Box Score The Starting Eleven – Notes for the Bulldogs' Match vs. Providence in the BIG EAST Tournament, November 8, 2015
Tournament Time: The Bulldogs welcome Providence for a quarterfinal match of the BIG EAST Tournament. The match will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Butler Bowl. Butler enters the match as the tournament's third seed thanks to a 6-3 record in BIG EAST play (10-4-3 overall). Providence is the sixth seed in the six-team tournament field. Butler is making its second appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament (2013, 2015) after joining the conference in 2013. The match will air on BEDN.
Last Time Out: Butler celebrated Senior Night in grand fashion Thursday night in Indianapolis, downing #25 Xavier by the score of 3-0 to capture the No. 3 seed in BIG EAST Tournament. Senior Vincent Mitchell had two goals in the contest. After Xavier took the first four shots of the match and forced several corner kicks, Butler rebounded. After a long ball was played in to the top of the box in the 12th minute, a failed clear by the Musketeers left the ball at the feet of David Goldsmith. His left foot found the net for a 1-0 lead. Mitchell added two second-half tallies. The Bulldogs needed the win over Xavier, as the Musketeers entered the match ahead of Butler in the standings.
Senior Night Festivities: Jeff Adkins, Mike Kozielek, Vincent Mitchell, and Caleb Postlewait suited up for their final regular season contest in a Bulldog uniform with Thursday's match against Xavier. Senior Mitch Ostrowski only appeared in four matches due to injury. He will apply for a medical redshirt and anticipates returning for the 2016 season.
First Time Around: Butler improved to 2-0 in BIG EAST play with a 2-0 win at Providence Oct. 3.
Vincent Mitchell netted the game-winner. The win kept Butler undefeated at that point in the season at 6-0-3.
Just over a minute into the second half, Mitchell broke a scoreless tie, out-running the Friars defense to control a ball down the right side of the field. He beat the Friars keeper to the short side from a tough angle, finding the bottom right corner. Marco Charalambous served up the long ball to Mitchell.
The Bulldogs picked up an insurance goal 12 minutes later as
Jeff Adkins served up a free kick that
Eric Leonard headed toward the PC goal from just inside the 18. The ball caught the crossbar and came straight down.
Kieran Geldenhuys headed in the ball just in front of the goal line for the first goal of his Butler career and a 2-0 lead.
Against the Friars: Sunday's match will be just the fourth between the two programs. Butler owns a 2-1 advantage after taking a 2-0 decision in Providence earlier this season. Providence earned a 3-2 win in 2013 with the Bulldogs responding for a 2-0 decision in 2014.
All-Conference Recognition: Butler was well-represented as the BIG EAST announced its Men's Soccer postseason awards Friday (Nov. 6).
Senior
Vincent Mitchell earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors after leading the Bulldogs in scoring during the 2015 regular season. Mitchell was second in the BIG EAST at 1.75 points per game. His 26 points came on 11 goals and four assists. Four of his goals were game-winners. Mitchell posted multi-goal matches on three occasions this season, including twice in BIG EAST play.
Butler had three players named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team. Junior forward David Goldsmith finished second on the team in scoring with nine goals. Three of Goldsmith's tallies were game-winners, including in Thursday's win over #25 Xavier in the regular season finale. Goalkeeper Eric Dick also made the second team behind an 0.85 goals against average and seven shutouts during the regular season. He posted shutouts in five of the team's nine BIG EAST matches as the Bulldogs only allowed five goals in league play.
Senior captain
Caleb Postlewait rounds out Butler's three selections to the second team. He had one goal and two assists on the season but was a stalwart on defense for Butler as the Bulldogs only allowed 15 goals in 17 matches. He was one of four Bulldogs to start all of the team's regular season matches and was on the pitch for all but 23 minutes of play.
Redshirt freshman Marco Charalambous was a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. He had one goal and four assists in 17 starts. Charalambous is joined on the team by Jared Timmer, who had an assist while starting 16 matches in the midfield for the Bulldogs.
Smart Play: Butler forward
David Goldsmith has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Soccer Team. The 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Men's Soccer Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Goldsmith, a junior majoring in Middle/Secondary Education, carries a cumulative 3.84 GPA. On the pitch, the Bristol, England native is Butler's second-leading scorer this season. He has registered eight goals and 17 points in only 12 matches.
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Giving Back: Mark Spiegel, a former men's soccer player at Butler University in Indianapolis, has been selected as the recipient of 2015 Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Achievement. He will receive his award at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, during the 69th annual NSCAA Convention in Baltimore. The Yeagley Award is presented annually to a college men's or women's soccer player (past or present) who has demonstrated exceptional personal achievement amid extraordinary accomplishments that transcend normal expectations, and who is or was an example and inspiration to his or her teammates and institution.
Spiegel created "Make Your Own Ball Day," which later turned into a nonprofit organization that encourages kids to create, give, appreciate, and play. Kids in the program make their own soccer balls out of whatever materials are available to them, while learning that there are others less fortunate, who love to play but do not have the same resources and opportunities as them. His vision blossomed into teaching kids the value of giving by having them donate real soccer balls to the underprivileged.
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Start 'Em If You Got 'Em: Marco Charalambous, Eric Leonard, Caleb Postlewait and Joe Moulden have started all 17 matches for Butler this season. In addition, three others have started all matches in which they have appeared. Those are David Goldsmith (13 matches), and 16 each for freshman Jared Timmer and Mike Kozielek. Butler had the same starting line-up for its first six matches of the season before injuries and red cards required coach Paul Snape to make adjustments. Fifteen players have started matches for Butler this season.
Bonus Note / Quick Strikes: The three goals against Xavier marked the fifth time this season that Butler netted at least three goals. That did not occur once during the 2014 season. The Bulldogs scored 18 goals in 18 games a season ago. Butler already has 31 goals in 17 matches in 2015…Redshirt freshman Marco Charalambous scored the first goal of his Butler career against St. John's. That resulted in the Cyprus product being named "BIG EAST Newcomer of the Week" on Oct. 5. Charalambous is tied for third on the team with four assists…Kieran Geldenhuys picked up the first assist of his Butler career at Seton Hall, feeding Eric Leonard for his header that found the net…Joe Moulden, a freshman defender, has also been on the pitch for all 1,592 minutes of action this season…The Bulldogs were among the nation's last six unbeatens with a 6-0-3 record through nine matches. That placed Butler at No. 19 in both the College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer national polls (released Oct. 5). Butler also cracked the NSCAA Coaches Top 25 Poll at No. 21 (released Oct. 6)…head coach Paul Snape is in his fifth season at the helm of Butler's program. He now posts a 39-35-17 record as he has navigated the Bulldogs from the Horizon League to the Atlantic 10 and now to the BIG EAST Conference.
Bonus Note / Up Next: With a win, the Bulldogs would advance to the BIG EAST semifinals and a match-up with second-seeded Creighton, who along with top-seeded Georgetown, receiving a bye in the six-team BIG EAST Tournament.
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