Sports

  • Cross country: Nationals up next

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s cross country team has been consistent all season long. This time, the Bulldogs were rewarded with a second consecutive trip to the national meet. The team finished second in the Great Lakes Regional Friday afternoon, automatically qualifying it for nationals. It was the first automatic berth to…

  • Men’s soccer: Surprising season comes to an end

    CLAYTON YOUNG | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s soccer team (11-8-1, 4-6 Big East) ended its season in a 1-0 overtime loss to Marquette (11-5-2, Big East 7-2-1) in the second round of the Big East Conference Tournament. The game-winning goal of the match came in the 97th minute when senior forward Adam Lysak scored…

  • Football: Bulldogs roll in season finale

    KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Butler football team clinched a share of the Pioneer Football League championship with a 58-27 win at Morehead State Saturday to wrap up the regular season. The Bulldogs (9-3) put the hammer down early and got out to a 34-7 halftime lead. The Eagles (3-8) scored two touchdowns…

  • Butler holds off Princeton 70-67

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s basketball team faced its biggest test of the young season on Saturday night against Princeton and came away with a 70-67 win at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Sophomore guard Kellen Dunham had a career night for the Bulldogs (2-0), lighting up the scoreboard with a career-high 26 points. He…

  • Football team routs Morehead State, awaits postseason fate

    For the Butler football team, it’s time to wait. The Bulldogs clinched at least a share of the Pioneer Football League championship with a 58-27 win at Morehead State Saturday to wrap up the regular season. This comes after San Diego announced Thursday that it would be withdrawing from PFL title contention as well as…

  • Eyes on the sidelines: Videographers film Butler squads

    BEN SIECK | Asst. Sports Editor Every game. Every practice. Every rep. Butler’s student video coordinators and team managers are responsible for filming all of it. “Any live situations or any situations coaches want to see, we record it,” men’s basketball manager and videographer Jared Todd said. The Butler football and men’s basketball teams both…

  • Fall sports still competitive in Big East

    Butler’s first fall sports season in the Big East Conference is coming to a close. Fans may have wondered going into the new league how the athletic program would handle its competition. Would the other schools the Bulldogs now compete with be too much for Butler teams to contend with? The answer for the fall…

  • Swimming competes in weekend doubleheader

    The Butler swim team had a busy weekend, competing in two meets on back-to-back days. The Bulldogs faced crosstown rival Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and intrastate rival Valparaiso last Friday at IUPUI Natatorium. The Jaguars of IUPUI won the meet with 182 points, followed by the Crusaders with 165 points and the Bulldogs with 97…

  • Cross country readies for regional

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER While the Butler women’s varsity cross country squad spent the week preparing for this weekend’s NCAA Great Lakes Regional, the second squad competed in the Hoosier Invitational. Leading the way for the Bulldogs was sophomore Samantha Turley, who earned an eighth-place finish with a time of 19:10. Freshman Maddie Westerhoff…