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: Galovska fights injuries
After enduring one injury after another, it seemed that Butler women’s soccer player Natalie Galovska would never catch a break. “When my doctor said I should probably call it quits, I remember thinking, ‘No, not again,’” Galovska, now a senior, said. After battling injuries through her teens, Galovska’s aspirations were realized when she was offered…
St. John brings change
Butler women’s soccer coach Tari St. John doesn’t shy away from challenges. As a collegiate player, St. John helped establish what is now a nationally-renowned program at Purdue. As a head coach, she has put Butler on the map as a force to be reckoned with in the Horizon League. After leading Pius XI High…
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…
Women’s soccer: Bulldogs shine under Butler Bowl lights
While Saturday night might be all right for fighting, Saturday night was also all right for winning for the Butler women’s soccer team. The Bulldogs (6-5-0, 1-1-0) took on Wright State in the first night game ever held at the Butler Bowl and walked away with a 1-0 win over the Raiders (5-4-2, 0-1-1). “The…
Women’s soccer: More close calls
The weekend was filled with highs and lows for the Butler women’s soccer team during the squad’s nail-biting double overtime victory against Oakland and close loss at Detroit. The Bulldogs (5-5-0, 0-1 HL) were able to find the net in the second half of the game against the Titans (7-3-1, 1-0 HL), but it was…
Women’s soccer: Butler drops two nail-biters
The Butler women’s soccer team found that the team that controls the game does not always win as they fell short in two games this weekend by the slimmest of margins. The Bulldogs (4-4-0) dropped a 1-0 decision to Southeast Missouri State on Friday and followed that with a tough 1-0 double overtime loss to…
Women’s soccer splits pair of games
The Butler women’s soccer team began its season over the weekend with a loss at Indiana and a victory over Madonna. On Sunday the Bulldogs fell to in-state foe Indiana, 6-1. Junior Katie Griswold scored the team’s only goal with a penalty kick in the first half. Freshman Elise Kotsakis led Butler with three shots,…
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…
Women’s soccer hands Panthers rare home loss
The Butler women’s soccer team accomplished something on Sunday that no Horizon League team has been able to in nearly 12 years: beat the Milwaukee Panthers on their own turf. The Bulldogs (5-9, 3-1 HL) snapped Milwaukee’s 37-game unbeaten home streak against league opponents and handed the Panthers (8-4-2, 3-1 HL) their first conference loss…