The Bulldogs finish off the 2018 season with a road contest at rival Xavier Wednesday night in Cincinnati. The 7 p.m. kick will stream live on the BIG EAST Digital Network.

Butler has been eliminated from postseason play, but can play spoiler to Xavier's BIG EAST Tournament hopes. A Butler win coupled with a DePaul win against Marquette would keep the Musketeers from earning one of the six spots in the BIG EAST Tournament.

The Bulldogs enter the season finale with a 4-11-2 overall record and a 2-6 mark in BIG EAST play. In the team's six seasons as a member of the BIG EAST, this will only be the second time that the Bulldogs have failed to qualify for the conference's postseason tournament.

Xavier is 3-4-1 in conference play and 5-7-5. The Musketeers' 10 points in BIG EAST matches place them sixth currently in the conference standings.

THE SERIES: Butler owns a 13-5-1 record in the all-time series between the two programs. Of its BIG EAST rivals, Butler has faced Xavier the most in a series that dates back to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference and Atlantic 10 seasons, as well as the two schools being in close proximity for non-conference match-ups over the years.

ONE YEAR AGO: Butler and Xavier met twice in 2017. Butler took a 2-1 win in Indianapolis during the regular season. The teams officially played to a 2-2 (2OT) tie in the BIG EAST semifinals (also in Indianapolis), but the Musketeers advanced on PKs, 4-1.

In the regular season finale, Butler's goals came from Isaac Galliford and Eric Leonard in posting the 2-1 win.

In the BIG EAST Tournament match, Kieran Geldenhuys and Joe Moulden registered the goals as the Bulldogs erased a 2-0 deficit with two goals in the final 12 minutes of regulation to push the match to extra time.

LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs were eliminated from postseason play with a 2-1 loss at the hands of Marquette Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. The Golden Eagles scored both goals in the first half. Butler cut the lead in half in the 47^th minute as Marquette keeper Luis Barraza was given a red card for a tackle in the box. Alex Lehtinen converted the ensuing penalty kick. However, playing a man up over the final 43 minutes, the Bulldogs were unable to find the equalizer.

SPREAD IT AROUND: The score at DePaul Oct. 13 was the first goal of Logan Lee's Butler career. He becomes the 11^th Bulldog to register a goal this season, including five freshmen. Lee joins classmates Jack Haywood, Louie Bulger, Eric Conerty, and Eric Hollenkamp in finding the net in their first year. Lee scored game-winners in both of Butler's BIG EAST wins so far this season, earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors on both occasions.

FOUR SCORE AND…: Butler scored four goals in a match (vs. Marshall, Sept. 26) for the first time in more than two years, dating back to a 4-2 win over No. 5 UC-Santa Barbara Sept. 9, 2016.

NEW TO THE LINE-UP: Seven true freshmen have registered a start for the Bulldogs this season: Gabriel Gjergji, Louie Bulger, Jack Haywood, Eric Conerty, Griffin DeBolt, Logan Lee, and Eric Hollenkamp.

SENIOR SEND-OFF: Those newcomers will be looked to even more in 2019 as Butler will lose seven seniors – captains Joe Moulden and Kieran Geldenhuys, as well as Michael Peay, Marco Charalambous, Braden Van Allen, Ryan Clark, and Will LeFevre.

HELPING FOOT: Marco Charalambous assisted on three of Butler's four goals against Marshall Sept. 26. He becomes the 12^th Bulldog in program history to have three assists in one contest in addition to Matt Morgan, who had four helpers against Valparaiso in a 1991 match.

HONOR ROLL: Captain Jared Timmer earned a spot on the BIG EAST's five-member weekly honor roll after scoring both goals in a 2-2 tie Oct. 2 at Evansville. Both of Timmer's goals came as the Bulldogs were playing a man down. The two goals at Evansville were his first scores of 2018.

DOUBLING UP: Junior Alex Lehtinen scored both goals for the Bulldogs Sept. 22 against Providence, the first multi-goal game of his Butler career. Lehtinen started the scoring with a goal in the 25^th minute; he then followed that by converting a penalty kick in the 88^th minute. For his efforts, Lehtinen earned a spot on the BIG EAST's five-member weekly honor roll.