Soccer

  • High Expectations: Men’s Soccer expects to compete for conference title

    High Expectations: Men’s Soccer expects to compete for conference title

    GRAYSON PRATHER | SPORTS REPORTER There are two things the Butler University men’s soccer team aims to do this season: score goals and win the Big East championship. “My expectation always is to win the Big East,” junior David Goldsmith, 2014 Second-Team All-Big East member, said. “That’s one of our team expectations and we’ve got…

  • Finding The Balance: Women’s Soccer features youth and veterans

    Finding The Balance: Women’s Soccer features youth and veterans

    ERIC ROBINSON | CO-SPORTS EDITOR The Butler University women’s soccer team begins its season featuring a good balance of experience and young talent. Co-head coach Tari St. John said she understands the benefits of having a lot of young talent. “I think it keeps the upperclassmen on their toes a little bit,” St. John said.…

  • Butler alums drafted to MLS

    Butler alums drafted to MLS

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER   Excitement, anxiety, intuitiveness – these are the emotions that Butler alumnus Zach Steinberger was feeling last Thursday during the Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Steinberger, who graduated from Butler in December, was looking to realize his lifelong dream of playing professional soccer. Steinberger waited in the Butler locker room when…

  • Men’s soccer stopped short

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER In times of struggle, in times of celebration, and in times of disappointment, the Butler’s men’s soccer team has stuck together through the challenges in the 2014 season. They ended their season with a record of 6-7-5 and finished eighth in the Big East. Butler head coach Paul Snape said…

  • Bulldogs bow out, reflect on season

    BOBBY JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER Entering her final collegiate game, senior defender Stephanie Kaylor realized only 90 minutes remained in her soccer career at Butler. She said she wanted to avoid crying and instead aspired to end her career on a happy note. Her plan played out just as expected.  “The win over Marquette to…

  • Men’s soccer faces biggest test yet

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s soccer team will compete against Xavier University on Friday in what could potentially be the most crucial game of the season. Butler currently sits sixth in the Big East standings, one point ahead of Marquette University. The Bulldogs got three points over the weekend with a win…

  • Bulldogs finish week without loss

    GRAYSON PRATHER/STAFF REPORTER Butler men’s soccer team had a successful week in conference play, coming away with a win, a tie, and a chance to play in the conference tournament. The Bulldogs faced off against Providence Sunday afternoon at the Butler Bowl. They were able to pull off their sixth win of the season against…

  • Stakes raised for women’s team

    BOBBY JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER A playoff spot in the Big East Tournament is at stake for the Butler women’s soccer team when it battles Marquette University at the Butler Bowl on Friday in its final regular season game.  The women are looking to improve on their 2-4-2 record in Big East play thus far.…

  • Men’s Soccer enters key stretch

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s soccer team will face Seton Hall University tonight and will look to return to the .500 mark. Last year, the Bulldogs (5-6-4) defeated Seton Hall 2-0. Despite Seton Hall’s last-place spot in the standings, Butler head coach Paul Snape said he does not want to underestimate them.…