Hopkins led the way with 13 points and six
rebounds.

Loyola junior forward Ben Averkamp led all scorers with 23 points and six rebounds for the Ramblers (6-19, 1-14).

The Bulldogs started strong, shooting 58 percent from the field on their way to a 13-point lead— the largest of the game— with 2:27 left in the opening half.

Butler went cold from that point on, allowing the Ramblers to come back and tie the game at 44 with 7:52 to play.

“I thought [Loyola’s] 6-0 run at the end of the [first] half really hurt us,” coach Brad Stevens said. “Then I thought we were too passive the first 10 minutes of the second half.

“I think your aggression leads to better offensive play, and I didn’t think we were the more aggressive team at that moment.”

Foul shots made by junior center Andrew Smith and Hopkins gave Butler a 47-44 advantage.

Sophomore forward Khyle Marshall, who scored 12 points, added two key baskets that brought the momentum back to the Bulldogs, who held on to the lead for the remainder of the game.

“[Marshall] makes [passing to him] easy just because he’s ridiculously athletic,” senior guard Ronald Nored said. “So if you just throw it anywhere close to the rim, he’s probably going to dunk it.

“He also does a good job of finding spots where he can be open.”

Nored finished the contest with nine assists—a game-high.

Aside from Averkamp, the Ramblers struggled to score.

Loyola’s other four starters tallied 24 points combined and the team shot 22.2 percent from beyond the arc.

The Bulldogs also shot nearly 10 percent better from the field than the Ramblers.

“I told our guys in the locker room that it’s hard to win a basketball game,” Stevens said, “and you always need to remember that, understand that and come into the game thinking that.”

Prior to taking on Loyola, Butler closed its two-game Ohio road trip with a key victory over then-Horizon League leading Cleveland State.

Freshman forward Roosevelt Jones’ career high 17 points led the way in the Bulldogs’ 52-49 victory over the Vikings (20-6, 10-4).

Cleveland State freshman forward Anton Grady led the Vikings with 18 points and 13 rebounds on his way to a double-double, but it was not enough to overcome stifling defense by the Bulldogs (15-12, 9-6).

Butler held a 28-18 lead at halftime, in large part to Cleveland State’s 24.1 percent shooting from the field.

The Vikings’ three-point shooting kept them in it, as the team shot 5-for-10 from beyond the arc in the second half after not making a single three-point field goal in the first half.

The Vikings tied the game at 34 with 12:55 remaining. The teams then exchanged the lead six times before the end of the contest.

With the game tied at 49 and with 1:39 remaining in the game, Hopkins hit a jump shot that would give Butler the lead for good.

Marshall returned for the Bulldogs after a two-game absence due to concussion-like symptoms. He scored 12 points and added eight rebounds off the bench.

On Thursday night, Butler defeated Youngstown State 68-59 to start its road trip on the right foot.

Hopkins led the Bulldogs with 19 points, scoring 13 in the second half to help suppress a comeback by the Penguins (14-11, 9-6).

Butler led by as many as 14 points early in the second half, only to have Youngstown State cut the lead to four points with about 12 minutes remaining in the game.

Freshman guard Jackson Aldridge tied his career high of 15 points while going 3-for-5 from beyond the arc for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs will continue their schedule at home on Saturday against Indiana State at 2 p.m.

The Butler men’s basketball team headed into Super Bowl weekend looking to get out of a logjam in the middle of the Horizon League standings.

The Bulldogs (13-12, 7-6) were unable to do so, splitting their two-game homestand this weekend against Wright State and Detroit.

Playing before a sold-out crowd at Hinkle Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon, Butler made a late-game surge but ultimately fell to visiting Detroit 65-61.

The Bulldogs had not lost to the Titans (13-12, 7-6) at home since 1999 and had won 10 straight against Detroit before January’s loss at

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Calihan Hall.

Sophomore guard and reigning Horizon League Player of the Week Ray McCallum Jr. led Detroit with 20 points and four rebounds.

“I thought Ray played like the pre-season player of the year today,” coach Brad Stevens said.

Butler freshman forward Roosevelt Jones put up his second career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds, tying a career-high in both categories.

“I thought Roosevelt was terrific, and [he] continues to play like one of the better newcomers around,” Stevens said.

The Bulldogs were without sophomore forward Khyle Marshall, who suffered a concussion in practice Friday.

To make matters worse, senior guard Ronald Nored spent most of the first half in the locker room after suffering a broken tooth after diving for a loose ball.

Nored would later return and tie his career-high mark of nine assists.

The Bulldogs trailed 28-27 at the half after the two sides battled back and forth during each possession in the opening 20 minutes.

Ultimately the 18 turnovers forced by the Detroit defense proved too much for Butler to overcome.

“When we’re on our game, we’re able to pressure and force turnovers,” Detroit coach Ray McCallum said. “We want to get out and score in transition.”

Butler junior center Andrew Smith was the team’s leading scorer with 18 points, while sophomore forward Erik Fromm finished with 10 points.

“Overall, I liked our effort,” Stevens said. “But I thought a few guys played timid.

“We stopped some of our drives short when I thought we could have kept going and dished to the other side or finished the play.”

On Thursday, Butler took the lead early against Wright State and never looked back, winning 64-53.

The Bulldogs shot 62 percent from the field in the first half and went to halftime with a 35-26 lead over the Raiders (11-14, 6-7).

Butler sophomore guard Chrishawn Hopkins led the way with 13 points while Jones picked up 11 rebounds.

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Fromm came off the bench and made four out of his five field goal attempts—including two from 3-point range—to finish with 10 points.

The Bulldogs finished the game with 21 points off the bench.

“Moving forward, I think consistency is the key for us and if we can get more players to be more consistent and comfortable I think that’s really positive,” Fromm said.

