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.…
Just keep walking on
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing sports reporter Walking on to a college sports team may inspire images of a plucky athlete working his or her way onto a squad and trying to make an impact. Alex Barlow, a junior guard on the Butler men’s basketball team, showed the value a walk-on can bring to a team…
More records fall in last meet before Big East championship
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team is coming off another recording-breaking weekend. The team sent athletes to Iowa State for the Cyclone Classic and to Purdue University for the Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational. At Iowa State, junior Mara Olson continued her great season with a school record in the 5,000-meter…
Tennis: Bulldogs struggle over weekend
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s tennis team dropped its second match of the season Saturday, falling 5-2 in the Butler Bubble against ASA College. The setback put the Bulldogs at 5-2 for the year and snapped the team’s five-match win streak. Juniors Sam O’Neill and Billy Weldon came out strong for the…
Winter weather brings trying start to new season
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team was supposed to play three games last weekend in North Carolina. Mother Nature decided against that. But she could not stop the Bulldogs (1-1) from getting their first win of the season. Major snowstorms hit the East Coast and cancelled the team’s scheduled flight last Thursday.…
Women’s basketball: Butler back at .500 in Big East with victory
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s basketball team (12-13, 7-7) defeated the Georgetown Hoyas (8-18, 2-12) 67-59 at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Saturday. The game was part of Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Hinkle, showing support for the fight against a disease that formerly affected Butler coach Beth Couture. Senior forward Daress McClung…