ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team is 2-2 going into Pioneer Football League play after losing to Dartmouth, 30-23 last weekend. Butler will travel to Jacksonville University this Saturday for the PFL opener. Butler’s defense struggled in all four non-conference games, giving up an average of 460.75 yards per game. The Bulldogs…
Cross country finishes seventh at Indiana Intercollegiate Meet
MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler cross country team competed in the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet last Friday. The first team sat, giving the second squad a chance to showcase its abilities. The team placed seventh out of eight teams with a score of 161. Junior Erica Carlson led Butler to the finish line, finishing…
Women’s soccer victorious at IUPUI
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team improved to 7-1-2 on the season with a road win over Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Sunday. Butler picked up the win by a score of 1-0. With the victory, the Bulldogs are in the midst of their second multi-game winning streak this season. Butler played…
Volleyball wins Butler Classic
JOHN YELEY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s volleyball team concluded a dominating run Saturday in the Butler Classic. The Bulldogs (12-2) swept the Toledo Rockets for the championship title in three sets (25-21, 25-18, 25-16). “It feels great to win the Butler Classic,” coach Sharon Clark said. “I think it’s a perfect ending to…
Freshmen in the fold
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER When you think of team leaders of a Division I men’s soccer team, usually, you would think of an upperclassman being the star player. For Butler’s squad, two freshmen have taken the spotlight . David Goldsmith and Anthony Smith, Jr. — two newcomers who grew up more than 4,000 miles…
Heeter a hometown hero
BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The hour ride to Franklin College is a quiet trip. Butler football players want to remain silent so they can focus on the task ahead. The same goes for Butler senior running back Trae Heeter. With his headphones on, listening to rapper Young Jeezy, Heeter tries to pump himself up…
Mahoney makes most of opportunity
Butler junior defender Kelly Mahoney received an offer from only one school to play Division I soccer. Other schools might regret letting Mahoney slip through the cracks. Mahoney was named second-team All-Atlantic 10 in 2012. She started the majority of the squad’s matches in both her freshman and sophomore seasons and has started seven of…
Football: Bulldogs sneak by Franklin
BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team will return home with a 2-1 record for its game against Dartmouth College Saturday after winning on the road against Franklin College, 31-28. This will be Dartmouth’s first game of the season. It is Butler’s third. Butler’s game against Dartmouth will be the second time in…
OVERTIME: Football needs fan support
BY KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Butler isn’t a football school. But it could be. Not many students seem to attend football games, or even seem to care about them. Those students, however, are missing out. It seems like the majority of students on Butler’s campus have an attitude of, “Our team isn’t any good,…
Football: Bulldogs cruise in home opener
BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER Butler football will play its next game at No. 13 Division III Franklin College after winning last weekend’s home opener against Wittenburg, 49-24. The Bulldogs go to Franklin after the Grizzlies lost to top-ranked, Division III Mount Union, 30-27. “We are going to play a team with much more confidence…