Sports
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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…
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Butler’s New Route
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…