Sports

  • Academics at forefront of move

    Butler was attracted to the Atlantic 10 Conference for many reasons, but one of the biggest highlights was the potential effect on student-athletes’ overall academic experience. “Academics is always our focus and priority,” President Jim Danko said in an interview last week. “We figured out that despite the further travel, our athletes will be spending…

  • Women’s soccer splits weekend matches

    The Butler women’s soccer team looked to continue its winning streak with two non-conference games last weekend. The Bulldogs (2-2) had their first away match against Eastern Michigan (1-1-1) that ended in a 1-0 loss. “Our first away game was especially difficult because EMU has a grass field. It definitely threw off the pace of…

  • Butler’s New Route

  • Men’s soccer gets first win of season

    The Butler men’s soccer team picked up its first win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis last night at the Butler Bowl. Scoring for the Bulldogs were sophomore Brandon Fricke and senior Tyler Pollock. Both teams came out strong to start the game and continued to take their chances…

  • Meager attendance an issue for fall athletic teams

    Fall sports are having a difficult time attracting people to their games and matches. The leader in attendance of all fall sports is football, which averaged fewer than 2,600 attendees per home game last year. Football is the only fall sport that averaged in the thousands. Last year, volleyball averaged 382 attendees, men’s soccer had…

  • Football prepared for season with batch of new players

    The Butler football team is building a buzz around the approaching season, which kicks off tomorrow night on the road against Western Illinois. The Bulldogs just finished up training camp, and senior captain and offensive lineman Matt Storey said the energy and effort throughout camp has led to high expectations. “I’d say things are definitely…

  • Cross country teams look to start new streaks

    The Butler men’s and women’s cross country teams enter the 2012 season in an unfamiliar position in their new home in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Coach Matt Roe said that while the Bulldogs were consistently at the top in the Horizon League, the team will face a higher quality of competition in the A-10 this…

  • Conference change creates new rivals

    Butler University athletics will face a change in competition following its the early departure from the Horizon League for the Atlantic 10 Conference. They also expect to rise to the occasion. Administrators said they feel that Butler teams will still be top competitors in the A-10, as they were in the Horizon League for many…

  • Volleyball welcomes first season in Atlantic 10

    The new will meet the old this fall as the Butler volleyball team prepares for another season on the court. The new is the fresh competition the Bulldogs will face in their first season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The old are the four starters returning to the team—junior middle blockers Maggie…