BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2020-21 GAME NOTES 2020-21 SCHEDULE Gameday Information Date: Thursday, March 4 / 3 PM FEBRUARY (3-0) 9 UIndy W 8-0 Location: Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl 12 Ball State (Exh.) W 3-0 Live Stats: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr. 17 Marian (Grand Park) W 9-2 php?gid=butl 21 Dayton (Grand Park) W 4-1 Watch: Butler Athletics YouTube Channel 27 Bowling Green (Exh.) L Series History: MARCH (0-0) BUTLER BULLDOGS (3-0, 0-0) 4 DEPAUL* 4PM Last Opponent: Dayton, W 4-1 11 MARQUETTE* 3PM Co-Head Coaches: Tari St. John & Rob Alman 14 XAVIER* 1PM 2021 Point Leader: Anja Savich (12) 18 at Creighton* 2/1PM CT 2021 Goal Leader: Anja Savich (6) 21 at DePaul* TBD 2021 Assist Leader: Several tied (2) 28 at Marquette* BEDN 2/1PM CT DEPAUL (1-0, 0-0) APRIL (0-0) Last Opponent: Valparasio, W 2-1 4 at Xavier* 1PM Head Coach: Erin Chastain 11 CREIGHTON* BEDN 1PM 2021 Point Leader: Sydney Parker & Morgan Turner (4) 15 BIG EAST Semifinals TBD 2021 Goal Leader: Sydney Parker & Morgan Turner (2) 18 BIG EAST Championship TBD 2021 Assist Leader: Bella Hanisch & Beth Smyth (1) * - BIG EAST Contest BEDN - Free Online Streaming Coverage Home Games in ALL CAPS 2021 BIG EAST PRESEASON POLL All game times are EST and subject to change Midwest Division East Division 1. Xavier 16 (4) 1. Georgetown 25 (4) 2. DePaul 12 (1) 2. Villanova 19 3. Butler 11 3. Providence 18 (1) 4. Creighton 6 4. UConn 12 5. Marquette 5 5. St. John’s 11 6. Seton Hall 5 BULLDOG BITS -Katie Soderstrom was named BIGEAST Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 22) after a hat trick performance in the Bulldogs’ 4-1 win over Dayton and a seven-point week between two Butler victories. -Anja Savich tied a Butler record for goals in a single game after recording four against Marian on Wednesday. This was also her first career hat trick. -Savich and Soderstrom are the only two players in the BIG EAST to record hat tricks so far this season. -10 different Bulldogs have scored at least one goal so far this season. As a team, Butler has drilled at least four goals in all three non-conference games. -Stephanie Rodriguez is 3-0 in the net for the Bulldogs with one shutout this year. -Amanda Kowalski was named BIG EAST Defender of the Week (Feb. 9) after the Bulldog’s 8-0 win at UIndy -Six different Dawgs scored in the season opener; Anja Savich and Gretchen Skoglund each had two scores apiece. -Stephanie Rodriguez was selected as the 2021 Preseason BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year -Rodriguez, along with Soderstrom and Savich, were named to the Preaseason All-BIG EAST Team. With three honorees, But- ler had the most representation of any leauge team. BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2020-21 GAME NOTES 2020-21 BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Indianapolis, IN 46208 00 Clair O’Brien GK Sr. 5-8 Shaker Heights, Ohio / Hathaway Brown Founded: 1855 1 Stephanie Rodriguez GK R-Jr. 5-6 Batavia, Ill. / Batavia Enrollment: 5,097 (4,551 Undergraduate) Nickname: Bulldogs 2 Katie Soderstrom MF Jr.. 5-5 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel School Colors: Blue & White 3 Julia Dreher F Jr. 5-6 Westlake, Ohio / Holy Name Field: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl (6,500) Affiliation: NCAA Division I 4 Abigail Isger F So. 5-8 Indianapolis, Ind. / Homeschool Conference: BIG EAST 5 Amanda Kowalski D R-Sr. 5-9 Arlington Heights, Ill. / Buffalo Grove President: James Danko Athletic Director: Barry Collier 6 Julia Leonard D Sr. 5-7 Palatine, Ill. / William Fremd Associate AD/SWA: Molly Sullivan 7 Anja Savich F Jr. 5-10 Macomb, Mich. / Dakota Athletic Dept. Phone: (317) 940-9375 (317) 940-3647 8 Morgan Kloosterman MF Jr. 5-6 Northville, Mich. / Northville Ticket Office Phone: 9 Becky Dean MF So. 5-4 Liberty Township, Ohio / Mount Notre Dame HISTORY First Year of Soccer ...............................................1991 10 Alana Wood D So. 5-3 Chesterfield Township, Mich. / Henry Ford II All-Time Record.......................................277-240-47 11 Taylor Crowe MF Sr. 5-4 Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville BIG EAST Tournament Appearances ...................5 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...........................2 13 Anna Schroeder MF/F Fr. 5-6 Watertown, Wis. / Watertown Result................. ..2015 L, 2-1 at Ohio State in 2 OT 14 Arianna Jalics MF/F Fr. 5-4 Ray, Mich. / Utica Result................ ......... 2017 T, 0-0 at Northwestern (Lost 3-2 in PKs) 15 Celia Gaynor MF Jr. 5-8 Shelby Township, Mich. / Notre Dame Prep 16 Gretchen Skoglund F So. 5-8 St. Louis, Mo. / Webster Groves TEAM INFORMATION 2019 Overall Record .........................................10-5-4 17 Claire Farrington D Fr. 5-7 Mondanville, Austrialia / Cavendish Rd. HS 2019 BIG EAST Record / Finish ........... 