BY AUSTIN MILLER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | armille3@butler.edu Tomorrow, Butler University’s women’s golf team will begin competition in the 2015 Big East Championship at LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona, Florida. The Bulldogs will look for a ticket to their first NCAA Regional since joining the Big East after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic…
Managers: the men behind the Bulldogs
ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER | ecrobins@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team surprised many when it played its way into the NCAA Tournament this season. Names such as Barlow and Dunham became commonplace in the heads and the hearts of all Butler fans. But they were not the only ones who worked hard to get…
Softball team opens homestand today
BY GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER | gprather@butler.com The Butler University softball team hosts Eastern Illinois University today at 4 p.m. in search of its third straight win. The Bulldogs (17-22) beat Ball State University last night in Muncie 6-4 in 11 innings. Junior Kristin Gutierrez earned her ninth win for the Bulldogs, throwing the…
QB competition taking center stage at spring game
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | baking@butler.edu When you think of college football, you think of the fall and temperatures dropping. But for the Butler University football team, they are hard at work this spring preparing for the blue versus white spring game this Saturday. In this game, the team will split into two and…
Haviland, women’s tennis team gearing up for final stretch of season
The Butler University women’s tennis team has a big weekend ahead with its final two matches of the regular season at home against Creighton University Friday and Xavier University Sunday. The Bulldogs split a pair of conference games last weekend with a 5-2 win over Providence College Sunday and a 6-1 loss against DePaul University…
OVERTIME: North America’s best playoffs begin tonight
BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu Indiana has its stamp on the sport of basketball with the 1954 Milan state championship and its connection to the movie “Hoosiers.” Butler University has its connection with Tony Hinkle’s creation of the orange basketball, and of course a couple of magical runs to the National Championship…
OVERTIME: Indy Final Four a success, weekend to remember
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu Here’s a recipe for one great weekend. Take a local player — one that is seasoned with tournament experience, grit, CLASS, and a competitive edge — and throw him in a 3-point shootout in his home gym. Then take another player from the same team and put him…
OVERTIME: Pacers could make some noise
BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER | wdbryant@butler.edu March madness is over and the NBA Playoffs are almost here. A lot of teams are in the fight for the cherished eighth seed. The Eastern Conference looks muddy heading into the season’s final stretch, in which six different teams are still in contention for a playoff…
Big things for Bulldogs’ Small
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | BAKING@BUTLER.EDU With no prior baseball history in his family, his dad a golfer and boogie boarder from California, and his mom a gymnast at the University of Arizona, Drew Small found his way into the starting lineup as the left fielder of the Butler University baseball team. Small, a…
Women’s tennis ready for Big East gauntlet
SARAH THUET | STAFF REPORTER | STHUET@BUTLER.EDU Butler University women’s tennis team is heading to Chicago, Illinois, this weekend for a pair of Big East matches with DePaul University and Providence College. The Bulldogs are coming off a win over their neighbor Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis this past week that pushed their record to 6-14 on…