Seven Butler football players were named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League team on Feb. 9. Four Bulldogs were named to the first team and three to the second team. Juniors Andrew Huck, quarterback, and David Lang, placekicker, were named First-Team Academic All-PFL for the second consecutive year. Huck, a biology major with a 3.65…
Tennis slides again
After a two-week layoff, the Butler men’s tennis team took on three opponents in a four-day span, losing all three matches. The Bulldogs (1-7) were looking to stop a three-match losing streak, during which they failed to score a point. Yesterday, Butler traveled to Cincinnati where they lost to Xavier, 7-0. Senior Brandon Bayliss was…
Top track runners compete out west
With most of Butler’s track and field team at the DePauw Indoor Invitational on Saturday, a group of Butler’s six best distance runners at the Husky Classic in Seattle, knew it would be a tough meet. But they didn’t let it get to them. Sophomore Katie Clark, the new Butler record holder in the women’s…
Mack scores 32 in Howard’s return, Butler gets by Detroit
On a night that was initially highlighted by return of senior forward Matt Howard and the Hinkle Fieldhouse crowd’s ‘whiteout,’ junior guard Shelvin Mack stole the show. Mack scored nearly half of the Bulldogs’ (18-9, 10-5 HL) points, putting up a career-high 32 in a 66-51 victory versus Detroit. The win was Butler’s fourth in…
Women’s basketball defeats Youngstown State
Senior Chloe Hamilton led the pack of Dawgs in their win against the Penguins from Youngstown State by scoring a career-high 34 points to lead the Butler women’s basketball team to a 73-56 win. Hamilton’s career night is the highest output from a Bulldog player in 10 years(the highest single-game performance by a Bulldog since…
Howard-less Bulldogs roll by Wright State
Despite not having senior Matt Howard for the game against Wright State, the Butler men’s basketball team proved it was still a force to be reckoned with in the tightly-packed Horizon League. Led by junior Shelvin Mack, the Bulldogs (17-9, 9-5 HL) defeated the Raiders (17-10, 10-5 HL) 71-63 and picked up a much needed…
A bang-up win
Several Bulldogs got banged up in the process, but the Butler men’s basketball team came away with a 72-65 win against UIC (6-19, 1-12 HL) Monday. Butler (16-9, 8-5 HL) continues its current homestand Thursday when the Raiders of Wright State (17-9, 10-4 HL) visit Hinkle Fieldhouse. Howard is questionable for the game after taking…
Track makes successful strides in South Bend
In her second collegiate season, sophomore Kirsty Legg is showing that she has a lot to offer the Butler track program in the future. She continued her dominance this season by finishing third in the women’s mile at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Ind., this weekend. Her time of 4:43.08 was only three seconds…
Women’s basketball drops two conference games at home
The Butler women’s basketball team entered the weekend two games behind No. 18 Green Bay for the lead in the Horizon League. With a chance to take control of the league, the Bulldogs (14-9, 8-3 HL) faltered twice at home, losing to Detroit and Wright State. Saturday, the Bulldogs hosted the Wright State Raiders (14-8,…
Softball third in league poll
The Butler softball team’s 2010 campaign helped the Bulldogs to a strong ranking in this year’s Horizon League preseason poll. The program-best 36-19 record, posted by the Bulldogs last season, earned them a third- place tie with Wright State. According to a press release from Butler Athletics, the Bulldogs and the Raiders both received 43…