Butler (7-4-4, 2-2-3 BIG EAST) at UConn (3-4-8, 1-2-4 BIG EAST)
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 28
Time: 6:30PM
Location: Storrs, Conn. | Morrone Stadium
Live Stats: butlersports.com (statbroadcast)
Live Stream: ESPN+

Butler at Providence (*4-3-9, 2-2-3 BIG EAST)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 31
Time: 12:30PM
Location: Providence, R.I. | Anderson Stadium
Live Stats: friars.com (sidearmstats)
Live Stream: ESPN+

The Butler women's soccer team will play a pair of road matches this week, traveling to UConn on Wednesday and then to Providence on Saturday. It's a crucial week for the Bulldogs as the matches represent two of their final three regular season contests. Butler is one of four teams currently tied for the fourth and final spot in next month's BIG EAST Tournament (the Bulldogs have accumulated nine conference points, as have Seton Hall, Georgetown and Saturday's opponent Providence).
 
The Bulldogs are coming off a 1-0 shutout win over Villanova, while the Huskies tied Marquette last week. The Friars, who will play Xavier on Wednesday, are currently on a two-game winning streak with recent victories over DePaul and St. John's.

Bulldog Bits
          (as of Monday, 10/26)

• Addison Ash leads the BIG EAST (93rd nationally) with 4.40 saves per match. She ranks third (40th) with an .835 save percentage and fourth (58th) with six shutouts.
• Chloe Brecht leads the BIG EAST with 1.13 points per game, 17 points and seven goals. She is third (90th) with 1.47 shots on goal per match.
• Riley Gumm is second in the conference with two game-winning goals and third with five assists.
• The Bulldogs rank third in the conference in scoring offense as they also rank third with 75 points, 25 goals, and 25 assists.
   
• Ash was named BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week for the third time this season after making seven saves in Butler's shutout over Villanova.

          Saturday vs. Villanova

• The Bulldogs, in a 1-0 shutout, handed Villanova its first loss of the season.
• After a scoreless first half, freshman Elise May put the Bulldogs on top with an unassisted goal in the 70th minute off a goalkeeper's deflection.
• May's goal was the first of her collegiate career.
• Ash earned her sixth shutout of the season and the ninth of her career.
• Villanova entered Saturday as one of three teams nationally that were still undefeated alongside No. 1 Vanderbilt and UNC-Wilmington.

Butler This Season
Co-Head Coaches: Tari St. John (21st) / Rob Alman (15th)
Goals: 25 (1.67 per match)
Assists: 25
Shots On Goal: 93-205 (.454)
Points Leader: Chloe Brecht 17 (7g, 3a)
GK Saves: 66 (.835 SV%)

Looking at UConn
Head Coach: Margaret Rodriguez (Ninth Season)
Goals: 15 (1.00 per match)
Assists: 12
Shots On Goal: 111-231 (.481)
Points Leader: Maeve Staunton 7 (3g, 1a)
GK Saves: 38 (.717 SV%)

Series: Butler leads, 5-2-1                      
Streak: UConn, W1
Most Recent: Oct. 15, 2025 (Indianapolis) - UConn 2, BU 0

• Butler won the 2024 contest, 2-1, in Storrs, Conn.
• Butler won the first four contests in the series; all played in 2021 and 2022.
• UConn is 2-1-1 in the most recent four matches.

Looking at Providence*
Head Coach: Sam Lopes (13th Season)
Goals: 23 (1.44 per match)
Assists: 18
Shots On Goal: 109-261 (.418)
Points Leader: Jocy Koffi 16 (6g, 4a)
GK Saves: 67 (.753 SV%)

Series: Butler leads, 11-4-2 
Streak: Butler, W1
Most Recent: Sept. 27, 2025 (Indianapolis) BU 3, PC 1

• Butler is 3-1-1 in the most recent five matches.
• Wins for Providence in the BIG EAST series came in 2024, 2016, and 2014.
• The sides drew in 2023 and in 2019. The postseason 2019 match was settled by PKs with PC advancing, 5-4.
• The programs met one time prior to BIG EAST competition, in 1992 at Notre Dame. The Friars won 4-2.