Matchday Information – Creighton at Butler
DATE:                         Thursday, October 28 / 7 PM
LOCATION:                Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl
LIVE STATS:              butlersports.com
LIVE VIDEO:               BEDN/FloSports
SERIES RECORD:     Butler leads, 11-1-1
LAST MEETING:        April 8, 2021 - Indianapolis, Ind. - Butler 2, Creighton 1
 
Full Notes

The Butler women's soccer team will play its final regular season match when Creighton comes to town for a match on Thursday, October 28, at 7 pm. The Bulldogs are coming off a 3-0 win at Villanova, while the Bluejays most recently suffered an 0-3 loss to St. John's.

Bulldog Bits

• (through games 10/24/2021)
• Abigail Isger is 20th nationally with four game-winning goals and is tied for the BIG EAST lead.
• Katie Soderstrom is second in the BIG EAST and 31st nationally with ten goals. Soderstrom is second in the BIG EAST and 27th nationally with 26 points.
• Alli Leonard, with seven assists, is third in the BIG EAST and 50th nationally. Soderstrom and Isger (each with six) are seventh in the BIG EAST.
• Emma Martin's eight shutouts are third in the BIG EAST and 14th nationally, while her .607 GAA is third in the conference and 20th nationally.
   
• Previous match- Villanova W, 3-0:  Alli Leonard's goal, her second in as many matches, was her third of the season and the eighth of her career. The goal from Abigail Isger was her seventh of the season and the eighth of her career. Her assist was her sixth this season. Katie Soderstrom's goal was her tenth of the season and the 26th of her career. The assist from Amanda Kowalski was her fourth of the season and the fifteenth of her career. Julia Leonard's assist was her third of the season. Emma Martin (13-2-1), who earned her eighth shutout of the season, made three saves in the match. Martin has now moved into a tie for the third position on Butler Women's Soccer's all-time list for shutouts.
   
• Bulldogs midfielder Alli Leonard was selected to the BIG EAST Women's Soccer Honor Roll for her performances last week against No. 17 Xavier and Villanova. She scored Butler's only goal against the Musketeers and then notched the game-winning goal against Villanova.
   
• Butler has clinched a BIG EAST Championship First Round home match which will be played on Oct. 31. The Bulldogs are guaranteed to be either the No. 3 or 4 seed. The No. 3 seed hosts the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed hosts the No. 5 seed, with the winners advancing to the semifinals in Cincinnati.
   
• The Bulldogs have scored 35 goals in 17 matches this season (2.06 goals/match) while giving up 14 goals (0.824 goals allowed/match).
• Twelve different players have scored at least one goal in 17 matches this season, and eleven different players have produced an assist.

The Matchup

• The Bulldogs and Bluejays have met on thirteen occasions with Butler winning eleven.
• Butler is currently on a seven-game winning streak in the series.
• Creighton's only win in the series (3-2 (OT)) came on September 26, 1993. The lone draw (1-1 (2OT)) was October 25, 2014.

Scouting Creighton
Previous match: St. Johns L, 0-3

• Creighton has scored 21 goals this season and allowed 18 goals.
• Nine players have scored a goal for the Bluejays, and ten have produced an assist.
   
• Current offensive standouts for Creighton include:

        #23 Abigail Santana (8g, 2a)
        #15 Ansley Atkinson (9a)
        #9 Cristina Garriga (3g, 1a)
        #10 Aida Kardovic (2g, 2a)
        #21 Jordy Rothwell (2g, 1a)

• Keelan Terrell (7-9-2) has played every minute of all 18 matches in goal. She has 63 saves (.778) and has allowed 18 goals, producing a 0.96 GAA.