The Butler women's soccer team will host St. John's in the Sellick Bowl on Thursday and then travel to Creighton for a Sunday match.
The Bulldogs (8-4-3, 3-2-2 BIG EAST) are coming off a pair of road wins over UConn and Seton Hall.
St. John's (5-5-5, 0-4-3 BIG EAST) has ties in conference play versus Villanova, Seton Hall, and UConn. The Red Storm defeated Penn, Cornell, and Colgate in non-conference action.
Creighton (7-5-1, 4-3-0 BIG EAST)* has BIG EAST wins over DePaul, Providence, UConn, and Marquette. The Bluejays defeated Iowa State and Western Michigan in non-conference action and tied No. 19 Saint Louis. Creighton will play Seton Hall on Thursday, prior to the Sunday match with Butler.
Butler vs St. John's
DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 24 // 7PM
LOCATION: Indianapolis // Sellick Bowl
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Butler at Creighton
DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 27 // 2PM ET (1PM CT)
LOCATION: Omaha, Neb. // Morrison Stadium
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Bulldog Bits
(as of 10/20/24)
- Talia Sommer is 2nd in the BIG EAST (29th nationally) with a .600 shot accuracy. She is 5th in the conference (59th) with 8 goals and is 6th (84th) with 19 total points.
- Anna Pierce is 2nd in the BIG EAST (51st nationally) with 6 shutouts. She is 3rd with a .933 goals-against average.
- Anna Pierce made 9 saves in the 2-1 win at UConn and then made 9 saves in the 1-0 shutout at Seton Hall, earning BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week honors for the second time this season.
- Talia Sommer scored both goals in Butler's 2-1 win at UConn, earning BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition.
- Amelie Darey earned BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition after heading in the game-winning goal at Seton Hall in the 84th minute off a corner kick from Abigail Isger.
- St. John's has a 5-2-3 record in the most recent ten matches, since 2014.
- The Red Storm has won the most recent two contests, in 2022 and 2023.
- The teams tied, 1-1, in two overtimes in 2021 in Queens.
- Butler's most recent win in the series (1-0) was in 2019 in Indianapolis.
- Butler won the 2023 match, while both matches in 2022 ended in a 1-1 tie. The second contest was a BIG EAST quarterfinal in Indianapolis in which Creighton advanced, 6-5, in a shootout.
- Creighton's only win in the series (3-2, OT) was in 1993 in Omaha.
- The first match of the series was played in 1992, the second year of Butler's program. Butler won, 2-1, in Indianapolis.