Matchday Information – Connecticut at Butler             
DATE:                         Saturday, September 18 / 7 pm
LOCATION:                Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl
LIVE STATS:              ButlerSports.com
LIVE VIDEO:               BEDN/FloSports
SERIES RECORD:     (first ever meeting)
LAST MEETING:         N/A
 
Full Notes
 
The Butler men's soccer team opens BIG EAST play on Saturday, hosting Connecticut for a 7 pm kickoff. The Bulldogs are coming off an 0-1 loss at Wisconsin.

• Butler has scored two goals this season, with both goals coming in the 2-1 victory over Milwaukee.
• The Bulldogs have taken 55 shots this season, 14 of which have been on target. Butler is averaging 11.0 shots per match.
• Butler has given up five goals in five matches played, averaging only one goal allowed per match.
• Butler has taken 37 corner kicks this season, while opponents have taken just 25 against the Bulldogs.
  
  Individual Stat Leaders:
• Wilmer Cabrera Jr. and Tommy Visser lead the team in goals with one each.
• Cabrera Jr. leads the team with 9 shots taken.
• Louie Bulger, Jack Haywood, and Jack Streberger lead the team in assists with one each.
• Gabriel Gjergji has made 12 saves this season in goal, allowing 5 goals. His save percentage is .706, and his goals against average is 0.96.
• Butler's 2021 schedule includes both teams from the May 2021 NCAA National Championship match. In addition to runner-up Indiana, the Bulldogs will play the defending national champion, Marshall, on September 29.

The Matchup

• Butler and Connecticut have never met in men's soccer.
• Butler joined the BIG EAST in 2013, the same season UConn left to join the American Athletic Conference. The Huskies rejoined the BIG EAST in 2020, but played men's soccer matches only in the East Division during the spring 2020-21 season.
   

Scouting the Huskies

• Last match: 4-0 win over Yale

Spring 2020-21
UCONN went 1-6-1 in the shortened season. In Big East play the Huskies went 0-6-1, finishing 6th out of 6 teams in the East Division.

2021

• UCONN has scored eight goals in four matches, averaging two per match. The Huskies have suffered one shutout.
• UCONN has given up just one goal this season which came in the Huskies lone loss this season to Rhode Island.
• Have taken 21 corner kicks, opponents have taken 14.

           Individual Statistics

• Leading in offensive points: #9 Okem Chime (3g), #3 Jayden Reid (1g, 3a), #2 Mateo Leveque (1g, 1a), #10 Moussa Wade (3a).
• Six different Huskies have scored a goal, and five different Huskies have an assist.
• Jahmali Waite (3-1) has been in goal every minute for Connecticut. He has given up only one goal (.24 GAA), has 11 saves (.917), and is credited with three shutouts.