Butler will head to Ohio to take on Youngstown State Thursday night before facing off against Horizon League-leading Cleveland State on Saturday.

In a game against the Penguins (13-10, 8-5) at home on Jan. 15, the Bulldogs came away with a 71-55 victory.

At the end of the contest, Butler was 10-9 while Youngstown State was 9-8. Both teams also held 4-3 records in the conference.

Since then, the Bulldogs have played .500 basketball while the Penguins have lost just one league game.

Likewise, the Vikings (20-4, 10-2) of Cleveland State have only gotten better since facing Butler on Jan. 13.

Cleveland State left Hinkle with a 76-69 win that night and has gone on to win five more Horizon League contests, giving them a half-game lead over Valparaiso in the league.

The Butler women’s basketball team got back on track after a six-game losing streak early in the season.

The Bulldogs (10-12, 6-5) came out of an Ohio road trip with two more Horizon League victories after topping Cleveland State and Youngstown State.

Against the Penguins (10-12, 4-7) of Youngstown State on Saturday, a 3-point basket from sophomore guard Mandy McDivitt with 2.3 seconds remaining pushed Butler to a 65-63 win.

Youngstown State was facing a double-digit deficit with 14 minutes to go in the second half.

The Penguins spent nearly all of that 14 minutes battling back, taking a 63-62 lead with 28.7 seconds left in the game.

That set the stage for McDivitt, who came off the bench, to hit her sixth 3-pointer of the contest and seal the win for the Bulldogs.

Butler hit 12 3-point baskets against Youngstown State, besting a previous season-high of eight in one game.

On Thursday, the Bulldogs claimed a 68-62 win over a struggling Cleveland State squad.

Despite receiving double-digit points from three players, the Vikings (8-14, 3-8) could not topple the Bulldogs.

Sophomore guard Jenna Cobb tallied a team-high 21 points for Butler and sophomore center Sarah Hamm posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Leading 30-26 at halftime, the Bulldogs went on a 10-2 run in the first four minutes of the second half.

Cleveland State eventually closed the deficit to single digits, but Butler managed to hold the lead and grab the win.

Butler faces in-state and in-conference rival Valparaiso (6-16, 2-9) at home this Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Butler swim team finished ahead of Horizon League rival Valparaiso and finished fourth overall at Fishers High School Sunday afternoon.

The contest was Butler’s second and final home meet of the season.

Youngstown State won the five-team meet, putting up a score of 644.5.

Butler posted a total score of 224.5 points.

Junior Kyle Johannsen led the Bulldogs, swimming a season-best time of 19:04.47 in the one-mile freestyle. Her time was good for a seventh-place finish in the event.

“I felt really strong during my mile,” Johannsen said. “Although it wasn’t my best time, it feels really good knowing that I’m improving as the season progresses.”

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Freshman Caitlin Weichelt earned a fifth-place finish in the 100 breastroke, posting a season-best time of 1:11.29.

Weichelt also tied her season-best time in the 100 freestyle with a mark of 56.20, good for eighth place.

“It felt like a relief knowing that I’m getting back down to my faster times and the hard work is paying off,” Weichelt said.

Another season-best time was recorded by freshman Eshan Pua in the 50 freestyle. Pua took 11th place in the event, coming in at 26.40.

Rounding out the season-best performances for Butler was sophomore Rosalie Fidanze, whose time of 2:36.44 in the 200 breastroke earned her a sixth-place finish.

The Bulldogs are back in action Saturday when they travel to Valparaiso.

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Not even chilly conditions could prevent the Butler women’s soccer team from taking down Youngstown State Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs (7-5-1, 2-1-0) triumphed 2-1 over the Penguins (3-6-2, 0-1-1) for their second straight conference win.

“If you score early, that may change the way they are going to play,” Butler head coach Tari St. John said.

Butler flexed its offensive muscles early, scoring five minutes into the game on a 25-yard strike from junior forward Katie Griswold.

The goal was Griswold’s team-leading fifth this season.

After being staked to an early lead, Butler kept up the pressure, both on offense and defense.

The Bulldogs outshot the Penguins 13-1 in the opening half, which ultimately led to another Butler goal.

The strike came from freshman defenseman Kelly Mahoney, who buried the ball in the back of the net off of a corner kick in the 38th minute to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 advantage.

The second goal proved to be valuable insurance for Butler. Youngstown State freshman forward Jade Flory provided a goal for the Penguins in the 63rd minute to pull within one.

The Bulldogs outshot the Penguins 18-5 on the afternoon. Freshman forward Elise Kotsakis led the way with five shots.

“The game had a lot of variables like the bad weather and a different field than what we are used to,” Kotsakis said.  “The one thing we did was make sure we played a 90 minute game and kept our lead.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Julie Burton got her fourth start of the season in net for the Bulldogs and notched her third win of the season.

Butler also was in action on Thursday when it hosted its second night match in less than a week. This one was against non-conference rival Xavier.

The game went into double overtime and eventually ended in a 2-2 tie, giving the Bulldogs their first draw of the season.

Butler started the game strong, breaking out to a 2-0 lead before halftime.

The Musketeers (6-4-1) were able to pull closer in the second half when senior forward Jessica Brooks scored in the 69th minute.

Xavier then came up with the equalizer late in the contest when junior defenseman Brooke Eberly scored in the 86th minute.

The game would remain deadlocked until the final whistle at the end of the second overtime period.

While the game will go down as a tie, the statistics will show that the Bulldogs were the aggressors, holding a 23-13 advantage in shots.

The Bulldogs will take the pitch again today when they host Cleveland State (7-4-1, 0-2-1)  at 3:30 p.m. for another Horizon League showdown.