Butler and Purdue University have confirmed what The Collegian Online reported last weekend—Butler men’s basketball assistant coach Micah Shrewsberry is now an assistant at Purdue. The former Butler assistant, who helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championship appearances, officially started his tenure with Purdue head coach Matt Painter’s staff this week. Shrewsberry spent the past…
Softball sweeps Detroit
The Butler softball team recovered from a pair of losses against IPFW, sweeping a three-game series against Horizon League opponent Detroit. The Bulldogs (16-11, 4-1 HL) outscored the Titans (4-18, 0-6 HL) 28-7 during the three game series and dispatched Detroit, 11-1, in five innings in the second game of a doubleheader and the final…
Butler defeats Cleveland State, rides eight-game win streak to finals
The Butler Bulldogs will ride an eight-game winning streak into the final game of the 2011 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship where they will face host Milwaukee. Butler has tied Xavier’s record of six consecutive Horizon League appearances in the league championship game. Senior guard Shawn Vanzant scored a season-high 18 points, all in the…
Ring leads swim team at HL meet
At her first Horizon League championship meet, freshman Kaitie Ring wasted no time making her presence known to the rest of the league. Ring, who swam the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke, along with the 200-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, had a meet full of…
Track teams take third
In his last Horizon League Indoor Championship meet, senior Kris Gauson went out with a bang. Gauson won both the 800-meter run and the mile with only 50 minutes of rest in between and led Butler to a third-place finish at the Horizon League Indoor Championships. “He’s in great shape,” head coach Matt Roe said.…
Bulldogs hold on to first with road victory
With four different Bulldogs tallying double digit kills, Butler’s team effort was just enough to beat Wright State in five sets on the road last Friday. The Bulldogs’ (15-7, 10-1 HL) victory ran their winning streak up to six games. After a shaky start to the season, Butler is 11-1 in its last 12 matches.…
Butler to host women’s Horizon tourney
Butler head women’s soccer coach Tari St. John said she and her staff knew all along that there was something special about this year’s squad. The Bulldogs (8-10, 6-2 HL) proved their coaches right when they clinched the Horizon League regular season championship on Sunday. The Butler women’s soccer team will host the Horizon League…
Horizon League honors junior Bulldog defender
Junior defender Matt Hedges was named the Horizon League Men’s Soccer Co-Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 20. The Bulldogs, now ranked 12th by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, were led by Hedges’ outstanding performances in Wisconsin against Green Bay and Milwaukee, helping him earn the title. Hedges collected game-winning…
Girls rule, boys drool: Kirsty Legg named Horizon League Athlete of the Week
After emerging from her first track season nationally ranked as the fifth-fastest freshman in the mile, the well-rehearsed strides of sophomore Kirsty Legg are starting to pay off. The Horizon League named Legg the Female Cross Country Athlete of the Week Sept. 6 after finishing the University of Illinois’ 4K Illini Challenge in 14:16.0 and…
Girls rule, boys drool: Katie Griswold named Horizon League Athlete of the Week
Last week, sophomore forward Katie Griswold garnered an award that isn’t often won by Butler women’s soccer players. On the heels of a 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio) in which Griswold scored the first hat trick of her career, she received honors as the Horizon League soccer player of the week. All three goals were…