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…
Bulldogs storm back from early deficit, beat Xavier
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team (12-14, 7-8) defeated the Xavier Musketeers (8-19, 3-12) at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday by a score of 57-52. The game was close for most of the 40 minutes. Early in the first half, Xavier led 19-9. Butler quickly retaliated with a 14-0 run that helped…
Balancing act: Life as a Butler student-athlete
RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor Being a student-athlete and representing a school on a daily basis can be a heavy burden. A student-athlete’s life is a balancing act. Juggling school, athletics and social responsibilities can be difficult. “The general problem is time,” said Sonya Hopkins, Butler athletics’ academic support coordinator. “You have practice. You have…
Men’s basketball: Butler falls at home to Providence
BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR The Butler men’s basketball team hosted Providence College Sunday evening and was unable to stop a fiery Friars’ offense. Despite a second-half surge, Butler fell 87-81. Providence coach Ed Cooley marveled at his team’s ability to put the ball in the basket. “Some days you look in the…
Dawgs fall to St. John’s
MATTHEW VANTYRON | Asst. Sports Editor It was a tale of two halves on Tuesday night as Butler visited St. Johns (18-9, 8-6). A hot first-half Butler offense went ice cold as the game wound down, and Butler (12-14, 2-12) fell 77-52. Butler played one of its better halves in recent memory in the first…
Chasing the dream
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor Nearly all Butler football players’ careers end with the final whistle of their last collegiate game. When they take off their pads in the locker room, it is the last time most will ever wear them. Former Butler defensive end Jeremy Stephens’ pads are not going into storage just yet.…