As the spring sports season begins to wind down, many teams are already beginning to prepare for their next season. The football team had its annual blue and white scrimmage, the men’s soccer team had its spring exhibition matches, and five teams have announced additions to their rosters for next year. Let’s take a look…
Transfers: Student-athletes see struggles, benefits
Transferring from one school to another midway through college can be exasperating. Add to the process the complications of being a full-time student-athlete, and individuals have an entirely new challenge on their hands. Butler student-athletes who have transferred from other schools can attest to this. Junior baseball first baseman Jimmy Risi referred to his transfer…
Track and field: Hudec, Cathey lead team at meets
The Butler track and field team competed in two meets in two different states last weekend and recorded two new school records and multiple strong finishes. Two Butler records fell at Indiana University’s Polytan Invitational. Freshman Nicole Hudec broke her own school record in the triple jump again with a leap of 35-10—good for fifth…
Baseball: Team loses three close games
The Butler baseball team put together one of its best strings of pitching so far this season. But Valparaiso threw even better and came away with a three-game series sweep over the weekend. On Sunday, the Bulldogs (19-21, 7-11) saw the Crusaders (18-20, 12-6) tally two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to…
Men’s golf: Wegeng leads team to 10th-place finish
The men’s golf team placed 10th of 15 teams at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Sunday. The event was hosted by Ball State. The Bulldogs finished with a three-round total of 1144 in the two-day tournament and were led by junior Andrew Wegeng, who shot a 5-over-par total of 215, good enough for sixth place individually.…
Tennis: Teams see different results
The Butler women’s tennis team finished its regular season by beating Youngstown State 4-3 Sunday. The Bulldogs (8-14, 5-3) were led by senior Cam Thompson at No. 4 singles. Thompson defeated sophomore Gimena Puppo 6-1, 6-3 to get Butler rolling against the Penguins (1-17, 1-7). Bulldogs’ sophomores Angelina Qin and Laura Shull won their No.…
Intramural softball: ‘Love of competition’ drives players
The intramural fields buzzed this weekend as the annual intramural softball tournaments began Sunday.
Intramurals: Cornhole, dodgeball still to be contested
With the school year winding down and final exams getting closer, intramural dodgeball and cornhole could not come at a better time for some students. The two sports will wrap up a spring intramural season that also included basketball, soccer and two still-to-be-completed softball tournaments, among other competitions. Dodgeball got under way yesterday, with first-…
Men’s soccer: Team tops St. Louis
The Butler men’s soccer team hosted St. Louis in an exhibition match Sunday and came away with a 4-2 victory. The Bulldogs took an early lead with first-half goals from freshman Zach Steinberger and sophomore newcomer Nico Oliverio. “We are usually a team that likes coming from behind, so to get that early lead was…
Lacrosse: As a club sport, men’s lacrosse is on the rise
In 2007 men’s lacrosse was discontinued as an NCAA Division I athletic program at Butler. But in response, a few players from that team created a men’s lacrosse club team at the school shortly after. Josh Phelps, junior team vice president, said the popularity of lacrosse is on the rise all across the nation. “The…