Heading into Horizon League play a good showing in Kentucky was key. Goal-scoring came naturally to the Butler men’s soccer team last weekend when they went 2-0 to win Kentucky’s Wildcat Invitational in Lexington, Ky. The three-day event placed the Bulldogs (4-0) against the Houston Baptist Huskies and the Loyola Marymount Lions. Butler was able…
Football slips at Youngstown
After a tough road loss at Youngstown State bringing the team to 1-1, Butler looks forward to matching up against Taylor University in their first home game this Saturday, September 18th. Playing under the lights in front of a crowd of 18,025, the Bulldog football team lost to Youngstown State 31-7 Saturday. The Penguins offered…
Golf slow to start in the South
The Butler women’s golf team finished fifth at the Chris Bannister Golf Classic over the holiday weekend in Glencoe, Ala. The three-day event, which began Sunday, was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Silver Lakes. The Bulldogs got off to a slow start Sunday, but Mattingly said his team seemed to play…
Girls rule, boys drool: Katie Griswold named Horizon League Athlete of the Week
Last week, sophomore forward Katie Griswold garnered an award that isn’t often won by Butler women’s soccer players. On the heels of a 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio) in which Griswold scored the first hat trick of her career, she received honors as the Horizon League soccer player of the week. All three goals were…
Women’s tennis creates team dynamic in Greencastle, Ind.
Women’s tennis captured seven of eight singles flights and three of four doubles flights at DePauw’s Tiger Fall Invitational last weekend in Greencastle, Ind. Butler head coach Jason Suscha said he felt the Bulldog freshmen made his team the deepest and most talented at the invitational. Suscha said he was focused primarily on what his…
Volleyball has strong Invitational showing
The Butler women’s volleyball team will begin Horizon League play this week after hosting a four-team inviational last weekend. The pre-conference invitational was Butler’s first in four years. The team finished second in their tournament after two 3-0 wins over UNC-Wilmington and Army and a 3-2 loss to tournament champion Xavier. “It was great after…
Soccer wins duel against Musketeers
The Butler men’s soccer team still has zeros in two key statistical categories: goals against and losses. Most recently, the Bulldogs maintained these Sept. 4 at Xavier, where a goal by senior midfielder Kyle Pateros and a shutout by senior goalkeeper Fabian Knopfler led the charge. Pateros found some space in front of the goal…
Volleyball earns season’s first wins
The Butler volleyball team captured its first two wins of the season last week, first taking their home opener against Marian University 3-0 Aug. 31, before beating Cal State-Bakersfield 3-1 Friday, during the University of Arizona Wildcat Classic. But the Bulldogs (2-5) dropped their other two matches at the tournament, including a match against 24th-ranked…
Women’s soccer takes care of Redhawks
Women’s soccer earned its first win of the season, defeating Miami (Ohio), 5-2, Sept. 3. The Bulldogs (1-4) wasted no time getting the early advantage as sophomore Katie Griswold scored two goals within the opening 13 minutes of play. Griswold’s—and Butler’s—first goal of the season came in the sixth minute after a Redhawk defender slipped…
Student adjusts to role as coach
Thorn Murphy is just like any other Butler University student. He is a junior finance major from Columbus, Ind., with a 3.9 GPA. However, his junior year is taking a lot of getting used to. Murphy was a football player for Butler his first two years and received a lot of playing time at strong…