The Butler softball team hopes to do something this season they have never done before—earn a trip to the NCAA tournament by winning the Horizon League tournament. Juniors Lauren McNulty and Mallory Winters hope to prove to the rest of the league that Butler deserve their preseason ranking of third. “Our league is going to…
Coaches struggle with superstars
When it comes to team sports, coaches are in charge, right? They build teams, design practices, set lineups, keep morale high—everything needed to guide a team toward being number one. But Jerry Sloan and Jeff Fisher will tell you that there’s more to coaching than that. Sloan, who coached for 26 years in the National…
Women’s tennis tackles Jaguars
The Butler women’s tennis team trounced their cross-town rival IUPUI 7-0 on their home court last Saturday. When asked about his initial thoughts going into the game, head coach Jason Suscha commented on the mental strength his team demonstrated prior to the start of the match. “Heading into the match, I could tell that the…
Women’s basketball splits conference affairs
A career night from senior forward Brittany Bowen wasn’t enough for the women’s basketball team, as Butler lost to Cleveland State Saturday, 69-64. Bowen led the Bulldogs (15-10, 9-4 HL) with 31 points and 11 rebounds, scoring nearly half of Butler’s points. Two final-minute free throws from Cleveland State junior center Destinee Blue sealed the…
Hungry for a bone: Men’s basketball back in mix to host HL tournament
In the final five seconds of play last night, senior Matt Howard single-handedly won the game. A dunk off an inbounds play and an intercepted pass moments later sealed Butler’s 64-62 win over Green Bay. Three consecutive conference victories have vaulted the Butler men’s basketball team into third place in the Horizon League and kept…
Football wins in classroom
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…