Sports

Men’s basketball’s player changes schools, changes number

Men’s basketball transfer Avery Woodson practicing in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis. JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu When you speak with Avery Woodson, you can quickly glean that respect is one of his core values. He knows he has not called Indianapolis home for long, but he still aims to represent the…
Volleyball starts the season with a 1-2 trip to Utah

Sophomore libero Taylor Takeda cheers on her team. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis. JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler volleyball team started off their season with a 1-2 record in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sophomores Anna Logan and Taylor Takeda were two of seven players named to the Utah Classic All-Tournament Team. Butler…
Football uses veteran players to lead 2016 season

Butler University football team in a huddle. Collegian file photo. ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER | ecrobins@butler.edu The Butler football team will use their veteran leaders to build from a winning 2015 season in hopes for a 2016 Pioneer Football League (PFL) Championship. Head Coach Jeff Voris said he likes how the veteran players have…
A mix of young and old highlight men’s soccer team

Senior forward David Goldsmith looks to make a play. Collegian file photo. KEVIN LABOTKA | STAFF REPORTER | klabotka@butler.edu Plenty of fresh faces, including 10 first-years, joined the men’s soccer team this year. Three are international players from both England and Finland, and one is a transfer student from Virginia Commonwealth University joining the…
Seeing triple: West Lafayette sends three of its best

(From left) Lauren, Evan and Kristen Johnson join the first-year runners at Butler. Photo provided by butlersports.com. SAVANNAH BOETTCHER | STAFF REPORTER | sboettch@butler.edu Three future Butler Bulldogs were born on April 10, 1998. Lauren, Evan and Kristen Johnson began running seven years ago and haven’t stopped since. In October of last year, assistant coach Jared…
Butler suffers first loss of season against IU

Senior midfielder McKenzie Muchow dribbles her way past IU midfielder Chandra Davidson. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis. ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s soccer team found themselves on the wrong side of luck, losing their first game of the season to Indiana University 1-0, putting them at 1-1-2 on the season.…
From island to island to Indy with volleyball transfer Taylor Takeda

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu Taylor Takeda never thought she would be here. Four months ago, her current situation was unfathomable. But as she sprints around the court at Hinkle Fieldhouse, she realizes she was meant to be in this position. Takeda is a sophomore libero on Butler’s volleyball team. She hails from…
Bulldogs represented at Olympic games

MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu Three former Butler track and cross country runners competed the past two weeks in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Victoria Mitchell, Robert Mullett and Callum Hawkins spent the last 16 days representing Australia and Great Britain respectively in this year’s games. Mitchell, a…
Lee: The Olympics, set on pause

DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu Watch for the moments of pause in every Olympic game. The silence that settles on air after the broadcaster speaks. The still in the arena before a buzzer accelerates a line of swimmers from their blocks. The second hand of a clock making its way around the circumference…