Butler women's lacrosse will take a break from conference play to host Denison on Wednesday, April 14, at 4 p.m. at Varsity Field. The game will be live streamed on the Butler Athletics YouTube channel.
 
Bulldog Bits
 

• Greer Bireley has a team-high four assists, she also has five goals after scoring her first collegiate hat trick against Villanova.
• Campbell Connors is second on the team in goals with eight points and seven goals, she also has one assist.
• KK Callaghan leads the team in goals with eight
• 15 Dawgs have found the back of the net this season and 11 have at least one assist.
• Butler is returning nine starters from last season, including 2020 leading scorer Gabryelle Bodine, who scored one goal this past weekend
• The Bulldogs return three players who earned BIG EAST Weekly Awards last season in goalie Amanda Rumsey and attackers Kaley Attaway and Connors.
• Three current Bulldogs, Ashley Guerra, Amanda Rumsey, and Katie McGrath, hold at least one individual career record in Butler's program history.

 
Last Time Out
Butler fell in both games of a weekend series at Villanova moving them to 0-7 on the season and 0-6 in BIG EAST play. Greer Bireley recorded a hat trick on Friday and KK Callaghan scored two goals in the match, as well. Lindsey Schreiber added two goals in their game on Sunday as the Bulldogs comeback fell short.
 
Sophomore Strength
Despite experiencing shorted freshman campaigns, sophomores Campbell Connors and Greer Bireley are leading the offense for Butler. Connors is third on the team in points and second on the team in goals, and has scored at least one goal in four different games this season. Bireley has a team-high four assists on the year.
 
Scouting Denison
Denison enters Wednesdays matchup with a record of 6-0 and they are 4-0 in conference play. Denison's two leading goal scorers Liza Farnham and Casey McTague each have 20 goals on the season, so far. Farnham has seven assists, as well, leading the team in points with 27. Jane Bailey leads the team in assists with 12 and also has added five goals. Maeve Caldwell has logged 270 minutes between the pipes and has a 5.11 GAA average.
 
Butler vs. Denison
This is the first time the two teams will meet in program history. This is the last non-conference game of the season for the Bulldogs.
 
Up Next
Butler will head to Washington D.C. to take on conference opponent Georgetown for a two-game weekend series starting on Friday, April 6, with the game set to start at 3 p.m.