Marquette starts Big East play at Butler on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Central in Indianapolis; the match streams on ESPN+. The Golden Eagles are 4-1-4 and Butler 5-2-1; Marquette keeper Mia Hurd has the conference’s best save percentage, .875.
Marquette is 4-10-2 all-time against Butler and has beaten the Bulldogs once since 2017, winning 4-1 in 2022. Butler’s Chloe Brecht leads the Big East with six goals; two came in the Bulldogs’ 7-1 win over No. 317 Western Michigan.
In the article’s RPI snapshot, Xavier ranked No. 26 and Georgetown No. 32, the league’s top two; Villanova was No. 83 and unbeaten at 5-0-3. No Big East team received votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll’s top 25 that week.
