The Bulldogs return to action Monday afternoon, hosting Saint Louis. The match will be Butler's third of the season and the third to be played indoors at the Grand Park facility in Westfield, Ind. The match was originally scheduled for Sunday before being pushed back due to inclement weather and to accommodate the Grand Park schedule.
 
Butler and the Billikens will kick at 1:30 p.m.
 
Butler enters the contest with a record of 0-2, dropping decisions to SIUE and Western Michigan..
 
Saint Louis comes into the match at 2-1. The Billikens fell to BIG EAST opponent Marquette, 1-0 in overtime, on Feb. 13.
 
The Bulldogs have faced Saint Louis five times, with the Billikens winning four of the matches. The teams last played in 2012, Butler's only season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The teams played in the regular season finale, which SLU won. Butler's win in the series came in 1990 by a score of 2-1.
 
With the typical fall season modified and moved to the spring due to COVID, the Bulldogs will play an abbreviated non-conference slate in addition to a regional BIG EAST slate being implemented this spring.
 
Sophomore Hemi Nasser netted the Butler goal in the season opener against SIUE, connecting in the 36^th minute for a 1-0 lead. Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. assisted on the tally. The goal was Nasser's second career score as a Bulldog. Nasser earned a spot on the BIG EAST's weekly honor roll for his efforts.
  
Butler was picked as the preseason favorite to win the BIG EAST's Midwest Division. Butler topped the Midwest Division Poll with 15 points, tallying three first-place votes. Creighton followed in second with 14 points and the remaining two first-place tallies. Xavier followed in third place with 10 points, followed by Marquette with seven points and DePaul with four points.

Butler had two standouts named to the 2021 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team in sophomore Cabrera Jr., and senior Rhys Myers.
 
Cabrera, Jr., was named the 2019 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, scoring eight goals, including six game-winners. Myers played a pivotal role in anchoring Butler's defense that only allowed 1.3 goals per game in 2019.

Butler's returners also include junior midfielder Jack Haywood. He earned All-BIG EAST third-team honors following the 2019 campaign, tying for the conference lead with nine assists. The nine assists are tied for fifth on Butler's single-season list.

Cabrera, Jr., earned a third-team spot as TopDrawerSoccer unveiled its Preseason Best XI teams earlier this spring.
 
Following Monday's game against Saint Louis, the Bulldogs will host Notre Dame Saturday.