Sports

  • Men’s soccer: Oldham lifts Butler to victory

    The Butler men’s soccer team broke a four-game losing streak with a non-conference victory over Evansville Saturday at Arad McCutchan Stadium. The 1-0 victory over the Purple Aces (5-7-1) also broke a scoreless streak for the Bulldogs (6-6-2, 1-2-1) that lasted for more than 400 minutes. Sophomore forward Austin Oldham fired the ball past Evansville…

  • Fantasy football: The kids are alright

    As an Indianapolis Colts fan, it was brutal to watch even one millisecond of the game on Sunday night against the New Orleans Saints. However, from a fantasy perspective, I was giddy, as some of the Saints put up monster numbers against my favorite team. In week seven, there were many quarterback changes that resulted…

  • Men’s tennis: Doubles play strong at ITA Regionals

    It was a long Homecoming weekend for the Butler men’s tennis team, as the Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to compete in the ITA Ohio River Valley Regionals. Butler grabbed four victories in doubles play as well as a singles victory by freshman Tommy Marx. Marx won 6-4, 7-5 in his first round matchup, but…

  • Fantasy football: Bye week and the waiver wire

    If anything was more baffling than the post-game ruckus between the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions, it has to be how David Stern is still the commissioner of the dysfunctional National Basketball Association. In case you missed the incident, a scuffle erupted between the two teams because of the coaches. Yep, that is not…

  • Soccer falls to Indiana amid record crowd

    The Butler men’s soccer team fell 1-0 to Indiana surrounded by a record-breaking crowd Wednesday at the Butler Bowl. Attendance was announced at 3,343, a Bowl record for soccer. The enthusiastic crowd was a mix of fans displaying both cream and crimson and blue and white. Butler coach Paul Snape said the attendance figure was…

  • Wegeng not satisfied with record

    Nearly anyone involved in a team sport at the collegiate level will likely say that individual glory pales in comparison to how the team does in a game, match or invitational. It turns out that Butler junior golfer Andrew Wegeng is no different. “I didn’t even think about it at the time,” Wegeng said of…

  • St. John brings change

    Butler women’s soccer coach Tari St. John doesn’t shy away from challenges. As a collegiate player, St. John helped establish what is now a nationally-renowned program at Purdue. As a head coach, she has put Butler on the map as a force to be reckoned with in the Horizon League. After leading Pius XI High…

  • Football: Fighting Camels trample Bulldogs

    Even with senior quarterback Andrew Huck throwing a career-high 381 yards, the Butler football team was not able to stop the running game of Pioneer Football League foe Campbell, dropping Saturday’s game 38-23. “In any game, you’re going to get your ups and downs, and that’s kind of how our game went,” freshman cornerback  Jimmy…

  • Lester takes talents to Turkey

    Former Butler women’s basketball player Susan Lester is making a big geographical jump to continue her playing career. Lester, a 2010 graduate, signed to play professionally with a team in Mersin, Turkey, on Thursday. “I’m very excited for the opportunity to play professional basketball overseas,” Lester said in a press release. “I had a thousand…