WASHINGTON – The top-seeded Georgetown University men's soccer squad will host the fifth-seeded Butler Bulldogs (11-6-1) in a BIG EAST Championship Semifinal matchup on Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Shaw Field. The nationally No. 3 Hoyas are currently 14-1-2 on the season after finishing league play with a record of 7-0-2.
 
Follow the Action

• The game will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network with alums Dan Helfrich and Tom Greaser calling the action.  Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.  Fans can follow the in-game scoring on Twitter at @GUHoyasMSoccer.
• The BIG EAST has a dedicated channel on Caffeine, www.Caffeine.tv/BEDN, where fans can find all BEDN content. In addition to appearing on Caffeine, all BEDN events will be co-streamed on YouTube via the conference's main channel, www.youtube.com/BIGEASTConference, and Twitter on the main BIG EAST handle, @BIGEAST.

 
About the Hoyas

• On Monday, senior captain Dylan Nealis was the Defensive Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season, while junior Jacob Montes earned Midfielder of the Year honors.  Sophomore Giannis Nikopolidis was also named the Co-Goalkeeper of the Year.  Nealis, Montes, Nikopolidis and junior captain Derek Dodson were all named to the All-BIG EAST First Team with Montes being a unanimous selection.  The Blue & Gray led all schools with four first team honorees.  Additionally, senior captain Achara and sophomore midfielder Sean Zawadzki both earned spots on the All-BIG EAST Second Team.
• Last last week, defender Sean O'Hearn was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for his assist on GU's goal in the regular season final against Creighton.
• Georgetown won the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship as well as a bye and the No. 1 seed in the league tournament.  This is GU's sixth regular season title in program history.
• Dodson leads the team in scoring with 20 points on seven goals and six assists.  He is followed by Montes with a team-high eight goals and two assists for 18 points.
• Achara is third with five goals and four assists for 14 points, while Paul Rothrock rounds out the top four with a goal and a squad-high seven assists for nine points to tie Zach Riviere who has four goals and one assist.

 
About the Bulldogs

• Butler is coming off a 1-0 win at fourth-seeded Creighton Saturday night in Omaha.  Freshman Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. netted a penalty kick in the 84th minute, which proved to the difference in the match.
• Cabrera, Jr. was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year on Monday as four players earned All-BIG EAST honors.  Cabrera, Jr. earned second team All-BIG EAST honors, while seniors Brandon Guhl and Jared Timmer, along with sophomore Jack Haywood, were selected to the third team.

 
Series with Butler

• Georgetown is 6-1 all-time against the Bulldogs and 3-0 at home.
• Earlier this season, the Hoyas won by a score of 3-0 in Indianapolis.  Montes scored a pair of goals, and Riviere added one of his own as GU scored all three goals in the second half.
• The last meeting on the Hilltop was a 3-0 Georgetown victory during the 2017 campaign. 

 
BIG EAST Championship

• The Hoyas are 17-19-5 overall in the BIG EAST Tournament and 11-1-1 at home as well as 7-7-1 in the semifinal game.
• This will be the first meeting between the squads in the BIG EAST postseason.
• The winner of Wednesday's game will host the championship against the winner of No. 2 St. John's and No. 3 Providence on Sunday at noon.  The game will be broadcast live on FS2.
• Tickets can be purchased on Ticketmaster at https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/guhoyas/EN/link/buy/details/19MSBET1 or through wearegeorgetown.com/tickets/men-soccer.