Matchday Information – Butler at No. 9 Michigan
DATE:                         Sunday, August 21 / 12 PM
LOCATION:                Ann Arbor, Mich. / U-M Soccer Stadium
LIVE VIDEO:               BTN+
LIVE STATS:              mgoblue.com
SERIES RECORD:     Michigan leads, 6-3-0
LAST MEETING:        August 21, 2022 - Indianapolis - Michigan 5, Butler 0
 
Full Notes

The Butler women's soccer team heads to Michigan for its first road match of the season on Sunday, August 21, at 12 pm. The Bulldogs are coming off a season-opening, 5-0, win over Western Michigan. The Wolverines most recently defeated No. 20 Washington State by the score of 2-1.

Bulldog Bits

• Fifth Year Katie Soderstrom was chosen the 2022 Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year. Joining her on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team is senior defender Aliya Diagne.
• Butler's 2022 schedule includes four teams who received recognition in the United Soccer Coaches 2022 Pre-Season poll (#9 Michigan, #19 Georgetown, #24 Xavier, and RV Wisconsin).
   
• Five Bulldogs scored a goal in Butler's opening-season victory over Western Michigan. Sara Trandji and Arianna Jalics each scored the first goal of their careers.
• Talia Sommer and Amelie Darey each produced an assist against Western Michigan to notch their first points in a Bulldog uniform.
• Anna Pierce (1-0) earned her first victory in goal as a Bulldog and shared the shutout over Western Michigan with Emma Martin.
   
• Eleven Bulldogs participated in the USL W pre-professional women's soccer league over the past summer. (Indy Eleven: Katie Soderstrom, Becky Dean, Abby Isger, Julia Leonard---Chicago Dutch Lions: Lauren Doerr---Flint City: Alli Leonard, Alana Wood, Ari Jalics, Anna Schroeder, Caitlin O'Malley, Emily O'Malley)
• Freshman Talia Sommer notched seven caps, including three starts, with the Israel women's national football team during qualification matches for the 2023 World Cup.
   
• Butler's 15 wins in 2021 tied for the second most in program history (also 2002). The Bulldogs won 16 matches in 2015.
• Butler made its third appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2021. The Bulldogs' first appearance came in 2015, followed by a second trip in 2017.

The Matchup

• SERIES RECORD: Michigan leads, 6-3-0
• LAST MEETING: 8/19/2021 - Indianapolis - Michigan 5, Butler 0
• The Bulldogs and Wolverines split a home/away series in 2012-2013.
• The programs played each year from 1995-2000, as Michigan won four of the six contests.

Scouting Michigan

• Michigan was ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll
• The Wolverines were picked to finish third (Penn St. and Rutgers) in the Big Ten Preseason Poll
• Hannah Blake, Sr., M, Lily Farkas, Sr., M, and Avery Kalitta, So., M, were selected as Players to Watch by the Big Ten.
   
• In Michigan's win over #20 Washington State, offensive points came from:
  #15 Sarah Bridenstine (1g, 1a)
  #3 Sammi Woods (1g)
  #7 Meredith Haakenson (1a)
  #6 Kacey Lawrence (1a)
• Izzy Nino (1-0) played all 90 minutes in goal, making seven saves and yielding only one goal.
• The Wolverines were outshot by Washington State, 17-5