The Butler women's soccer team remains on the road for its second-successive match vs. a Big Ten opponent. The Bulldogs (2-0-1) will face Northwestern on Sunday after earning a draw at Purdue last weekend.
 
The Wildcats (2-1-2) have most recently seen ties against Milwaukee and Kent State. Northwestern has wins this season over Illinois State and Loyola but lost, 3-0, at No. 1 Duke.
 
Butler at Northwestern
DATE/TIME:    Sunday, August 31 / 2PM ET (1PM CT)
LOCATION:     Evanston, Ill. / Martin Stadium
LIVE VIDEO:    B1G+
LIVE STATS:   butlersports.com/StatBroadcast

The Series: Northwestern leads the overall series, 5-1-1, and won the most recent contest (1-0) in 2022 in Evanston. Butler's only win in the series (3-1) was in 2021 in Indianapolis. The programs met in the 2017 NCAA Tournament in Chicago. With the score still 0-0 after two overtime periods, the Wildcats advanced on PKs, 3-2. The Wildcats won the first four matches in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Bulldog Bits

• Talia Sommer was recognized by the BIG EAST with a Weekly Honor Roll selection after tallying five points in last week's two matches.         

         at Purdue

• Butler scored on a first-half corner kick. Leila Lister put the ball in off the header skip from Chloe Brecht who took the service from Talia Sommer.    

         vs Illinois State

• Five Bulldogs, Talia Sommer, Norah Jacomen, Daphne Murray, Léa Larouche, and Alyssa Carlson, scored a goal vs the Redbirds.
• Sommer produced four points in the match with her goal and a pair of assists.
• Murray, Carlson, and Chloe Brecht each tallied their first career point in the match.