The Butler softball team dropped to 7-7 in Atlantic 10 Conference play with three losses last weekend. The team finished 1-3 on the weekend, picking up a 5-2 win against Saint Joseph’s on Saturday. It was also the designated Senior Day for the team’s four seniors. The Bulldogs (18-22) lost the first game of the…
Walk-up songs used for varying reasons
Senior Butler softball player Devin Dearing waited at the plate during the eighth inning of Sunday’s second game of a doubleheader against Fordham. “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears rang through the stadium speakers as pinch runner Devin Brierly jogged to second base. On the first pitch of the at-bat, Dearing hit…
Softball: Butler takes three of four games
The Butler softball team went 3-1 in conference play last weekend. The Bulldogs (17-19, 6-4) split a double-header with Fordham Sunday. In the first game, Rams (25-16, 9-5) senior Jamie LaBovick hit a home run over the left field wall to start the game. Fordham scored two more runs in the second inning before being…
Records broken in softball’s opening weekend
The Butler softball team lost 11-2 at Ball State (24-11) yesterday. Junior infielder Krista Hakola went 2-for-2 at the plate and drove in a run for the Bulldogs. Butler split a two-game series against Atlantic 10 foe George Washington last weekend. In the first game, the two teams were deadlocked until the seventh inning when…
Softball team gone for finals
Butler softball players will have to take their finals earlier than most on campus. The team will be on the East Coast for games against Massachusetts and Rhode Island the week Butler has finals. How much class time an athlete misses depends on each player’s classes and the team’s schedule, coach Scott Hall said. In…
Softball team sweeps St. Bonaventure
Two swings helped the Butler softball team sweep St. Bonaventure last weekend to start its conference season. Butler (10-12, 2-0) trailed in the first game before coming back to defeat the Bonnies 2-1 on senior first baseman Devin Dearing’s first home run of the season. Senior pitcher Jenny Esparza got the win on the mound,…
Baseball, softball teams begin seasons in warmer climes
Unlike baseball and softball teams down south, Butler’s squads do not have the luxury of being outside year-round. Instead, they are confined to the Butler Bubble for the majority of the offseason and the beginning of their regular seasons. “I like to compare it to coach Stevens having to practice on a golf course and…
Softball grounded by loss
Disappointing—that’s the word Butler softball head coach Scott Hall used to describe his team’s performance Saturday versus Youngstown State. Both games of the doubleheader went into extra innings, with the Bulldogs winning the opener narrowly, 4-3, before dropping the second game, 3-0. Butler’s offense in the second game was stifled by freshman pitcher Casey Crozier,…
Both sides of the broom: Bulldogs sweep Phoenix before losing two in Ohio
The Butler softball team’s four-game win streak was snapped yesterday when the Bulldogs got swept in a non-conference doubleheader at the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks. Butler freshman Leah Bry took the mound in the opener for the Bulldogs (25-17, 11-3 HL), allowing three runs in five innings of work. Bry held Miami (21-17, 4-6 MAC) scoreless…
Softball splits doubleheader
Following a 9-1 showing at the Rebel Games during spring break, the Butler softball team went 2-3 against its three opponents. The most recent competition for the Bulldogs (13-9, 1-1 HL) was a doubleheader at UIC on Saturday. After capturing a victory in the opener, Butler dropped the second game to the Flames (10-13, 1-1…