No. 1 Indiana Travels to No. 19 Butler on Wednesday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 1 Indiana University men's soccer team will head to Indianapolis to face in-state rival and No. 19-ranked Butler on Wednesday night.

Kickoff at the Sellick Bowl is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET, with live stats available at IUHoosiers.com. Butler will be streaming the match live on their Facebook page. IUHoosiers.com will also be providing a Spanish-language broadcast of the match for free.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 1-ranked Indiana University men's soccer team will head to Indianapolis to face the No. 19-ranked Butler Bulldogs on Wednesday at the Sellick Bowl at 7:00 p.m. ET.
• The Hoosiers enter Wednesday's contest with an 12-0-2 record on the season overall after beating No. 17 Ohio State, 2-0, on Sunday.
• Freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse has played well this season, posting a NCAA-best 12 shutouts while allowing just two goals with 35 saves.
• Freshman Mason Toye lead the Hoosiers with eight goals and 17 points on the season, while junior Andrew Gutman has scored five times this year.
• Junior Trevor Swartz and freshman Griffin Dorsey lead the team with five assists each.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• The Butler Bulldogs enter Wednesday's match with the Hoosiers with an overall record of 8-4 on the season.
• In the national polls, Butler is ranked No. 19 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer, No. 22 by College Soccer News and No. 23 by Soccer America. The Bulldogs are receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
• After losing back-to-back matches for the first time this season, Butler rebounded with a 2-0 win over DePaul at the Sellick Bowl on Saturday.
• On the year, the Bulldogs have scored 17 goals on the season and have surrendered 15.
• In a preseason poll conducted of the league's coaches, Butler was picked to finish third in the BIG EAST. Midfielders Lewis Suddick and Jared Timmer were named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
• In 2016, the Bulldogs won the regular season BIG EAST title, posting an overall record of 13-5-2 and a conference mark of 6-3. Butler lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, falling to SIUE in penalty kicks.

SERIES HISTORY
• In the 29-match history between the two programs dating back to 1991, Indiana leads the series over Butler, 22-4-3.
• The last four matches between the teams have been very even, with each team posting a 1-1-2 record. Indiana's last win at the Sellick Bowl came on Oct. 12, 2011.
• In Indianapolis, IU is 11-1-1 against the Bulldogs. The lone loss for the Hoosiers at the Sellick Bowl came on Sept. 25, 2013 - a 3-2 defeat in double overtime.
• Last year, the Hoosiers beat the No. 6-ranked Bulldogs, 3-2, in Bloomington, overcoming a 2-0 deficit late to win in double overtime on a winner from Austin Panchot. Trevor Swartz and Tanner Thompson accounted for the other two IU goals.
• In the 29 meetings, IU has out-scored Butler, 71-21.

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS
• Indiana has posted eight-straight shutouts, setting a program record and eclipsing the 1975 and 1976 teams that combined for seven-straight.
• The 12 shutouts in the first 14 matches is a program record.
• The school record for most shutouts in a season is 18 set in 1979.

SCORELESS MINUTES APPROACHING NCAA TOP-10
• Entering Wednesday's match with Butler, IU and goalkeeper Trey Muse have not allowed a goal in the last 779:33 minutes of play.
• Muse is just 26:53 from entering the NCAA's single-season top-10 list for consecutive shutout minutes.
• If Muse and the Hoosier blank Butler in regulation, Muse would move in to seventh place all-time on the list.
• The record of 1318:26 shutout minutes is held by Avery Steinlage of Michigan State, who set the record over both the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
• The single-season record of 1176:51 is held by Diego Restrepo of Virginia, who set the mark in the 2009 season.

NEVER TRAILED
• The Indiana Hoosiers are the only team in the nation to not have trailed in a match at any point this season.
• IU is one of just three undefeated teams left in the nation, along with Maryland and FIU.

HOOSIERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
• Indiana is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches poll, the Top Drawer Soccer rankings and the Soccer America Top 25. IU comes in at No. 2 in the College Soccer News poll.
• In the NCAA RPI rankings released on Monday, IU comes in at No. 7, up three spots from last week.

HISTORICALLY STINGY DEFENSE
• Through the first 14 matches of the season, Indiana has allowed just two goals - the fewest in school history.
• The 1979 team allowed just three goals in their first 15 matches.

OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
• Indiana's offense has been one of the most potent in the nation, scoring 34 goals through the team's first 14 matches.
• The 34 goals scored in the first 13 matches are the most for the team since 1999 (36).
• Indiana has scored 5 or more goals in three matches this season, the most for the program since eclipsing the five-goal mark six times in 2005.
• Through 14 matches in 2016, IU had scored 19 goals.

INDIANA IN THE NATIONAL/B1G STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Entering the week, IU is ranked in the top-10 in 13 categories in the NCAA statistical rankings.
• Indiana leads the nation in save percentage (0.949), shutout percentage (0.857), team goals against average (0.138) and won-loss-tied percentage (0.929).
• The Hoosiers are ranked third in shots on goal per game (8.00), third in total assists (36), fourth in total goals (34), fourth in total points (104), fifth in assists per game (2.57), fifth in shots per game (16.86), sixth in corner kicks per game (6.86), sixth in points per game (7.43) and sixth in scoring offense (2.43).
• Individually, freshman GK Trey Muse leads the nation in goals against average (0.138), save percentage (0.946) and shutouts (12).
• IU leads the Big Ten in 13 categories - assists per game, corner kicks per game, points per game, save percentage, scoring offense, shots per game, shots on goal per game, shutout percentage, team goals against average, total assists, total goals, total points and win-loss-tied percentage.

HOOSIERS START THE SEASON 12-0-2
• Indiana has started the season undefeated through 14 matches for the sixth time in program history and for the first time since 1997.
• The Hoosiers are looking to remain undefeated through the team's first 15 matches for the fifth time in school history.
• IU's 4-0 start was the first for the team since 2004 and marked the seventh time in program history IU accomplished the feat.

EIGHT HOOSIERS EARN MIDSEASON HONORS
• Eight Hoosiers were earned midseason honors from Top Drawer Soccer.
• On the midseason Upperclassmen Top-100 list, Grant Lillard was ranked No. 3, Andrew Gutman No. 74 and Timmy Mehl No. 82.
• On the midseason Freshmen Top-100 list, Griffin Dorsey was ranked No. 2, Mason Toye No. 12, Trey Muse No. 22, Spencer Glass No. 52 and Thomas Warr No. 57.
• Indiana's five freshmen are the most of any school in the country, while the eight total honorees is tied for the most in the nation.

TRUE FRESHMEN FIREPOWER
• The Hoosiers have received an immediate boost of offense from the true freshmen trio of Mason Toye, Griffin Dorsey and Thomas Warr.
• The trio has combined to score 12 goals and tally nine assists on the season.
• Toye has totaled a team-high eight goals and one assist, while Dorsey has two goals and a team-high five assists. Warr has recorded two goals and three assists on the year.

UP NEXT
• IU will return to Bloomington to host Big Ten rival Wisconsin on Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 21.
• Kickoff at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.

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No. 1 Indiana Travels to No. 19 Butler on Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Griffin Dorsey

Spencer Glass

Andrew Gutman

Grant Lillard

Timmy Mehl

Trey Muse

Austin Panchot

Trevor Swartz

Tanner Thompson

Mason Toye

Thomas Warr