Sports

  • Butler competes at regional match

    KELLY MURPHY | STAFF REPORTER This week, while Butler students will be enjoying their fall break, the men’s tennis team will compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals. Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, will host the tournament.  Butler will compete in the Ohio Valley division against the highest-ranked team University of Kentucky, which was most…

  • Bulldogs prepare for pair of meets

    Bulldogs prepare for pair of meets

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | SPORTS EDITOR The Butler swim team will participate in a pair of races this weekend, competing in both the Indiana Intercollegiate meet and the Butler Double Dual meet.  The team will face Indiana University-Purdue University and Eastern Illinois in the Butler Double Dual at IUPUI on Friday and travel to Lafayette Saturday…

  • Butler aims for break-even mark

    Butler aims for break-even mark

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s soccer team faces Marquette University tonight at the Butler Bowl at 7 p.m. Butler (4-5-3) is trying to end a three-game conference losing streak caused by conference teams Georgetown University, St. John’s University and Creighton University. The Bulldogs may have an edge in hosting the Marquette Golden…

  • Bulldogs focused on winning games in crunch time

    Bulldogs focused on winning games in crunch time

    SARAH THUET | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team hopes to raise its record above .500 in its upcoming games this week. The Bulldogs (7-8) came off a tough overtime loss at Providence University and hope to change the results this week. Junior midfielder Sophia Maccagnone said she knows the importance of learning from…

  • A Day in the Life: Women’s Soccer

    A Day in the Life: Women’s Soccer

    JOE HASENSTAB | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Upperclassmen women soccer players Sophia Maccagnone and Caroline Kowal know firsthand the challenges student-athletes face when it comes to balancing sports and classes. The women’s soccer team usually holds practice from six to about eight p.m. This time is good for the players so they can make it to…

  • Injuries plague Bulldogs

    Injuries plague Bulldogs

    KYLE BEERY | STAFF REPORTER Wearing a Butler football t-shirt, sweatpants and a cast on his right arm, Matt Shiltz stares out across the Butler Bowl as Malcom Weaver barks out signals and runs plays during practice.  Weaver will be filling in for Shiltz as the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback after Shiltz broke his throwing hand in…

  • Bulldogs prepare for Pre-Nationals

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | SPORTS EDITOR Butler’s cross-country teams gained national attention last season with strong finishes at the NCAA Pre-National meet. The women’s team finished third overall en route to finishing third at the national meet in November, while the men nearly cracked the top-10 with an 11th place finish. But head coach Matt Roe…

  • Football team falls to Campbell, loses pace in PFL race

    BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR The Butler football team now finds itself in a deep hole in its quest for a third straight Pioneer Football League Championship. The Bulldogs (3-3 overall, 1-2 PFL) fell on the road at Campbell University Saturday 28-9. The Bulldogs were bit by the injury bug in the first quarter,…

  • Coaches, conferences and changes

    Coaches, conferences and changes

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | SPORTS EDITOR Memories of the Butler men’s basketball team making Cinderella runs to the NCAA championship games in 2010 and 2011 will live forever in the minds of Bulldogs fans. But since that time, Butler has experienced two conference changes and, now, three coaching changes. Barry Collier, Butler University’s athletic director, announced…