AUSTIN MILLER | CO-SPORTS EDITOR With just two seniors and one redshirt junior on the roster this season, a young Butler volleyball team will head into the 2015 season looking to grow up quickly on the floor. After a 20-10 season that notched them a tie for fourth place in the Big East Conference last…
High Expectations: Men’s Soccer expects to compete for conference title
GRAYSON PRATHER | SPORTS REPORTER There are two things the Butler University men’s soccer team aims to do this season: score goals and win the Big East championship. “My expectation always is to win the Big East,” junior David Goldsmith, 2014 Second-Team All-Big East member, said. “That’s one of our team expectations and we’ve got…
Finding The Balance: Women’s Soccer features youth and veterans
ERIC ROBINSON | CO-SPORTS EDITOR The Butler University women’s soccer team begins its season featuring a good balance of experience and young talent. Co-head coach Tari St. John said she understands the benefits of having a lot of young talent. “I think it keeps the upperclassmen on their toes a little bit,” St. John said.…
Aiming For Consistency
ERIC ROBINSON | CO-SPORTS EDITOR With opening kickoff less than two weeks away, the Butler University football team hopes the work they have put in this offseason translates to success on the field. The Bulldogs are coming off a season in which they tied for eighth in the Pioneer Football League with an overall record…
Butler grad named associate athletic director for communication
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor in chief John Dedman ’03 is the school’s new associate athletic director for communication, according to a press release from the athletic department. Dedman will assume the responsibilities formerly held by Jim McGrath, who retired after working as Butler’s sports information director since 1981. Read about McGrath and his career “This…
OVERTIME: Pacers faced with crucial offseason
BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF COLUMNIST | wdbryant@butler.edu The NBA regular season has come to an end and the Indiana Pacers are home. For the first time since the 2009-2010 season, the Pacers failed to make the NBA playoffs. With the eighth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference within reach, the Pacers failed…
Spring season over, quarterback competition in full swing
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | baking@butler.edu Fall football is right around the corner for the Butler University football team after it competed in the annual spring game last week. Although the spring season is ending, the level of competition for the players has not. There are still many competitions for starting jobs on…
OVERTIME: Shiltz should get the nod at starting QB
COLUMN BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | baking@butler.edu Perhaps one of the most entertaining competitions in sports is the position battle for starting quarterback on a football team. Sports fans have seen great quarterback battles in the past few years, such as in the San Francisco 49ers between Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick, and…
OVERTIME: NBA playoffs at a glance
BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER | wdbryant@butler.edu The NBA regular season came to an end last night and all the playoff matchups have been set. 16 teams will begin their journey for the Larry O’ Brien trophy starting tomorrow, April 18. The hometown Indiana Pacers dropped out of the eighth and final playoff spot in…
Softball pushes win streak to three
BY GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER | gprather@butler.edu The Butler Softball team extended its win streak today, defeating Eastern Illinois University 8-5 at home. The Panthers scored early with an RBI single from Bailey O’Dell, scoring April Markowski in the top of the 1st. The Bulldogs responded quickly, though, with a grand slam from Freshman…