Instead of suffering its eighth consecutive loss, the Butler men’s tennis team snapped a seven-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-2 win against Dayton. The Flyers (1-9), who are facing similar troubles this season, failed to capture a win in any of the three doubles matches. The Bulldogs (2-8) swept in doubles to start the…
German coach visits Butler baseball
For Benji Kleiner, it all started during a field trip in his home country, Germany. A classmate brought a baseball bat along on the trip. Kleiner, who was 11 at the time, decided to join his classmates in a pickup game of baseball on a nearby field. “We just decided to try it,” Kleiner said.…
Individuals set personal bests at Notre Dame
The Alex Wilson Invitational was a meet full of personal records for four members of Butler’s men’s and women’s track teams. Senior Kris Gauson, sophomores Craig Jordan and Kirsty Legg and freshman Ross Clarke competed in the Notre Dame-hosted invitational, which was a last-chance qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Gauson, Jordan and Clarke competed…
Soccer’s Cardona headed to PSU
Butler University sophomore Julian Cardona, a forward on the men’s soccer team, will transfer to Penn State University next fall to play soccer as a Nittany Lion. “I have enjoyed my experiences and time at Butler,” Cardona said. “But I am also very excited for the new and different set of opportunities that lie ahead…
Women’s basketball grabs No. 2 seed
In the last regular season game for the Bulldogs, senior guards Brittany Bowen and Alyssa Pittman assured a victory and the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League tournament. Bowen was named to the All-Horizon League second team, her first time receiving the honor. “Brittany has had a great career at Butler,” head coach Beth…
Tennis starts new streak
After DePaul ended the Butler women’s tennis team’s five-match winning streak, the Bulldogs started a new one by outlasting Ball State. Butler (6-4) saved itself from losing two road matches by defeating the Cardinals, 7-0. The Bulldogs’ sweep of the Cardinals (6-7) came in straight sets in all but one match. “I believe that our…
Softball struggles in Nashville
The Butler softball team’s performance at the plate during last weekend’s Lady Bison Classic was much like the weather—cold. The Bulldogs (2-5) scored five runs and hit 12-for-70 (.171) as a team during the three-day tournament, hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. The Bulldogs played three games: two on Friday against host Lipscomb and…
Baseball trumps Taylor
The Butler baseball team scored early and often against Taylor on Tuesday in the team’s final contest before a seven-game trip to Florida. The Bulldogs (4-4) scored six runs in the first three innings and put the game away with seven more in the eighth inning, as they toppled the Trojans (2-4), 16-5. Butler received…
Davies suspended for sex
Brigham Young starting sophomore forward Brandon Davies was suspended by his school for the remainder of the 2010-11 college basketball season. While academic shortcomings and intra-squad fights are not uncommon reasons for temporary suspensions during the college basketball season, the reason for Davies’ suspension is unique to BYU and perhaps alien to the rest of…
Third time’s a charm: Win earns team automatic NCAA berth
The Butler men’s basketball team won its seventh Horizon League tournament championship, a conference record, with a 59-44 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers Tuesday to secure an automatic NCAA tournament berth. The win was the Bulldogs’ first against the Panthers in three meetings this season and was Butler’s 30th conference tournament victory, also a league…