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#11 Men’s Soccer (13-5-1, #15 NCAA Seed) vs. SIUE | NCAA Second Round | Indianapolis | Sun., Nov. 20 | ButlerSports.com 2016 Schedule/Results SECOND SEASON: Butler, the No. 15 over- semifinal contest against Villanova, while all seed, begins NCAA Tournament play Dick made 11 saves combined in the two Date Opponent Time/Result A. 14 INDY ELEVEN# L, 2-0 Sunday, hosting SIUE at the Butler Bowl in matches. A. 16 OHIO STATE# W, 2-1 a second round match. The Bulldogs were A. 20 MICHIGAN STATE# W, 3-2 one of 16 teams to receive a bye in the Goldsmith also earned a spot on the Col- A. 26 at Louisville T, 0-0 (2OT) A. 30 IUPUI W, 4-2 first round, while SIUE advanced on pen- lege Soccer News National Team of the S. 3 SIUE W, 2-0 alty kicks over Michigan State. The 2 p.m. Week for his BIG EAST Tournament per- S. 9 vs. #7 UC-Santa Barbara W, 4-2 match in Indianapolis will be streamed live formance that included a game-winning S. 11 vs. rv Oregon State W, 3-0 S. 17 at Villanova* W, 3-2 (OT) on ButlerSports.com. Butler enters the goal in the semifinals and an assist in S. 20 EVANSVILLE W, 3-1 match with a record of 13-5-1, while the Sunday’s championship match win. S. 24 PROVIDENCE* W, 2-0 Cougars are 10-4-6. S. 28 at #6 Indiana L, 3-2 (OT) O. 1 GEORGETOWN* W, 4-2 BREATHING ROOM: Eric Leonard’s goal in O. 7 at #10 Creighton* L, 1-0 GOING DANCING: Butler has advanced to the 64th minute gave Butler a 2-0 advan- O. 10 #7 DENVER L, 1-0 the NCAA Tournament on six occasions tage. That 2-0 lead was just the fifth time O. 15 at St. John’s* L, 2-1 O. 22 SETON HALL* W, 1-0 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2009, and 2010 in ad- in coach Elmar Bolowich’s six seasons at O. 26 at DePaul* L, 1-0 (2OT) dition to 2016). Four of the previous five Creighton that the Bluejays had trailed by O. 29 MARQUETTE* W, 2-1 came by earning the automatic berth that two goals. It lasted only three minutes be- N. 3 at Xavier* W, 2-1 BIG EAST Tournament came from winning the Midwestern Colle- fore Myles Englis scored from just in front N. 10 Villanova (Semis) W, 1-0 (2OT) giate Conference/Horizon League Tourna- of the goal on a pass that eluded several N. 13 Creighton (Championship) W, 2-1 ment. The 2009 team earned an at-large Bulldogs through the box. NCAA Tournament N. 20 SIUE (Second Round) 2PM bid after UW-Green Bay won the Horizon League title on penalty kicks over Butler. NATIONALLY SPEAKING: The Bulldogs are #--Exhibition match No. 11 in this week’s NSCAA national poll. *--BIG EAST match All times listed as EASTERN TIME BIG EAST CHAMPS: Butler captured the Butler has climbed as high as No. 7 in that BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship poll this season. This week, the Bulldogs with a thrilling 2-1 win over Creighton also come in at No. 11 in the Top Drawer 2016 BIG EAST Standings Sunday afternoon at the Butler Bowl. The Soccer rankings and No. 11 in the College BIG EAST Overall Bulldogs got goals from freshman Isaac Soccer News poll. Providence 7-2-0 (21) 13-6-0 Galliford and junior Eric Leonard, and six Butler 6-3-0 (18) 13-5-1 saves from Tournament Most Outstanding FIRST TIME AROUND: Butler’s second Villanova 5-3-1 (16) 10-8-3 Defensive Player Eric Dick. round foe is not unfamiliar to the Bulldogs Creighton 5-3-1 (16) 12-6-3 as the teams played in the third match Xavier 4-4-1 (13) 8-8-3 KNOCKING OFF THE JAYS: That was of the regular season. Butler continued a DePaul 4-5-0 (12) 9-7-3 Butler’s first win over Creighton, which en- strong start to 2016 by blanking SIUE, 2-0, Georgetown 3-4-2 (11) 6-9-2 tered the match ranked No. 24 nationally Sept. 3 at the Butler Bowl. The Bulldogs St. John’s 2-5-2 (8) 6-7-4 and as the BIG EAST’s fourth seed. Creigh- dominated possession in the contest, out- Marquette 2-5-2 (8) 5-7-4 Seton Hall 2-6-1 (7) 4-11-2 ton was 7-0-1 in the first eight matches shooting the visiting Cougars, 18-7. In the between the two programs, including a 26th minute, Marco Charalambous fired Through the matches of Thursday, Nov. 17 1-0 win in Omaha last month. two consecutive shots that were blocked Points in league standings in parentheses by Cougar defenders. The second shot YOU GET A TROPHY, YOU GET A TROPHY, was collected by freshman Isaac Galliford YOU GET A TROPHY: David Goldsmith on the left side of the goal. He scored was named BIG EAST Tournament Most into the right corner of the net for the Outstanding Offensive Player and Eric first Butler goal of his career. The Bull- Dick receiving the Defensive recognition dogs found an insurance goal in the 89th for their play in the team’s two matches minute as Charalambous took a short pass that resulted in Butler’s first BIG