Sports

  • Golf Recap

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s golf team finished in second place out of four teams in the Big Four Classic on Thursday. The Big Four tournament is an annual event involving Butler, Wabash, Hanover and DePauw, held at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. DePauw finished in first place with a…

  • OVERTIME: Why the Change to Ticket Process?

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The student ticketing process for Butler men’s basketball games is going to change this fall. The ticketing process will move away from students picking up their tickets at the Hinkle Fieldhouse ticket office. Instead, students will get tickets through online access only, said Lindsay Martin, sports marketing manager. Moving online…

  • Team Opens Big East Play with Series Win

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter Over the weekend, Butler baseball played in its first Big East Conference series of the year, taking two of three against Seton Hall. Coming into the series, Seton Hall had a record of 20-5 and had received votes to be ranked in the NCAA top 30. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs came…

  • Walk-ons Face Difficult, Uncertain Path

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Thirty-three was an unlucky number for Butler freshman Carl Sanders. The Butler baseball team has room for 32 players. Sanders was the odd man out. Sanders was a walk-on for the squad this season. He tried out for the team in the fall and said it gave him a…

  • Women Take Two of Three from Friars

    MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Bulldogs hosted Providence last weekend and took two of three games to move to 4-4 in Big East Conference play. Butler sophomore Kristen Gutierrez made headlines for the Bulldogs, earning Big East Pitcher of the Week accolades. Gutierrez pitched a complete game shutout in the series opener while striking…

  • Baseball opens Big East play with win over Seton Hall

    BY: JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter Butler (12-6, 1-0) baseball opened Big East play with a 6-1 victory over the Seton Hall Pirates (20-6, 0-1) on Friday afternoon. Senior Gunner Johnson started the game for the Bulldogs and threw seven innings of shutout ball. Junior catcher Will Amador had an RBI single in the first…

  • Tyler Lewis to transfer to Butler

    BY: MATTHEW VANTRYON | Assistant Sports Editor Tyler Lewis, a sophomore guard who attended North Carolina State this year, announced Friday afternoon that he is transferring to Butler University in the fall. Lewis averaged 4.4 points and 3.8 assists in just under 20 minutes per game. Lewis visited Butler’s campus this week just days after…

  • Bulldogs Fall Short of Weekend Sweep

    MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter Butler softball is heating up as quickly as the weather, going 3-1 in its past four games. The Bulldogs look to continue their success against a conference foe, the St. John’s Red Storm today. The Bulldogs split their double header against the Red Storm on April Fools’ Day. In the…

  • Athletes Overcome the Elements

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter When it comes to running and jumping competitively outdoors, temperatures in the 30s, high winds and a mixture of rain and freezing rain are certainly not ideal. That is what the Butler track and field team dealt with last weekend when it traveled to the University of Cincinnati for the…