GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER | GPRATHER@BUTLER.EDU The Butler University softball team squares off with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish this afternoon at 4:00 in South Bend. Notre Dame (28-11) is a perfect 9-0 at home. The Fighting Irish beat Western Michigan University 10-2 yesterday to push their win streak to 14 games.…
Seniors Barlow, Woods prepare for final collegiate events
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu Alex Barlow chases down basketballs scattered across the Hinkle Fieldhouse floor and puts them back up on a rack. He pauses and waits for his signal, and he again starts a barrage of three-point attempts. Barlow has been doing this all week in preparation for tomorrow’s State Farm…
Bulldogs add transfer, sign Holtmann long term
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The season has come to an end for the Butler men’s basketball team, but the action has not. Butler signed a contract extension Monday with head coach Chris Holtmann to keep him at the helm of the program through the 2020-2021 season. Holtmann led the Bulldogs to a…
Bulldogs see record winning streak end before Big East play
ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler baseball team looks to get back to the form that helped it set a school record with nine consecutive wins during March as it heads into conference play this week against St. John’s University. The previous record for consecutive wins was seven, which was reached five different times.…
Double trouble: Softball drops two in doubleheader
GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler softball team is looking to snap a six-game losing when it heads to Providence tomorrow. In the first matchup of a doubleheader yesterday, freshman Ambry Turpen took the mound for the Bulldogs and senior Yvette Alvarez started on the mound for the Sycamores. ISU scored first in the…
Men’s and women’s golf teams riding hot hands
WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER The Butler University men’s and women’s golf teams both hope to extend winning streaks in the upcoming Big Four Tournament April 7. Butler is coming off a clean sweep of the men’s and women’s titles at the Butler Spring Invitational at Prestwick Country Club in Avon, Indiana. The women won…
Track & Field hits the road for Stanford, Miami (OH)
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler track and field team will go opposite directions this coming week as it travels to Stanford University and Miami University of Ohio to compete in its next meets. The women’s team is coming off a seventh-place finish in the 16-team field at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational at the…
Bulldogs ink Holtmann to contract extension
BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team went into this season with questions surrounding the head coaching position. And days after the season ended, there were more questions, as The Tennessean reported Friday that the University of Tennessee spoke with Butler coach Chris Holtmann about its job vacancy. But…
REPORT: Holtmann has had preliminary conversations with Tennessee regarding head coaching vacancy
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR As first reported by The Tennessean, Butler head coach Chris Holtmann had preliminary conversations with the University of Tennessee Friday regarding the Volunteers’ men’s basketball head coaching vacancy, according to unnamed sources who could not speak publicly about the issue. Tennessee contacted Holtmann within hours of firing Donnie Tyndall. Tyndall…
Barlow goes out with CLASS
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR Community. Character. Classroom. Competition. These are the four qualities needed to be a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, given to NCAA Division I student-athletes in 10 different sports. It is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. Apparently, Butler University’s men’s basketball senior Alex Barlow…