The Butler women's soccer team opens the 2024 season with a pair of home matches, hosting Ohio on Thursday and Purdue on Sunday. Both contests will be held in the Sellick Bowl. 
 
Ohio is coming off a season in which it won the MAC Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament, ultimately losing to Michigan State in the first round. Butler and the Bobcats most recently played in 2017 with Ohio taking a 2-1 victory.
 
Purdue finished 2023 in 13^th place in the Big Ten, winning only three games but earning a draw against No. 4 Penn State. Butler's only win in the seven-game series with the Boilermakers came in 2012, when the Bulldogs notched a second-half PK for a 1-0 win.
 
Butler vs. Ohio
DATE/TIME:    Thursday, August 15 / 7PM
LOCATION:     Indianapolis / Sellick Bowl
TICKETS:        (admission is free)
LIVE STATS:   butlersports.com / StatBroadcast
 
Butler vs. Purdue
DATE/TIME:    Sunday, August 18 / 7PM
LOCATION:     Indianapolis / Sellick Bowl
TICKETS:        butlersports.com
LIVE STATS:   butlersports.com / StatBroadcast
 
Bulldog Bits

• Butler returns 22 players from last year's roster, including five graduate students and five seniors.
   
• 2024 will be Co-Head Coach Tari St. John's 19^th at the helm of the Butler women's soccer program. Co-Head Coach Rob Alman begins his 13^th.
• St. John is a Purdue alum who was a two-year captain on the Boilermakers women's soccer team.
   
• Norah Jacomen's 9 goals in 2023 ranked 3rd in the BIG EAST and 82nd nationally.
• Talia Sommer's 6 assists in 2023 ranked 2nd in the BIG EAST. 
   
• The Bulldogs were selected by BIG EAST coaches at No. 4 in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll. Georgetown received the most points, including 10 first-place votes.  UConn was second with one first-place vote, followed by Xavier in the third spot.
• Three Bulldogs, Abigail Isger, Talia Sommer, and Caitlin O'Malley, were chosen for the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
   
• Butler picked up one win vs. a ranked opponent in 2023. On Sep. 10, the Bulldogs defeated No. 25 TCU,  2-1, in Indianapolis. In 2024, the only currently-ranked team on the schedule is No. 15 Notre Dame.
   
• Butler has added Joe Sochacki as an assistant coach for the 2024 season. Sochacki was the head coach of Butler's men's soccer program from 2001-05, compiling an overall record of 53-42-8.