The Butler Bulldogs men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Butler University, an NCAA Division I member school located in Indianapolis, IN. The team played its final season in the Horizon League in 2011; on July 1, 2012, the Bulldogs joined the Atlantic 10 Conference for one season. The team currently plays in the Big East Conference.
History Butler University first fielded a varsity men's soccer team in 1989, when they earned a 12–7 record under head coach Langdon Kumler, including a 7–0 record against teams from the state of Indiana. The Bulldogs began conference play the following season when their record improved to 14–6 with a 5–3 mark in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now called the Horizon League). Coach Kumler left the program following the 1992 season and the Bulldogs were next coached by Ian Martin, who led the team to its first NCAA tournament in 1995, when the Bulldogs made it to the round of 16 after beating in-state rival and perennial national finalist, the Indiana Hoosiers.
Martin also coached the team to its second appearance in the round of 16 in 1998 before leaving the program following the 1999 season. Todd Bramble served as the head coach for one season and is now the head coach for the women's soccer team at the University of Alabama. The Bulldogs next appeared in the NCAA tournament in 2001 under head coach Joe Sochacki, who left after the 2005 season.
Kelly Findley served as the Bulldogs' head coach from 2006 until 2010 and was arguably the team's best coach, leading them to consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament in 2009 and 2010, including an unbeaten regular season record. Findley left following the 2010 season to take the helm at North Carolina State.
Butler left the Horizon League following the 2011 season when the athletic department moved to the Atlantic 10 Conference. During their time in the Horizon, the Bulldogs earned five conference tournament championships, in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2010; and five conference season championships, in 1996, 1998, 2004, 2009, and 2010.
Butler wins the 2016 BIG EAST Championship!
Players
Awards and recognition
NSCAA Regional (Great Lakes) All-Americans Year Player Squad1990 Scott Lawler (1st team)1992 Scott Lawler (1st team)1993 Steve Weigner (3rd team)1994 Steve Weigner (2nd team) Casey Sweeney (3rd team)1995 Steve Weigner (1st team)1996 Stephen Armstrong (1st team) Craig Donaldson (3rd team)1997 Jeremy Aldrich (1st team) Stephen Armstrong (1st team)1998 Jeremy Aldrich (1st team) Stephen Armstrong (1st team) Giancarlo Barraza (3rd team) Craig Donaldson (2nd team)2001 Nick Pantazi (2nd team)2002 Nick Pantazi (2nd team) Michael Mariscalco (2nd team) Grant Barrie (3rd team)2004 John Mariscalco (2nd team) Scott Olsen (2nd team)2006 John DeVae (3rd team)2007 Frank Patano (3rd team)2008 Eduardo Garcia (2nd team) Frank Patano (3rd team)2009 Matt Hedges (2nd team) Kyle VondenBenken (2nd team) Boris Gatzkey (3rd team)2010 Ben Sippola (1st team) Matt Hedges (1st team) Conner Burt (2nd team)2016David Goldsmith(2nd team)2017Eric Dick(1st team)
NSCAA/CoSIDA National All-Americans
Year Player Squad1995 Steve Weiger (2nd team)1998Jeremy Aldrich (2nd team)2002 Michael Mariscalco (Academic 1st team)2005 Patrick Reilly (Academic 2nd team)2006 Paul Mongillo (Academic 2nd team)2009 Conner Burt (Academic 1st team)2010 Ben Sippola (1st team) Conner Burt (Academic 1st team) 2013Brandon Fricke (Academic 1st team)
Notable Conference Awards
Player AchievementSteve Weiger Horizon League Player of the Year: 1995Jeremy Aldrich Horizon League Player of the Year: 1998Julian Cardona Horizon League Newcomer of the Year: 2009Ben Sippola Horizon League Player of the Year: 2010 Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year: 2010Matt Hedges Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year: 2009, 2010David GoldsmithBig East Rookie of the Year: 2013Eric Dick Big East Goalkeeper of the Year: 2017 Wilmer Cabrera Jr.Big East Freshman of the Year: 2019Big East Co-Offensive Player of the Year: 2019Palmer Ault Big East Freshman of the Year: 2022
First Team All-Conference
Year Player1990 Scott Lawler 1991 Scott Lawler Jeff Moehlenkamp 1992 Scott Lawler 1993 Scott Weiger 1994 Steve Weiger 1995 Casey Sweeney Steve Weiger 1996 Jeremy Aldrich 1997 Jeremy Aldrich Stephen Armstrong Craig Donaldson Alan Placek
Year Player 1998 Jeremy Aldrich Stephen Armstrong Giancarlo Barraza Craig Donaldson 1999 Stephen Armstrong David Beck Bryan Foxworthy 2001 Michael Mariscalco Nick Pantazi 2002 Michael Mariscalco Nick Pantazi 2003 Scott Olsen
Year Player 2004 Scott Olsen Cory Edginton John Mariscalco 2006 John DeVae 2008 Eduardo Garcia Frank Patano 2009 Boris Gatzky Matt Hedges Kyle VondenBenken 2010 Ben Sippola Matt Hedges 2011 Austin Oldham
Year Player 2013 Zach Steinberger 2015 Vincent Mitchell 2016 David Goldsmith Jared Timmer 2017 Brandon Guhl Lewis Suddick Eric Dick 2020 Rhys Myers Wilmer Cabrera Jr. 2021 Wilmer Cabrera Jr. 2022 Palmer Ault Wilmer Cabrera Jr.
Coaches
Awards Conference Coach of the Year
Year Coach Conference1998 Ian Martin MCC2009Kelly Findley Horizon2010Kelly Findley Horizon2017Paul SnapeBig East
Honours
Conference titles Horizon League Regular season (7): 1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010 Tournament (5): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2010 Big East Conference Regular season (2): 2016, 2017 Big East Conference Tournament (1): 2016
NCAA appearances NCAA Tournament (9): 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019 NCAA Tournament round of 16 (3): 1995, 1998, 2017
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