Butler (0-6-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) vs. No. 6 Akron (4-0-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Friday, Sept. 18
Time: 7PM
Location: Akron, Ohio | FirstEnergy Stadium
Live Stats: gozips.com (Sidearm)
Live Stream: ESPN+

The Butler men's soccer team will open BIG EAST competition Friday, traveling to No. 6 Akron to play its third of four consecutive matches on the road. The Bulldogs are coming off a 3-2 loss at Dayton, while the Zips most recently picked up a 2-1 win at Saint Louis.

Bulldog Bits
         (as of Monday, 9/14/26)

• Brooks Boersma is fourth in the BIG EAST and 52nd nationally with 22 saves. He also ranks fourth with 3.14 saves per game.
• Brendan Cunningham is second in the BIG EAST and 46th nationally with 2.86 shots per game.

         Saturday at Dayton

• Brendan Cunningham's goal was his first of the season and the third in his career.
• Luca Raso's goal, also his first this season, was the fourth of his career.
• Oscar Dawber's assist produced the first collegiate point of his career.

Looking at No. 6 AKRON
Head Coach: Jared Embick (14th Season)
Goals: 9 (1.8 per match)
Assists: 10
Shots on Goal: 27-78 (.346)
Points Leader: Thomas O'rourke 5 (1g, 3a)

Series: Akron leads, 2-1-2                       
Streak: Akron, W2
Most Recent: Sept. 27, 2025 (Indianapolis) Akron 1, Butler 0

• Akron has won the most recent two meetings, in 2024 and 2025.
• The sides played to a 0-0 draw in 2023.
• Butler's only win in the series was a 1-0 double-overtime win in 2019.
• The first meeting, in 2018, was a 2-2 draw in double overtime.