The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics
Good Morning, Butler Fam. Who doesn’t love a little home sweepin’ action?
What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!
🏐 How Sweep It Is
⚽️ The Big 2-0-0
🎉 Next Monday
🐶 And much more!
🐶 NEXT MONDAY!
The inaugural Butler All Access—a block party for all Bulldog fans—is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 14 at the Sellick Bowl on the Butler campus.
The FREE event is slated for 5-7 p.m., welcoming members of the Butler and surrounding communities to campus to kick off Homecoming Week on campus.
Butler All Access is designed around interactive, team-hosted activities for fans of all ages. Bulldog student-athletes will be heavily involved in the activities.
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 How Sweep It Is. The Butler Volleyball squad put together a dominant weekend at Hinkle Fieldhouse, sweeping all three matches of the Indy Invitational to improve to 5-1 on the season.
After sweeping Youngstown State on Thursday, the ‘Dawgs followed with a sweep of Akron on Friday and an impressive performance against previously unbeaten Ohio on Saturday.
Sophomore Carly Slusser was named the Co-MVP of the tournament with 19 kills and nine blocks in the three matches.
In all, Butler went 9-for-9 in sets over the three-day stretch, extending its winning streak to three matches and giving the Bulldogs plenty of momentum heading into tomorrow’s road matchup with Northwestern.
🏐 Thursday’s Recap: Butler 3, YSU 0
🏐 Friday’s Recap: Butler 3, Akron 0
🏐 Saturday’s Recap: Butler 3, Ohio 0
🎟️ Buy Tickets For Future Matches
🔼 The Big 2-0-0. With under five minutes left, Butler’s Riley Gumm found the back of the net to give the women’s soccer team a thrilling 2-1 road win over St. Thomas on Saturday.
The victory was the 200th win for Co-Head Coach Tari St. John, both at Butler and in her career.
Butler will look to carry the momentum into a cross-town showdown with IU Indy on Thursday evening.
🔼 Standing Tall. With over 22,000 fans in attendance, the Butler football squad dropped a tough road showdown with the top-ranked Bobcats of Montana State on Saturday night in Bozeman, Mont.
The ‘Dawgs stood tall, tightening up in the second half and going toe-to-toe with the Bobcats, but eventually fell 51-24.
Gabe Passini threw for 140 yards and a TD, while running for 22 more yards. 10 different Bulldogs caught a pass in the game, led by Chet Yardley and Nick Munson, who combined for six catches, 87 yards and a TD.
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🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA
Butler volleyball has been dominant at the net this season with 67 blocks through the first six matches.
Where does that rank nationally?
Got a guess?
Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!
📆 LOOKING AHEAD
*all times EST
Monday, September 7
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Western Michigan @ 3 pm
Tuesday, September 8
🏐 Volleyball at Northwestern @ 7 pm
Thursday, September 10
🏐 Volleyball vs. Bellarmine @ 7 pm l Tickets
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at IU Indy @ 7 pm
Friday, September 11
👟 Cross Country at Spartan Run (East Lansing, Mich.)
Saturday, September 12
🏐 Volleyball at Bellarmine @ 2 pm
🏈 Football vs. Franklin @ 6 pm l Tickets
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Dayton @ 7 pm
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Eighth
🐶 Have a great one!
