BY KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Butler women’s soccer team will head into Friday’s home game against Seattle with a 4-1 record after winning two games over the weekend. The Bulldogs beat Bowling Green 2-1 in overtime on Saturday behind goals from sophomore Sophie Maccagnone and junior Kelly Mahoney. Maccagnone scored less than 10…
Women’s soccer: Bulldogs look to surprise in new conference
BY KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Big East coaches have pegged the Butler women’s soccer team to finish seventh in the new conference. Compared to a fourth-place finish last year in its lone season in the Atlantic 10 Conference, that may seem like a downgrade, but co-head coach Rob Alman said the increased competition is…
Women’s soccer splits weekend matches
The Butler women’s soccer team looked to continue its winning streak with two non-conference games last weekend. The Bulldogs (2-2) had their first away match against Eastern Michigan (1-1-1) that ended in a 1-0 loss. “Our first away game was especially difficult because EMU has a grass field. It definitely threw off the pace of…
Meager attendance an issue for fall athletic teams
Fall sports are having a difficult time attracting people to their games and matches. The leader in attendance of all fall sports is football, which averaged fewer than 2,600 attendees per home game last year. Football is the only fall sport that averaged in the thousands. Last year, volleyball averaged 382 attendees, men’s soccer had…
Comeback win gives Butler perfect weekend
The Butler women’s soccer team played two matches over the weekend, beating Eastern Michigan at home 2-1 before traveling to Eastern Illinois and coming away with a 3-2 victory. The Bulldogs (4-2) got off to a slow start Friday versus Eastern Illinois, giving up two goals in the first 25 minutes. Junior Kristin Germann accounted…