Sports

  • Pitching still matters in the playoffs

    If any readers out there ever own a Major League Baseball team and want to make the playoffs, build your team around great pitching. Don’t get reeled in by some guy who can hit the long ball. Be boring. Get some great pitchers. Sure, I have grown up watching steroids era baseball and have seen…

  • PK keeps soccer undefeated

    The Butler men’s soccer team protected its flawless record Saturday when senior captain Ben Sippola netted a penalty kick in overtime versus UIC. The dramatic ending gave the Bulldogs (10-0, 4-0 HL) a 2-1 win over the Flames (3-7, 1-3 HL), now down to eighth in the league. The dramatic ending was a fitting one…

  • Women’s soccer hands Panthers rare home loss

    The Butler women’s soccer team accomplished something on Sunday that no Horizon League team has been able to in nearly 12 years: beat the Milwaukee Panthers on their own turf. The Bulldogs (5-9, 3-1 HL) snapped Milwaukee’s 37-game unbeaten home streak against league opponents and handed the Panthers (8-4-2, 3-1 HL) their first conference loss…

  • Football tames Wildcats for first PFL win

    Butler football looks to capture its second conference win this Saturday when they host Pioneer Football League rival Dayton at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs (3-3, 1-2 PFL) will be riding the momentum of their first conference win, which they picked up at Davidson (1-4, 1-2 PFL) last Saturday. Junior quarterback Andrew Huck said the team…

  • Clark proves hard work pays off

    In any sport, there are three types of athletes: those that you’d like to have on your team, those that you’d love to have on your team, and those, if at all possible, that you must have on your team. Sophomore Katie Clark would fall into the third category for the Butler women’s cross country…

  • Reds make first playoff trip in 15 years

    With the Major League Baseball playoffs starting this evening, there are some usual suspects in the title contention picture. The defending champion New York Yankees are ready for a repeat, while the Philadelphia Phillies seek their third consecutive World Series appearance—a feat not accomplished since the Yankees made four straight trips to the Fall Classic…

  • Football run over by Camels’ ground game

    The Butler football team’s chances of repeating as Pioneer Football League winners is starting to fade. The rushing attack of the Campbell Camels (2-3, 1-1 PFL) was too much for the Bulldogs (2-3, 0-2 PFL) to handle, leading to a 27-10 loss Saturday at the Butler Bowl. “We didn’t do what we set out to…

  • Bulldogs only team in nation without loss, tie

    “Failure waits for those that rest on success made yesterday.” Butler men’s soccer head coach Kelly Findley uses this quote to keep his squad focused on the future and not the past. “We are trying to not get ahead of ourselves,” Findley said. “We are only as good as our next game.” But for the…

  • Cross country teams fare well at Notre Dame Invitational

    Heading into the 55th Notre Dame Invitational on Friday, the men’s and women’s cross country teams had two goals: running their best and getting at-large wins. They put themselves in a good position to do both. If a team finishes in the top two within their region, a win versus that team would qualify as…