In the NCAA, a player may take a redshirt season and stretch out his or her collegiate athletic eligibility over the course of five years. This can be done for a variety of reasons. Some athletes wish to gain an extra year of practice with the team while others transfer from a different school. It…
Club basketball: Team loses in national championship game
The men’s club basketball team traveled to Raleigh last weekend for National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association national tournament in hopes of bringing the first national title back to Butler since 1929. Just like the NCAA tournament the road traveled by the club team wasn’t an easy one. Last year, the team didn’t even have funds to…
Athletics department looks for qualifications, not connections
Butler University’s athletics department may employ numerous Butler alumni, but a prior relationship with Butler is far from a job requirement. Athletics Director Barry Collier said he looks for five things above all else when evaluating a prospective department employee. “(I look for) somebody that has high integrity, has a high level of intelligence, is…
Walk-up songs used for varying reasons
Senior Butler softball player Devin Dearing waited at the plate during the eighth inning of Sunday’s second game of a doubleheader against Fordham. “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears rang through the stadium speakers as pinch runner Devin Brierly jogged to second base. On the first pitch of the at-bat, Dearing hit…
Softball: Butler takes three of four games
The Butler softball team went 3-1 in conference play last weekend. The Bulldogs (17-19, 6-4) split a double-header with Fordham Sunday. In the first game, Rams (25-16, 9-5) senior Jamie LaBovick hit a home run over the left field wall to start the game. Fordham scored two more runs in the second inning before being…
Baseball: Bulldogs sweep Flyers in road series
The Butler baseball team is over the .500 mark after sweeping Atlantic 10 opponent Dayton last weekend. Butler (17-15) sits at 7-5 in conference play, a game and a half behind Rhode Island for the sixth and final spot of the A-10 tournament. The Bulldogs beat the Flyers (7-24, 2-10) 8-4 Friday, as juniors Marcos…
Tennis teams finish regular seasons
With the Atlantic 10 conference tournament looming, the women’s tennis team finished its season at Saint Louis last weekend. The Bulldogs lost to their conference opponent 7-0. The team will begin conference tournament play today in Charlottesville, Va. The men’s tennis team was also at Saint Louis last weekend for its final conference match of…
Butler victorious at Big Four Classic
The Butler men’s golf team won the Big Four Classic at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel last Thursday. The Bulldogs posted a tournament-best score of 312 to finish at the top of the four-team competition. Senior Andrew Wegeng finished with the best individual score in the field of 25 players, shooting a 2-over-par 74.…
Men’s basketball: Smith entertains professional prospects
Six-foot-eleven senior Andrew Smith is looking to continue his basketball career in the U.S. or abroad. To prepare, he’s entered St. Vincent Sports Performance’s rigorous pre-NBA draft training program, which he will continue up until the draft in late June. “Going from college to the NBA is very different,” Smith said. “There’s no real way…
From diapers to the diamond
Last year, the brothers, from Miami, Fla., started playing baseball together for the first time since Marcos’ sophomore year of high school. “We had a great year that year, and we both played very well,” Lucas said. “We went deep into the playoffs, and we were like, ‘Man, if we can do this again for…