JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler men’s tennis team captured their first sweep of the season on March 20. The Bulldogs defeated the Rose-Hulman Fightin’ Engineers 7-0 in the year’s first outdoor match. Butler seized the doubles point to begin the match. Freshman Mason Dragos and junior Mikheil Khmiadashvili won 6-2 at…
Collegian sports staff picks this year’s Final Four
MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the happiest season of all! No, it’s not Christmas. But it is Christmas in March. The madness has begun. The staff and I have all decided we know a thing or two about college basketball (we don’t), but hey,…
Women’s lacrosse becomes Butler’s newest Division I sport
JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu A new season is on the horizon. Butler has officially added women’s lacrosse as their 20th Division I sport and will begin play in the 2016-17 academic year. New head coach Cecil Pilson is at the helm. Pilson, who led Mercyhurst University’s program for the past 11 seasons,…
Struggles continue in Florida for women’s tennis
DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu The Butler University women’s tennis team traveled to Florida for a series of matches over spring break. The team failed to capture a win from the trip, setting back their record to 1-16. The Bulldogs kicked off on March 8 in a doubleheader against Florida International and Bethune-Cookman.…
Butler softball ends spring break with winning record
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, 14-11 on the season, went 6-2 on their spring break trip in Florida. The Bulldogs started play on March 9 and ended play on March 13. The team traveled to Clearwater, Florida for two games and Tampa, Florida for six games. On March…
Butler falls to Providence in first game of Big East Tournament
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu Usually when the Butler Bulldogs face a lead or a challenge, they embrace it. They fight back with everything they have, grinding it out until the final seconds tick off the clock. Tonight was perhaps the biggest challenge the Dawgs faced all season, but this time they fell…
Butler baseball successful in first half of spring break play
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu The Butler University baseball team has found success early on in their 2016 Spring Break trip. Fresh off a 15-4 win against Marian University, head coach Steve Farley lead his Bulldogs down south to play Northwestern University, Indiana University and Boston College back to back to back. These…
Kellen Dunham wins Big East Scholar-Athlete Award
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu For the third straight year, a Butler Bulldog was awarded the scholar-athlete of the year award. Kellen Dunham kept former Bulldog Alex Barlow’s streak alive on Wednesday when he was handed the award by Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman. “It’s an honor to keep Alex Barlow’s streak going,…
Bulldogs face tough quarterfinal test against Providence
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu The late season push by the Butler University men’s basketball team placed them in a tie for fourth place in the Big East, knotted up with the Providence Friars. The two teams will face off in the second round of the tournament with Providence owning the No. 4…
Softball splits games at Coach B Classic
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, now 8-9 on the year, went 2-2 at the Coach B Classic hosted by the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Illinois. On March 5, the Bulldogs lost to the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 5-3 after the Jayhawks scored two runs in…