Matchday Information – Butler at No. 23 Indiana
DATE:                          Tuesday, September 19 / 7:30PM
LOCATION:                 Bloomington, Ind. // Bill Armstrong Stadium
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Full Notes

The Butler men's soccer team faces a ranked team for the second time this season on Tuesday when it travels to No. 23 Indiana. The Bulldogs (1-3-1, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) are coming off a 2-1 win at Villanova, while the Hoosiers most recently tied Wisconsin, 0-0.

Bulldog Bits
        (as of 9/17/23)

• With an average of 6.60 saves per match, Caleb Norris leads the BIG EAST and is 4th nationally. His save percentage is third in the conference (24th).
• Palmer Ault's four goals rank third in the BIG EAST and 29th nationally. With two assists, his eight total points rank fifth in the conference (69th).
  
  vs. Villanova
• Palmer Ault notched his third and fourth goals of the season and now has fourteen in his career.
• Ault's brace was his first this season. He accomplished the feat four times in 2022.
• Jan Quispel's assist was his second of the season.
• Henri Kumwenda's assist was a career-first.
• Jack Streberger's assist was his first of the season and tenth of his career.
• Caleb Norris made a career-high 11 saves in the match.

• Butler has faced one ranked opponent in 2023, losing 2-1 at No. 24 Saint Louis. Currently ranked opponents remaining on the schedule include at No. 23 Indiana (Sept. 19), vs. No. 13 Marquette (Sept. 23), at (rv) Georgetown (Sept. 29), and vs. No. 3 Akron (Oct. 28).
• In 2022, the Bulldogs were ranked as high as No. 12 in the Sept. 4 poll. Butler went 1-2-1 vs. ranked opponents: No. 14 Marshall W, 1-0, No. 15 Indiana L, 1-2, No. 19 Xavier T, 3-3, No. 17 Georgetown L, 1-2 (2OT).

The Matchup
SERIES RECORD: Indiana leads, 25-5-4    (most recent 10: Indiana leads 5-2-3)
LAST MEETING: Sept. 14, 2022 - Indianapolis - No. 15 Indiana 2, No. 20 Butler 1

• Butler's most recent win (2-1) was in 2019 in Indianapolis when the Hoosiers were ranked No. 5.
• The sides tied three of the four matches from 2014-2017.
• Butler's only wins in Bloomington were in 2009 (2-1) and 2010 (4-1).

Scouting No. 23 Indiana

• Previous match: vs. Wisconsin  T, 0-0
• In addition to Wisconsin, Indiana tied Notre Dame (1-1). The Hoosiers have wins over DePaul (2-0) and Seton Hall (1-0) and losses to No. 9 Washington (0-1) and South Florida (0-1).
  
  Individual Statistics
• Offensive standouts for Indiana include:
  #11 Collins Oduro (2g)
  #9 Samuel Sarver (1g, 2a)
  #12 Quinten Helmer (1g)
• #1 JT Harms (2-2-2) has logged all of Indiana's minutes in goal. He has allowed 3 goals (.50 GAA) and has made 17 saves (.850 SV%).