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Women’s tennis: Skid hits seven for team

The Butler women’s tennis team dropped a pair of matches over the weekend, extending its losing streak to seven. On Saturday, the Bulldogs (2-10) fell to Illinois State 6-1 at home. Junior Brittany Farmer was the only Bulldog to pick up a win against the Redbirds (5-5), defeating sophomore Phyllis Tigges 6-2, 6-4 in singles

Track and field: Athletes unable to advance

The Butler track and field team closed out its indoor schedule with four athletes racing at the Alex Wilson Invitational last Saturday at Notre Dame. Sophomore Ross Clarke had the strongest showing for the Bulldogs, placing seventh in the men’s one-mile run with a time of 4:01.15. Freshman Tom Curr was 11th in the event,

BASKETBALL | Loss to Valparaiso dashes NCAA tournament hopes

VALPARAISO– For the first time in seven years, the Butler men’s basketball team won’t appear in the NCAA tournament. Needing to win four games to take the Horizon League tournament championship and earn an automatic bid, the Bulldogs fell short in a semifinal 65-46 loss to top-seeded Valparaiso Saturday night. Junior forward Ryan Broekhoff  led

BASKETBALL | Butler tops UW-Milwaukee, advances in Horizon League Tournament

Another runaway victory gives Butler a chance to do what it has failed to so far: beat first-place Valparaiso. The Bulldogs dominated Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the second half Friday to earn a 71-49 victory in the second round of the Horizon League tournament. Butler (20-13, 12-7) advances to play the Crusaders, 2-0 against the Bulldogs, on

Men’s basketball: Men drop Raiders

The Butler men’s basketball team started off the Horizon League tournament with a 70-52 victory over Wright State at Hinkle Fieldhouse Tuesday night. It was a tale of two halves for the Bulldogs (19-13), who headed to the locker room with a one point lead. “I thought in the first 10 minutes we were just

Golf: With high expectations, teams prepare for spring season

It is that time of the year again. No, not the wildly popular basketball spectacle that is March Madness. Rather, now is the return of a sport after a long hiatus—golf. The golf season is split into two separate sections—one for the fall semester and one for the spring. But in between those seasons is

Track and field: Distance team leads way

School records, meet records and league records—the Butler track and field team has recorded them all this season. The trend continued this past weekend at the Horizon League Indoor Championships in Youngstown, Ohio. Although neither the men (fourth) nor the women (third) were able to capture a team title, individuals on both sides had strong

Charity benefits local non-profits

With March Madness right around the corner another, a tournament  influenced by the recent success of Butler’s men’s basketball is taking shape. Brackets for Good, an Indianapolis-based charitable organization, is starting its first bracket tournament March 5 with local non-profit educational organizations serving as the “teams.” Butler graduate Matt McIntyre conceived the idea for the

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