BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR After 162 regular season Major League Baseball games, 10 teams are left to see who will be crowned as 2013 World Series champions. This year’s playoff bracket features plenty of fresh faces with five different teams than last year making the postseason. One of those teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates,…
Scrambling for seats
BY AUSTIN MONTEITH | SPORTS EDITOR Butler men’s basketball season ticket holders will go through a different process to select their seats this season. The new “Select-A-Seat” program begins Monday and runs through Friday, Oct. 4. Season ticket holders will be assigned a date and time to arrive at Hinkle Fieldhouse to choose their seats…
Concussions impact athletes
BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Concussions are a hot-button topic in the sports world, and even the hint or risk of one occurring is cause for immediate concern from coaches, trainers, parents, fans and athletes. Butler’s athletic programs are no different. Concussions remain at the forefront of trainers’ and coaches’ minds during any Butler…
Football: Bulldogs fall short to Dartmouth
ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team is 2-2 going into Pioneer Football League play after losing to Dartmouth, 30-23 last weekend. Butler will travel to Jacksonville University this Saturday for the PFL opener. Butler’s defense struggled in all four non-conference games, giving up an average of 460.75 yards per game. The Bulldogs…
Cross country finishes seventh at Indiana Intercollegiate Meet
MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler cross country team competed in the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet last Friday. The first team sat, giving the second squad a chance to showcase its abilities. The team placed seventh out of eight teams with a score of 161. Junior Erica Carlson led Butler to the finish line, finishing…
Women’s soccer victorious at IUPUI
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team improved to 7-1-2 on the season with a road win over Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Sunday. Butler picked up the win by a score of 1-0. With the victory, the Bulldogs are in the midst of their second multi-game winning streak this season. Butler played…
Volleyball wins Butler Classic
JOHN YELEY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s volleyball team concluded a dominating run Saturday in the Butler Classic. The Bulldogs (12-2) swept the Toledo Rockets for the championship title in three sets (25-21, 25-18, 25-16). “It feels great to win the Butler Classic,” coach Sharon Clark said. “I think it’s a perfect ending to…
Rowing team to begin season on Oct. 12
The Butler rowing team is preparing for its first meet of the season at the Speakmon Regatta in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 12. The team came back on campus in fall of 2011 after a several- year hiatus. Senior Mike Rozzo and 2012 graduate Luke Crimmins, helped reestablish the club, though they’re not sure exactly…
Overtime: Richardson trade works for both sides
BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland Browns executed the biggest NFL trade in recent memory last week, sending Browns’ second-year running back Trent Richardson to the Colts for a 2014 first-round draft pick. Indianapolis fans celebrated the move as a looting of the Browns. Visions of Edgerrin James danced through…
Freshmen in the fold
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER When you think of team leaders of a Division I men’s soccer team, usually, you would think of an upperclassman being the star player. For Butler’s squad, two freshmen have taken the spotlight . David Goldsmith and Anthony Smith, Jr. — two newcomers who grew up more than 4,000 miles…