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…
Bulldogs to face off with red-hot Irish
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.…