Sports

  • Men’s basketball earns first Big East road win

    BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Balance was the name of the game for the Butler men’s basketball team on Wednesday night, as the Bulldogs visited Seton Hall. Butler (12-9, 2-7) used solid defense and key shots down the stretch to down the Pirates (12-9, 3-5) 64-57, grabbing their first Big East road win.…

  • Women’s Basketball Beats Providence

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team (9-11, 4-5) defeated the Providence Friars (6-14, 1-8) in a Big East Conference matchup by a score of 72-69 on Tuesday night in a nail-biter. Junior guard Taylor Schippers knocked down a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left in the game to win it for the…

  • Freshmen Beginning Water Polo Club

    BEN SIECK | Sports Editor Butler is well on its way to adding another club sports team. Co-ed water polo will likely be the latest club opportunity for Butler students to take part in. Freshman Liam Hansen is the club’s president and founder. The club has written a constitution, and Hansen said he anticipates it…

  • New Team, New Challenges for Men’s Assistant Coach

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | Assistant Sports Editor Chris Holtmann joined Butler men’s basketball coach Brandon Miller’s staff as an assistant coach in July. It is the latest stop in a winding journey for the basketball lifer. Holtmann grew up in Lexington, Ky., and was raised a University of Kentucky basketball fan. That was the beginning of…

  • Butler Women’s Swimming

    MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler swim team hosted the fifth annual Butler Invitational and placed fourth of eight squads. Sunday’s meet was senior night for Butler seniors Kaitie Ring and Hayden Engstrom. “This was Kaitie and Hayden’s last home meet, (and) we wanted to make it as special and great as we could,”…

  • Butler Off to a Strong Start

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The track and field team continued its indoor season this weekend, with the team splitting time at Indiana University-—Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University. Among the six Butler athletes running at Bloomington was junior Mara Olson. She won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:08.83, breaking her school…

  • Bulldogs Struggle, Home and Away

    MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s tennis team dropped its season opener 7-0 at Ohio State. The No. 5 ranked Buckeyes were coming off a 35-3 record last season and picked up where they left off, winning every match in straight sets. Butler junior Pulok Bhattacharya lost 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 1…

  • Big ‘Fresh’man on Campus

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The 2013-2014 Butler men’s basketball season has had its fair share of ups and downs. A 1-7 mark in Big East play so far would imply there have been more of the latter recently. However, some positives that have come from this season include sophomore guard Kellen Dunham’s team-leading 18…

  • Women’s basketball: Big first half sends DePaul past Butler

    BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s basketball team (8-11, 3-5) was defeated by the DePaul Blue Demons (15-5, 6-2) 85-64 Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse. DePaul came into the contest second in the Big East after a victory over Georgetown. The Bulldogs were coming off an upset win against the top team…