No. 25 Creighton posted a 3-0 win over Butler Saturday night in Omaha, Neb., in the BIG EAST opener for both teams. After a scoreless first half, the Bluejays took control of the match with two goals in the first five minutes of the second half.

Ziyad Fares took a long ball from Luke Haakenson and then found the net in the 48^th minute. Less than two minutes later, Sven Koenig collected a deflected ball and scored to give the Bluejays a 2-0 lead.

Koenig scored again in the 74^th minute, less than two minutes after Butler went a man down in the match.

Butler freshman keeper Gabriel Gjergji made seven saves on the night. Creighton had a 16-5 advantage in shots. Brandon Guhl and Michael Peay each had two shots for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs fall to 1-4-1 on the season.

Creighton improves to 4-1-1.

Butler returns to action a week from tonight, hosting Providence in a BIG EAST match-up at 7 p.m. The BIG EAST Digital Network will air the match live.