Butler Named C-USA Player-of-the-Week
August 29, 2011 | Soccer
Aug. 29, 2011
IRVING, Texas - East Carolina junior Caty Butler has been named Conference USA Offensive Player-of-the-Week according to an announcement by the league office Monday afternoon. For Butler it is her first career honor and the first by a Pirate since Blair Heffner on Nov. 3, 2008.
Butler helped the Pirates to their second-straight win of the season with a 2-0 victory against intrastate rival UNC Wilmington on August 25 at the ECU Soccer Stadium. The junior netted both goals marking her first career multi-goal game of her career. In the 10th minute she received a through ball from senior Leah Bagonis and scored from 21 yards out staking the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead, her third career game-winning goal. In the 61st minute she sealed the victory with another through ball from Bagonis and beat the Seahawk keeper one-on-one for her second strike of the night. On the young season, Butler is tied for the team lead in goals (3) and points (6).