EAST title from Jared Timmer, took a touch to the in a men’s sport. Goldsmith scored the top of the 18-yard box and curved a shot game-winner in the 107th minute of the around the SIUE keeper and into the right 2016 Butler Roster Pronunciation Guide # Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last College Charalambous – HAR-uh-lahm-buse 1 Eric Dick GK R-Jr. 6-5 205 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel Geldenhuys – Gel-den-HASE 2 Nolan Schloneger M R-So. 5-10 165 Indianapolis, Ind. / North Central Kotila – Kah-til-ah 3 Joe Moulden D So. 6-4 190 Bolton, England / Thornleigh Salseian College Lehtinen – Leh-ti-nen 4 Derek Sutton M Fr. 5-10 160 Waterloo, Ind. / DeKalb Ostrowski – OH-strow-ski 5 Jared Timmer M So. 6-0 175 Hudsonville, Mich. / Unity Christian Peay – Pay 6 Bennett Kim M Jr. 5-8 140 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel 7 Alex Lehtinen D Fr. 5-11 165 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland / Makelanrinne Sports Schloneger – SHLON-eh-ger 8 Lewis Suddick M Fr. 5-9 145 Newcastle upon Tyne, England / Whitley Bay Snape - rhymes with Cape 9 Isaac Galliford M Fr. 5-10 165 Luton, England / Lealands Bruh - BREW 10 Marco Charalambous M R-So. 6-0 150 Nicosia, Cyprus / The Senior School Fabian Knopfler – 12 Tanner Witsken D R-Jr. 6-2 180 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel FAH-bee-an KA-nop-fler 13 Eric Leonard M Jr. 5-9 165 Palatine, Ill. / Fremd 14 Nathan Edmunds M Fr. 5-11 155 Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 15 Lukas Dawley D Fr. 5-11 155 Bexley, Ohio / Bexley Butler Quick Facts 16 Ethan Mason D Fr. 6-2 170 Traverse City, Mich. / Traverse City Central Suggested Twitter Follows ............................. 17 A. R. Smith F Sr. 5-11 175 Country Club Hills, Ill. / Marian Catholic @ButlerMenSoccer, @ButlerAthletics 18 Scott Dunwell M R-Jr. 5-8 165 Grand Rapids, Mich. / Forest Hills North / Memphis 19 Charlie Constantino M Sr. 5-10 165 Kentwood, Mich. / East Kentwood Location ..................................Indianapolis, Ind. 20 David Goldsmith F Sr. 5-9 155 Bristol, England / Sandwell Academy Founded .................................................... 1855 21 Mitch Ostrowski D R-Sr. 5-10 155 Houston, Texas / Clear Lake Enrollment ........... 5,097 (4,551 undergraduate) 22 Kieran Geldenhuys D So. 6-0 185 Dubai, UAE / Jumeirah School Nickname ............................................. Bulldogs 23 Maurice Thompson III D Fr. 6-5 195 Lilburn, Ga. / Parkview Colors ........................................Blue and White Conference ........................................BIG EAST 24 Christian Kotila F Fr. 6-0 155 Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron Home Field ......................................Butler Bowl 25 Braden Van Allen D So. 6-1 175 Evansville, Ind. / Evansville North / VCU President ..................................... James Danko 26 Michael Peay D So. 6-3 180 Phoenix, Ariz. / Brophy College Prep Director of Athletics ........................ Barry Collier 27 Wyatt Scott F Jr. 5-10 155 Syracuse, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse / Hartwick Athletic Dept. Phone ..................(317) 940-9375 30 Ryan Clark GK R-Fr. 6-3 185 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel Ticket Office Phone ...................(317) 940-3647 32 Will LeFevre GK R-Fr. 6-0 160 Palatine, Ill. / Fremd Associate AD/Communications ...John Dedman 35 Robert Flott GK R-Jr. 6-5 195 Arlington, Va. / Bishop O’Connell Office Phone .........................(317) 940-9414 Cell Phone ............................(317) 491-5462 Head Coach: Paul Snape (Sixth Season) E-Mail [email protected] Twitter .................................. @JohnDedman Assistant Coaches: Adam Bruh, Jason Perry, Fabian Knopfler Website ...........................www.butlersports.com corner. SEMIFINAL HEROICS: Goldsmith’s 12th goal CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: Butler is No. of the season came off a beautiful ball from 11 in the final NCAA RPI rankings (released SINCE THEN: Following Butler’s win Sept. freshman Lewis Suddick, who lofted a pass Monday). Butler and Louisville (No. 6) tied in 3, the Bulldogs were 2-0-1 on the young from 20 yards out. Goldsmith fought for the season opener. The Bulldogs have wins season, while SIUE was 0-1-2. Butler then position in the box and was able to head over nine Top 100 teams: Creighton (24), proceeded to win its next five matches. SIUE the ball inside the right post. It was the Providence (32), Villanova (42), Georgetown lost three of its next four, but hasn’t lost fourth game-winning goal for the BIG EAST (56), Oregon State (59), Xavier (63), SIUE since that point in the season.