GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Following an 11-day layoff, the Green Bay women's
soccer team (2-6-2, 0-2-0 Horizon League) will host Butler (3-9-0, 1-1-0
Horizon League) on Friday at 7 p.m. at Santaga Stadium. Green Bay's last home
game was on Sept. 12 against South Dakota State where the Phoenix fell
1-0.
The Phoenix is coming off
a 1-0 loss against Youngstown State on Sept. 26, despite outshooting the Penguins
by a 10-shot margin. It marked the fifth straight game the Phoenix lost by a
1-0 margin. Sophomore midfielder Lauren
Somers (Bloomington, Minn.) led the Phoenix with five shots, three of them
on goal.
Butler enters Friday
coming off a 1-0 loss against Valparaiso. Friday's match is the second of seven
straight conference matches for the Bulldogs. They are 1-1-0 in Horizon League
play this season.
Green Bay is 5-16-0 in the
all-time series against Butler and 1-1-0 against the Bulldogs in the last two
seasons under head coach Trevor Warren.
The last time the Phoenix beat the Bulldogs was in the 2008 season, winning at
home 2-1 (Oct. 19).
Getting it done on defense: The Phoenix continues to find itself near the top of
the NCAA rankings in several defensive categories. As a team, Green Bay is
currently 20th in the nation in goals-against average (0.57), while goalkeeper Maddie Drusch (Appleton, Wis.) ranks 10th
in the country in save percentage (.902) and 24th in goals-against average
(0.59).
Follow it live: Fans can watch Green Bay's match against Butler live
on GreenBayPhoenix.com. All home men's and women's soccer and volleyball games
will be streamed live in the Phoenix Flix portal. Live stats will also be
available during the game. For more information, click here.
Extra Time with Trevor Warren: Green Bay head coach Trevor Warren sits down with Jill
Wunrow to recap the team's week off from competition and preview the weekend's
home games. To watch, click
here.
Next on the schedule: Green bay has one more home game against Valparaiso on
Sunday before beginning a three-game road trip at Milwaukee on Oct. 15. Green
Bay's final regular season home game will be against Detroit on Oct. 24.
