GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, now 21-14 on the season, won their second straight Big East series after beating the Providence Friars two out of three times. All three games were at home for the Bulldogs. On April 2, Butler split a pair of games with the Friars.…
Men’s tennis dominates tough day on Saturday
JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler men’s tennis team took two victories on March 26. The Bulldogs defeated the Case Western Reserve University Spartans at home, and then beat the IUPUI Jaguars at the West Indy Racquet Club. Both matches finished 5-2. Butler boosted its record to 7-8 on the year. Case…
Softball starts Big East play with series win
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team won its first Big East series of the year after winning two out of three games at home against the Seton Hall Pirates. The Bulldogs won one game on March 25 and split a pair of games on March 26. Butler pushed its…
Softball splits first home games of the season
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team couldn’t have asked for better weather as they split two games against the Miami University RedHawks for their first set of home games on March 15. The Bulldogs fell to the RedHawks 12-3 in game one, but pulled out a 5-4 victory in…
Men’s tennis sweeps first outdoor match of season
JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler men’s tennis team captured their first sweep of the season on March 20. The Bulldogs defeated the Rose-Hulman Fightin’ Engineers 7-0 in the year’s first outdoor match. Butler seized the doubles point to begin the match. Freshman Mason Dragos and junior Mikheil Khmiadashvili won 6-2 at…
Struggles continue in Florida for women’s tennis
DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu The Butler University women’s tennis team traveled to Florida for a series of matches over spring break. The team failed to capture a win from the trip, setting back their record to 1-16. The Bulldogs kicked off on March 8 in a doubleheader against Florida International and Bethune-Cookman.…
Butler softball ends spring break with winning record
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, 14-11 on the season, went 6-2 on their spring break trip in Florida. The Bulldogs started play on March 9 and ended play on March 13. The team traveled to Clearwater, Florida for two games and Tampa, Florida for six games. On March…
Butler baseball successful in first half of spring break play
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu The Butler University baseball team has found success early on in their 2016 Spring Break trip. Fresh off a 15-4 win against Marian University, head coach Steve Farley lead his Bulldogs down south to play Northwestern University, Indiana University and Boston College back to back to back. These…
Softball splits games at Coach B Classic
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, now 8-9 on the year, went 2-2 at the Coach B Classic hosted by the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Illinois. On March 5, the Bulldogs lost to the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 5-3 after the Jayhawks scored two runs in…
Bulldogs drop Muncie match to Cardinals
JIMMY LAFAKIS | SPORTS REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler University men’s tennis team found themselves on the short end of the racket on Mar. 5. Ball State University defeated the Bulldogs 5-2 in Butler’s final match before spring break. The Bulldogs squandered the doubles point to begin the match. Five of the six singles matches…