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The Bulldogs step away from BIG EAST play Wednesday night, hosting Marshall in a 6 p.m. contest at the Sellick Bowl in Indianapolis. The match will be streamed live on the Butler Bulldogs Facebook page.

Butler is 1-5-1 on the season and suffered its second BIG EAST loss in the team's most recent outing. Marshall enters off a 1-1 draw against UAB Friday night. The Herd are 2-3-2 overall and 0-1-1 in Conference USA play.

THE SERIES: Butler won the only previous meeting between the two programs. That 3-2 win came in 2008. The match was played on a neutral field as part of a tournament hosted by the University of Dayton.

LAST TIME OUT: Three second-half goals lifted Providence to a 3-2 win over Butler Saturday night at the Sellick Bowl in Indianapolis. Butler scored the first goal of the match in the 25^th minute. Providence found the equalizer in the 59^th minute on a goal by Andualem Chisholm. The tie lasted into the 76^th minute when freshman Gil Santos scored the first of two goals in a four-minute span.

DOUBLING UP: Junior Alex Lehtinen scored both goals for the Bulldogs Saturday night, 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.

ON POINT: Freshman Jack Haywood assisted on Lehtinen's goal Saturday night, picking up the first point of his Butler career. He joins newcomers Louie Bulger and Eric Hollenkamp in picking up their first Bulldog points early in their respective careers. Bulger (at Akron, Aug. 24) and Hollenkamp (vs. Drake, Aug. 27) registered goals within the first two matches of the season for the Bulldogs.

FRESH FACES: Six true freshmen have already started matches in 2018. Keeper Gabriel Gjergji, has started all of Butler's matches this season, while Eric Conerty, Jack Haywood, Griffin DeBolt, Louie Bulger, and Logan Lee have also gotten the starting nod in multiple matches.

PRESEASON HONORS: Three Bulldogs picked up preseason BIG EAST accolades as senior Joe Moulden and juniors Brandon Guhl and Jared Timmer were selected to the preseason All-BIG EAST squad. Guhl was also named the BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year.

BIG YEAR AHEAD: Junior Brandon Guhl is a popular guy in terms of preseason honors and watch lists. Guhl is on the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. He was also selected to Top Drawer Soccer Men's Preseason Best XI Team (Third Team) and No. 31 on the TDS Preseason National College Soccer Players list, as well as being named to the College Soccer News 2018 Preseason All-America First Team.

NOT KIDDING AROUND: The Bulldogs put together a challenging schedule for the upcoming season as the Bulldogs will face four teams ranked in the preseason Top 25: Indiana (No. 2), Akron (No. 4), BIG EAST rival Georgetown (No. 13), and Western Michigan (No. 14). Columbia, Creighton and Xavier also received votes in the preseason poll.

ACCORDING TO THE COACHES: Butler has been picked to finish second in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll. The conference's head coaches voted in the preseason poll. Georgetown, which finished second to the Bulldogs in the 2017 regular season but won the BIG EAST Tournament, was picked to win the conference. The Hoyas received seven first-place votes from the coaches, while Butler picked up the remaining three nods.
 
UP NEXT: Butler returns to conference action at St. John's Saturday (Sept. 29). The match will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.