Butler (0-7-3, 0-1-2 BIG EAST) vs. Villanova (5-5-2, 0-3-1 BIG EAST)
Date: Friday, Oct. 16
Time: 7PM
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. | Sellick Bowl
Live Stats: butlersports.com (StatBroadcast)
Live Stream: ESPN+
Tickets: butlersports.com

The Butler men's soccer team hosts Villanova Friday night in a BIG EAST matchup. The Bulldogs, who most recently lost at Marquette, have earned two points thus far in conference competition with a pair of draws versus No. 6 Akron and Seton Hall. Villanova picked up its only point on the conference table with at 3-3 draw last weekend versus Providence.

Bulldog Bits
         (as of Wednesday, 10/14/26)

·      Brooks Boersma ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with 3.30 saves per match.

·      Brendan Cunningham is ninth in the conference with 2.22 shots per match.

·      With three shutouts, the Bulldogs are 77th nationally with a .300 shutout percentage.

       Saturday (10/10) at Marquette

·      The loss was Butler's first BIG EAST setback this season.

·      Hayden Neale led the Bulldogs on offense, generating two of Butler's three shots.

·      Neale produced BU's only shot on goal in the match.

·      Anden Ellis also produced a shot for Butler.
 

·      Boersma and Kiel Higginson have each started all ten matches this season.

Looking at Villanova
Head Coach: Mark Fetrow (Third Season)
Goals: 17 (1.42 per match)
Assists: 18
Shots on Goal: 59-153 (.386)
Points Leader: Luke Martelli 10 (3g, 4a)
GK Saves: 96 (.857 SV%)

Series: Butler leads, 9-2-0    
Streak: Butler, W2
Most Recent: Sept. 15, 2023 (Villanova, Pa.) BU 2, VU 1

·      The two sides did not meet in 2025 or 2024.

·      Butler won both matches in 2023 and 2022.

·      Villanova's only wins in the series came in 2021 and 2014.

·      The sides have met in the postseason only once. In 2016, the Bulldogs hosted the Wildcats in a BIG EAST semifinal. Butler won 1-0 in two overtimes en route to its BIG EAST Championship.