Sports

Double trouble: Softball drops two in doubleheader

GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler softball team is looking to snap a six-game losing when it heads to Providence tomorrow. In the first matchup of a doubleheader yesterday, freshman Ambry Turpen took the mound for the Bulldogs and senior Yvette Alvarez started on the mound for the Sycamores. ISU scored first in the…
Men’s and women’s golf teams riding hot hands

WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER The Butler University men’s and women’s golf teams both hope to extend winning streaks in the upcoming Big Four Tournament April 7. Butler is coming off a clean sweep of the men’s and women’s titles at the Butler Spring Invitational at Prestwick Country Club in Avon, Indiana. The women won…
Track & Field hits the road for Stanford, Miami (OH)

BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler track and field team will go opposite directions this coming week as it travels to Stanford University and Miami University of Ohio to compete in its next meets. The women’s team is coming off a seventh-place finish in the 16-team field at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational at the…
Bulldogs ink Holtmann to contract extension

BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team went into this season with questions surrounding the head coaching position. And days after the season ended, there were more questions, as The Tennessean reported Friday that the University of Tennessee spoke with Butler coach Chris Holtmann about its job vacancy. But…
The Butler softball team lost 5-1 to St. John’s University today concluding its first home series of the year. The Red Storm (10-13 overall, 3-0 Big East) completed the sweet of the Bulldogs (14-15, 2-4) behind the pitching of Tori Free. Free held the Bulldogs to three hits, collecting five strikeouts and giving up no…
REPORT: Holtmann has had preliminary conversations with Tennessee regarding head coaching vacancy

MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR As first reported by The Tennessean, Butler head coach Chris Holtmann had preliminary conversations with the University of Tennessee Friday regarding the Volunteers’ men’s basketball head coaching vacancy, according to unnamed sources who could not speak publicly about the issue. Tennessee contacted Holtmann within hours of firing Donnie Tyndall. Tyndall…
Barlow goes out with CLASS

KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR Community. Character. Classroom. Competition. These are the four qualities needed to be a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, given to NCAA Division I student-athletes in 10 different sports. It is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. Apparently, Butler University’s men’s basketball senior Alex Barlow…
Bulldogs’ season comes to a close after loss to Irish

KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR The season came to an end for Butler University’s men’s basketball team Saturday with a loss against in-state opponent University of Notre Dame in the third round of the NCAA tournament. The Fighting Irish held off the Bulldogs 67-64 in overtime to advance to their first Sweet 16 since 2003.…
Recent tourney runs show plenty of similarities

AUSTIN MILLER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR A close victory over highly ranked University of North Carolina during an in-season tournament. A split in home-and-home games with rival Xavier University. A 6-seed in the NCAA Tournament. A hard-fought victory in the first round, and a failed opportunity to win the game in the final possessions of…