JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team has taken time out of its busy schedule to get involved with a charity known as “More Than Me”. More Than Me is a charity that works with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Tyler Beede, a pitcher at Vanderbilt University, founded the movement along with the help of…
Softball recap
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter Butler’s softball team continued its rough start to the season this weekend, dropping three straight contests at the University of Kentucky Invitational. The Bulldogs fell to 4-12 on the season. Butler faced host Kentucky in its first game and fell 9-7 in an offensive onslaught. The Bulldogs stormed back late,…
Woldmoe brothers bring double trouble
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor When one sibling lives in the shadow of another, bitterness and jealousy often arise. The opposite is true for Austin and Alex Woldmoe, who are members of Butler’s men’s tennis team. In fact, they call each other best friends. The journey began at a young age for the Woldmoes.…
Bulldogs set to take on Villanova
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Butler will try to snap a six-game skid as the team travels to face to No. 8 Villanova tonight. The Wildcats (24-3, 12-2) are coming off a win over St. John’s and have won nine of their last 10 games. Villanova defeated Butler 76-73 in overtime at Hinkle Fieldhouse…
Bulldogs drop three on the road
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team played three games in South Carolina last weekend, dropping all three. The team faced off against Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer Pittsburgh on Friday. The Bulldogs (1-4) were able to put up seven runs but could not contain Pittsburgh’s powerful offense, losing 15-7. The team lost by…
Athletes lifting their way to success
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler football season ended in November, but, apparently, no one told freshman defensive back Jake Balder and his teammates that. Balder and his teammates have been training four days a week since season’s end, already preparing hard for next year. The athletes’ days start at the crack of dawn,…
Bulldogs continue record-setting season at Big East Championships
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team competed in its first Big East Conference meet last weekend in New York City. The Bulldogs now look forward to the conference and national meets. The men’s team came in sixth place, and the women’s finished seventh. This does not fully represent the number…
Milan honored
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor The original “Hoosiers” that catapulted Hinkle Fieldhouse into stardom were honored during the Butler men’s basketball game Sunday. Sixty years later, the memories of the 1954 high school boys basketball state championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse are still fresh for Ray Craft and Rollin Cutter. For Craft and Cutter, the…
Softball picks up the pace
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter Despite dropping three of five games over the course of the Frost Classic, the Butler softball team finished strong, picking up two wins in its final three contests. Senior pitcher Leah Bry pitched two complete games for both of the Bulldogs’ (4-9) victories. Butler dropped its first two games at…
Tennis teams headed in opposite directions
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s tennis team opened its conference slate a week ago, suffering a 7-0 loss at the hands of Xavier University. The Musketeers handed the Bulldogs their eighth loss of the year, and extended Butler’s losing streak to four. The Bulldogs have been shut out in six of their…