Sports

  • Men’s Golf looks to rebound

    BOBBY JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER After a difficult first year in the Big East Conference, the Butler men’s golf team seems poised to contend for a much higher finish. The team managed a seventh-place finish at the conference tournament in April. Now, the Bulldogs hope to establish themselves as a possible top-five team in the…

  • Different countries, one team

    KAYLIN PELLEGRINI | STAFF REPORTER This year’s cross-country team boasts a unique international flair. Five of the student-athletes on the team are from overseas. Senior Katie Good and junior Laura Riches are from Manchester, senior Ross Clarke is from Essex, junior Tom Curr is from Stroud, and senior Harry Ellis hails from Warrington. The process…

  • Maurice Stewart: Making a Splash

    ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER Maurice Stewart’s resume speaks for itself, which boasts three swimming national championships. Success has followed him as he made the move north to Butler. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Stewart saw his first snapshot of success as an assistant swimming coach at Auburn University from 2003-05. There, he…

  • Kashimoto finds home away from home

    Kashimoto finds home away from home

    JOE HASENSTAB | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Approximately 6,700 miles from her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan, Serina Kashimoto arrives at the Butler Bowl. It’s a Wednesday. There’s no practice for the Butler women’s soccer team. The team is required to have a day off with a game coming up Friday. Still, Kashimoto and a couple other…

  • Bulldogs stave off comeback, open season with win on the road

    KYLE BEERY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team heads into next Saturday’s game at Youngstown State with a 1-0 record after winning its season opener 22-16 against Wittenberg (0-1). The Bulldogs got on the board late in the first quarter when junior Kyle Annis tackled Sean Gary in the end zone for a safety.…

  • Overtime: Colts season preview

    By BEN SIECK | MANAGING EDITOR Entering the 2014 National Football League season, the Indianapolis Colts have two things going for them: quarterback Andrew Luck and the worst division in football. This formula raised the Colts from the worst team in the NFL to back-to-back 11-5 records and last year’s AFC South division crown. With…

  • Three years. Three conferences. One constant. Success.

    KAYLIN PELLEGRINI | STAFF REPORTER Matt Roe was introduced as Butler’s cross country and track and field head coach in 2007. The first conference that Roe’s teams faced was the Horizon League. In 2011, Mara Olson was a freshman and just starting her collegiate running career with the Bulldogs. Now a senior, Olson recalls the…

  • Butler looks to pick up strokes

    AUSTIN MILLER | STAFF REPORTER Just five months removed from a last-place finish at the Big East Championship tournament last season, the Butler women’s golf team believes this is the year to make a name for itself within the conference. Last season the Bulldogs were unable to make any noise in the post-season, finishing 51…

  • Hinkle renovations on pace for season opener

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | SPORTS EDITOR Ken LaRose has taken many individuals through Hinkle Fieldhouse over the past several months. The associate athletic director of development said one recurring question is always asked, and his answer remains consistent. “I’ve given (around) 100 personal tours, and every one of them has said, ‘Ken, are you going to…