BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team concluded its 2013 season with a 3-2 loss to St. John’s in the Big East Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Although the Bulldogs were eliminated in the first round of the tournament, team members took away a number of positives. Co-head coach Rob Alman said the team…
Women’s soccer earns 1-0 overtime win against Creighton
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team won its 11th game of the season Saturday, beating the Creighton Bluejays 1-0 in overtime in a Big East Conference match. Senior forward Katie Griswold found the back of the net in the fifth minute of overtime to give the Bulldogs (11-5-2, 4-4 Big East)…
Fall sports staying busy
Spring has arrived on campus, but that does not mean the school’s fall athletic teams are resting easy. The Butler men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball teams are currently participating in spring seasons even though their regular seasons are still months away. The men’s and women’s soccer teams are both in the middle of month-long…
Women’s soccer: Season ends in league semis
Despite a career-best eight saves from sophomore goalkeeper Julie Burton and a stonewall defense, the Butler women’s soccer team saw its season come to an end with a 1-0 loss to No. 15 Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the semifinals of the Horizon League Soccer Championships. “We played extremely well,” sophomore Ali Backscheider said. “It didn’t work out…
Women’s soccer: Bulldogs win in penalty kicks
In a game for Butler’s history books, the women’s soccer team came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Valparaiso and move on in the Horizon League tournament. The game, played Tuesday in Valparaiso, featured 20 minutes of extra play and eight rounds of penalty kicks. In the first 40 minutes, offense was the theme…
Women’s soccer: Earning their place
In a game that was critical to conference standing, the Butler women’s soccer team got a crucial 2-0 win against Horizon League foe Wisconsin-Green Bay on Sunday. With the win, the Bulldogs (8-8-1, 3-4-0) clinched, at worst, a sixth-place finish in the Horizon League, which guarantees them a spot in the league tournament. “We’re good…
Women’s soccer: Close contests keep coming
Not even chilly conditions could prevent the Butler women’s soccer team from taking down Youngstown State Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs (7-5-1, 2-1-0) triumphed 2-1 over the Penguins (3-6-2, 0-1-1) for their second straight conference win. “If you score early, that may change the way they are going to play,” Butler head coach Tari St. John…
Two close calls, one victory
The Butler University women’s soccer team still is looking to achieve some consistency after a win on the road against Indiana State and a loss at home against No. 24 Oregon State in overtime. On Friday, the Bulldogs (2-2) mustered just enough offense to come out on top 1-0 against the Sycamores (1-3). Strong defense…
Women’s soccer clinches win in OT
The Butler women’s soccer team heads west this weekend after a week of competition at home. They will be looking to extend their two-game winning streak that began against Miami (Ohio) earlier this month and continued last Friday against the St. Louis Billikens. Butler (2-4) captured their second consecutive victory in an overtime win versus…
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…