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INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI women's soccer team will cap the season-opening four-game homestand on Tuesday night (Sept. 1) when the Jaguars welcome crosstown rival Butler to Michael A. Carroll Stadium for a 5:00 p.m. kickoff. The women's match will start a soccer doubleheader, continuing with the men's match immediately afterwards. IUPUI Athletics will distribute FREE t-shirts between games of the doubleheader and fans that bring new or gently used shoes will receive a $3 coupon, redeemable at local Soccer Village locations. 

Admission is free while standard university parking rates may apply. Those unable to attend can watch the action free of charge on IUPUIJags.com as veteran broadcaster Greg Rakestraw (pxp) calls the action from high atop the stadium.  

HONORS
Minnich and Schmidt swept the initial Summit League weekly awards of the season, earning the accolades on Monday (Aug. 24). The offensive honor was the second of Minnich's career while Schmidt collected her third career defensive honor. 

QUOTABLE
"With our front line of Tori and Krissy and some other girls we have up there, I think we can score goals on any given night. We've shown that so far we can be dangerous in the attack. I think Jessica (Flores) has played well up there at times too. That group is really coming together and working well together," IUPUI Head Coach Chris Johnson said after the Marshall match. 

NUMBERS
-Senior Lauren Kulaga has made 61 career starts and is well on her way to becoming the sixth player in school history to earn 70 career starts. 
-Both Tori Minnich and Krissy Kirkhoff have a team-high 12 career goals to their credit. Minnich scored her 12th career goal in the UIC win while Kirkhoff has scored in back-to-back matches, with her 12th coming against Marshall last Friday night. 
-Senior Kalli Shepler-Tucker enters play with 14 career assists, one shy of tying Sheri Levack for the program's all-time lead in that category. 
-Since the start of the 2013 season, IUPUI is 10-7-7 in matches at Carroll Stadium. 

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
IUPUI has outscored opponents 5-3 to start the season, going 1-1-1 in the year's first three games. Sophomore Krissy Kirkhoff has a team-high three goals (second in The Summit League), while junior Tori Minnich has provided assists on two of her three scores. Minnich is second on the squad with four points (1G-2A) and sophomore transfer Beth Parks has the team's fifth goal. 

In net, sophomore Catherine Schmidt has played the bulk of the minutes, registering a 0.96 goals against average and 16 saves in her three starts. 

SCOUTING BUTLER
Butler (2-0-1) is undefeated through three games, including wins over Eastern Michigan (3-0) and Milwaukee (1-0). Freshman Paige Monaghan leads the Butler attack with a pair of goals while senior Randi Delong has two of the team's six assists. In goal, Madison Card has started three times, posting an unblemished goals against average and three saves in 225 minutes of action. Freshman Hannah Luedtke allowed Butler's lone score of the year in the season-opening tie with Cleveland State. 

SERIES RECORD
IUPUI is 3-9-1 all-time against Butler and 2-3-1 when playing the Bulldogs at home. Butler has won the past two meetings between the two schools, including a 2-1 win at the Butler Bowl last season. IUPUI won three straight matchups between the two programs from 2008-2010 to account for the three victories. 

Last year, Butler won 2-1 at the Butler bowl on a goal from Shannon McDevitt in the 90th minute. IUPUI pulled even on a Kirkhoff goal in the 87th minute, thanks to assists from Shepler-Tucker and Meghan Day, before Butler recaptured the lead with just 47 seconds to play. 

UP NEXT
IUPUI will hit the road for the first time this season on Saturday when the Jaguars take on Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa at 1:00 p.m.