The Butler women's soccer team will travel to No. 21 Georgetown and No. 24 Xavier this week in an important week in terms of qualifying for the postseason BIG EAST Tournament.
 
The Bulldogs (4-1-5, 1-0-2 BIG EAST) are coming off a draw with DePaul and a win over Providence.
 
Butler at No. 21 Georgetown
DATE/TIME:    Wednesday, October 1 / 7PM
LOCATION:     Washington, D.C. / Shaw Field
LIVE VIDEO:    ESPN+
LIVE STATS:   gohoyas.com//sidearmstats
 
Georgetown has wins this season that include: UConn, Seton Hall, Creighton, South Carolina, and Virginia Tech, and the Hoyas tied Virginia and Old Dominion. Losses have come to Vanderbilt and Saint Mary's.
 
The Series: Georgetown leads the overall series, 11-1-4, though two of the last three meetings, including last season, have ended in a draw. Georgetown's most recent win (4-2) was in 2023, and Butler's only win (1-0, Indianapolis) was the third match of the series, in 2015.

Butler at No. 24 Xavier
DATE/TIME:    Saturday, October 4 / 6:30PM
LOCATION:     Cincinnati, Ohio / Corcoran Field
LIVE VIDEO:    goxavier.com
LIVE STATS:   butlersports.com/StatBroadcast
 
Xavier has wins this season that include: Villanova, DePaul, No. 17 Michigan State, and Cincinnati, and the Musketeers tied UConn and Indiana. Losses came to No. 17 Virginia and Pitt. Xavier will play Creighton on Wednesday, prior to its match with Butler.
 
The Series: Butler leads the overall series, 13-11-5, though Xavier won the most recent meeting, 3-0, last season in Indianapolis. In the most recent eight meetings, Xavier leads (4-1-3). Butler's sole victory in the past eight meetings (4-0) was in the spring of 2021. Butler won five-straight matches from 2012-2016.

Bulldog Bits
                 through games 9/28/25

• Talia Sommer ranks third in the BIG EAST (46th nationally) with 16 points. She ranks second (20th) with six assists and fifth with five goals. She is third in the conference in shots per game (3.40), shots on goal per game (1.90), and shot accuracy (0.559).
• Léa Larouche is third in the BIG EAST (41st nationally) with 5 assists.
• Chloe Brecht is fifth in the BIG EAST (90th nationally) with 4 assists.
   
• After their performances vs. DePaul and Providence, Lucia Englund was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, and Alyssa Carlson was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Léa Larouche also received recognition on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.

        vs. DePaul

• Alyssa Carlson's goal was her second this season.
• The assist from Léa Larouche was her second this season and the fourth of her career.
• Emily O'Malley's assist was her third this season and the eighth of her career.
• Ceilidh Whynott and Daphne Murray made their first starts at Butler.

        vs. Providence

• Alyssa Carlson's goal was her third this season.
• Lucia Englund's goal was her first this season and the third of her career. Her assist was her first this season and the fourth of her career.
• Talia Sommer's goal was her fifth this season and the 27th of her career. Her assist was her sixth this season and the 23rd of her career.
• Léa Larouche had three assists in the match. She now has five this season and seven in her career.
• Chloe Brecht's assist was her fourth this season.