5-2-2/3rd 18 Leah Goehring MF Jr. 5-6 Wayzata, Minn. / Orono 2019 Letterwinners Returning / Lost .............20/6 2019 Starters Returning / Lost ........................... 9/2 19 Caitlin O’Malley D Fr. 5-7 Chesterfield, Mich. / L’Anse Cruese Newcomers .....................................................................6 20 Payton Black MF Sr. 5-8 Hebron, Ky. / Boone County COACHING STAFF 21 Justina Gaynor MF/D Fr. 5-7 Shelby Township, Mich / Notre Dame Prep Co-Head Coach .............................Tari St. John (15) 22 Alli Leonard MF/F Fr. 5-3 Troy, Mich. / Troy Athens Alma Mater / Year .....................................Purdue ‘03 Record at Butler ........................................135-105-26 23 Aliya Diagne MF So. 5-8 Neunkirchen, Germany / Deutsch-Franzosisches Career Record .......................................................Same 25 Maddie Farnsworth MR So. 5-11 Waunakee, Wis. / Waunakee Co-Head Coach .................................. Rob Alman (9) 26 Jaycee Helmer D Jr. 5-9 Munster, Ind. / Munster Alma Mater / Year ..........................................Leicestr Record at Butler ............................................85-42-18 28 Gabby Smith MF R-So. 5-10 St. Louis, Mo. / Nerinx Hall Career Record .......................................................Same Assistant Coach .......................................Alex Collier PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Director of Operations .........................Ric Huffman Athletic Trainer .....................................Mike Howell HC: Tari St. John ...........................................................Terry SPORTS INFORMATION #2 Katie Soderstrom ..............................Saw-der-strum WSOC Contact ...................................... Ivy Reynolds #3 Julia Deher ...........................................................Dray-er Office Phone .......................................(317) 940-9817 #4 Abby Isger .............................................................IZZ-ger Cell Phone ...........................................(417) 773-8546 #5 Amanda Kowalski .............................Kah-WALL-ski E-Mail [email protected] #7 Anja Savich.......................................On-Yuh SAV-itch Associate AD/Communications .... John Dedman #8 Morgan Kloosterman ......................Klew-ster-man Office Phone .......................................(317) 940-9414 #10 Alana Wood ..............................................Ah-lawn-uh E-Mail ...................................... [email protected] #13 Anna Schroeder ......................................Sh-RAY-der Athletics Website .............www.ButlerSports.com #14 Arianna Jalics ................................................ Jay-licks University Website ........................ www.Butler.edu #15 Celia Gaynor .................................Seal-yuh Gay-nor Mailing Address: ........Butler University Athletics #16 Gretchen Skoglund .............................SKOH-gland ...........................................................Hinkle Fieldhouse #18 Leah Goehring ..............................................GAIR-ing ...........................................................510 W. 49th Street #23 Aliya Diagne .................................Uh-lee-uh Dee-In ................................................. Indianapolis, IN 46208 #21 Justina Gaynor ................................................Gay-nor 2 • Butler Women’s Soccer BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2020-21 GAME NOTES RECAP: BUTLER VS. DAYTON BULLDOGS BY STATE... Butler women’s soccer moved to 3-0 on the year after posting a 4-1 win over Dayton on Sunday, Feb. 21 at Grand Park. Soderstrom, who led the Bulldogs in points and co-led Michigan...........................................................8 in goals last season, hit her first score of the year in the 10th minute to give Butler a 1-0 Ohio ................................................................... 4 edge. Fellow junior Morgan Kloosterman was credited with the assist. Dayton would Illinois .............................................................. 4 tie it up in the 25th minute with a goal from Itala Gemelli, but it was all Bulldogs after Indiana ............................................................. 4 that. Missouri........................................................... 2 Justina Gaynor put Butler back on top before the half off a helper from Alana Wood in Wisconsin .... ..................... .............................2 the 28th minute. The score would ultimately be the game-winner. In the second period, Soderstrom drilled two more goals (47th and 77th minutes), putting the game out of Minnesota ........................................................1 reach for the Flyers. Alli Leonard, Abby Isger, and Aliya Diagne grabbed assists on the Kentucky ..........................................................1 final