BEN SIECK | Sports Editor Butler is well on its way to adding another club sports team. Co-ed water polo will likely be the latest club opportunity for Butler students to take part in. Freshman Liam Hansen is the club’s president and founder. The club has written a constitution, and Hansen said he anticipates it…
New Team, New Challenges for Men’s Assistant Coach
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Assistant Sports Editor Chris Holtmann joined Butler men’s basketball coach Brandon Miller’s staff as an assistant coach in July. It is the latest stop in a winding journey for the basketball lifer. Holtmann grew up in Lexington, Ky., and was raised a University of Kentucky basketball fan. That was the beginning of…
Butler Women’s Swimming
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler swim team hosted the fifth annual Butler Invitational and placed fourth of eight squads. Sunday’s meet was senior night for Butler seniors Kaitie Ring and Hayden Engstrom. “This was Kaitie and Hayden’s last home meet, (and) we wanted to make it as special and great as we could,”…
Butler Off to a Strong Start
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The track and field team continued its indoor season this weekend, with the team splitting time at Indiana University-—Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University. Among the six Butler athletes running at Bloomington was junior Mara Olson. She won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:08.83, breaking her school…
Bulldogs Struggle, Home and Away
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s tennis team dropped its season opener 7-0 at Ohio State. The No. 5 ranked Buckeyes were coming off a 35-3 record last season and picked up where they left off, winning every match in straight sets. Butler junior Pulok Bhattacharya lost 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 1…
Big ‘Fresh’man on Campus
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The 2013-2014 Butler men’s basketball season has had its fair share of ups and downs. A 1-7 mark in Big East play so far would imply there have been more of the latter recently. However, some positives that have come from this season include sophomore guard Kellen Dunham’s team-leading 18…
Women’s basketball: Big first half sends DePaul past Butler
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s basketball team (8-11, 3-5) was defeated by the DePaul Blue Demons (15-5, 6-2) 85-64 Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse. DePaul came into the contest second in the Big East after a victory over Georgetown. The Bulldogs were coming off an upset win against the top team…
Men’s basketball falls to 1-7 in Big East with loss to St. John’s
BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The story has been told time and time again this season. Butler (11-9, 1-7) had a lead, and let it slip away. The same was true Saturday afternoon, as what was at one point a double-digit lead turned into a 69-52 defeat at the hands of St. John’s…
Women’s Tennis Season Gets Underway
Mitch Riportella | Sports Reporter The Butler women’s tennis team kicked its season off Saturday with a win over Robert Morris University. The Bulldogs swept the visiting Eagles 7-0. Butler will later make its debut in the Big East Conference after one season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Third-year coach Tayo Bailey will look…
What Will this Year’s Super Bowl Bring?
Ben Sieck | Sports Editor Peyton Manning is the greatest regular season quarterback in NFL history. At this point, it’s borderline inarguable. Manning holds the regular season records for passing touchdowns in a season and passing yards in a season, and he’s gaining fast on Brett Favre’s career marks in the same categories. After…