Matchday Information – No. 19 Xavier vs. Butler
DATE:                          Wednesday, November 2 / 7PM
LOCATION:                 Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl
VIDEO:                        FloSports/BEDN
LIVE STATS:               butlersports.com

Full Notes

The Butler men's soccer team will play its final match of the regular season at home on Wednesday, hosting No. 19 Xavier for a 7 p.m. kick in the Sellick Bowl. Both sides have qualified for the BIG EAST Tournament, but still up for grabs are seeds, byes, and hosts for quarterfinal matches. The Bulldogs (9-5-2, 4-3-2 BIG EAST) are coming off a 0-0 draw at Seton Hall, while the Musketeers (9-1-6, 3-1-5 BIG EAST) most recently tied Providence with the same, 0-0, result.

Depending on the outcome of this match, as well as other key conference contests, Butler could be seeded anywhere from No. 2 to No. 6 for the tournament.

Bulldog Bits
            (through games 10/30/2022)

• Palmer Ault ranks seventh nationally and leads the BIG EAST with 4 game-winning goals. He is second in the conference with 8 goals (29th) and 21 points (24th). His 5 assists are fifth and his shot accuracy of .459 is ninth in the conference.
• Wilmer Cabrera Jr. leads the BIG EAST and is 17th nationally with 3.27 shots per game, and he is fourth in the conference (45th) with 1.33 shots on goal per game. His 5 goals are ninth in the conference and his 13 total points are ninth.
• DJ Hooks' 2 game-winning goals rank second in the BIG EAST. His 5 goals are ninth in the conference and his 13 total points are ninth.
• Gabriel Gjergji ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with 52 saves.
   
• Butler is second among BIG EAST teams with 36 goals. (Creighton leads with 40.)
   
• Gabriel Gjergji was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (10/31) for his performance against Seton Hall. Gjergji made three saves in the shutout of the league's second-place team.
   
• Against Seton Hall:
• Gabriel Gjergji (8-5-2) made three saves in the match and notched his fourth solo shutout of the season. He has 20.5 shutouts in his career.
• Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. led the offensive attack for Butler with three shots, all on goal. Palmer Ault and DJ Hooks each had a pair of shots.
• This was only the second match this season in which the Bulldogs were denied a goal. The first was vs. (current No. 13) Ohio State.

The Matchup

• SERIES RECORD: Butler leads, 16-6-2
• LAST MEETING: Oct. 13, 2021 - Cincinnati - Butler 2, Xavier 1
• Xavier's most recent win was a 5-3 victory in 2018 in Cincinnati.
• The sides tied in the 2021 (0-0, 2OT) and in the 2017 BE Tournament
• (2-2, 2OT, Xavier advances on PKs, 4-1)
• Since 2014, Butler leads the series 6-2-2

Scouting No. 19 Xavier:

• Previous match:  Providence T, 0-0
• Xavier's conference wins include UConn (1-0), Villanova (2-1), and Creighton (3-1). They tied Seton Hall (2-2), Marquette (0-0), St. John's (0-0), DePaul (1-1), and Providence (0-0), and their only loss is to Georgetown (0-3). The Musketeers also have wins over Virginia (1-0) and Memphis (1-0).
  
  Individual Statistics
• Offensive standouts for Xavier include:
  #17 Fabrizio Bernal de la Garza (3g, 1a)
  #13 Jerome Jolly (3g)
  #12 Alejandro Steinwascher (2g, 2a)
  #34 Cameron Wheeler (2g, 2a)
  #3 Makel Rasheed (2g, 2a)
• Cole Jensen (9-1-6) has logged every minute in goal for the Musketeers this season. In sixteen matches, he has allowed 11 goals (.69 GAA) and has made 57 saves (.838), producing 8 shutouts.