BEN SIECK | Sports Editor The calendar has flipped to April, Butler University’s class of 2014 faces a little more than a month of schooling before graduation commencement. When the new graduates walk to receive their diplomas, it will be the culmination of a lifetime of academic work. However, the graduating seniors on the Butler…
Baseball Bounces Back
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team headed to Macomb, Ill., last weekend to face off against the Western Illinois Leathernecks in a three-game series. The Bulldogs came into the series looking to improve their record of 7-12. However, Western Illinois scored 11 runs while holding Butler to just two. With the loss…
Bulldogs’ Season Ends in WIT
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team’s first season in the Big East Conference came to an end last Thursday, as the Bulldogs fell to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 78-61 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Butler’s starting lineup struggled to hit shots for most of the…
Butler Golf Continues its Hot Start
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s golf team began its season over spring break at the two-day Bulldog Invitational tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. The men had a strong showing in their second outing of the season, beating nine other teams to win the tournament. The Bulldogs ended the first day with the lowest…
New Bulldogs Offer Hope
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter With the Butler men’s basketball team’s season completed, fans are looking to the future. Two recruits may give Bulldogs’ fans hope that the future is now. Head Coach Brandon Miller has brought in two talented recruits for the 2014 season that have Bulldogs fans excited about the coming years in…
Overtime: Why March Goes Mad
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor For all of its flaws, college basketball has one thing down to perfection. The opening weekend of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament has no rival in terms of entertainment value. It is any hoops fan’s dream. It is a complete inundation of basketball—48 games over the course of…
Softball Recap
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler softball team (8-19, 0-2) opened its first Big East Conference season against Creighton, dropping both of a doubleheader. The third game, scheduled for Sunday, was cancelled due to weather. Creighton’s offense was too much for Butler to overcome. Butler used three different pitchers in the two games. The…
Team reflects on inaugural Big East season
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor The Butler men’s basketball team went into this year’s basketball campaign with more questions than answers. The Bulldogs concluded their season with the same predicament. The first question was the move to the Big East—a conference swept up in its own flurry of changes. “Out with the old, in…
Tennis Recap
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s tennis team snapped an eight-match losing streak with a 6-1 win over Dayton last Friday. Senior Stephanie McLoughlin led the Bulldogs to their first road win of the season. McLoughlin picked up a 6-7, 6-2, 10-8, win in No. 1 singles, and also picked up an 8-5…
Track Recap
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team hosted the first of two meets for its outdoor season last weekend. Both teams competed well, as the women swept their five events and the men finished 3-2 in their events. Six teams came to campus to compete in the meet. Coach Matt Roe…