INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler men's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to the Marquette Golden Eagles on Sunday afternoon. BU scored their lone goal of the match in the opening stages of the second half, but two first half goals from Marquette would lead the Golden Eagles to victory.
 
Butler's goal came off a successful penalty kick just minutes into the second half (46:47). Marquette's goalkeeper misplayed a ball, grabbed a Butler player and was hit with a red card. Luis Barraza made six saves in the first half, but would have to watch the reminder of the match from the sideline.
 
Alex Lehtinen beat Cedrik Stern to the upper right part of the net to cut the BU deficit in half. Butler would play a man up the rest of the way and out shoot Marquette 12-0 in the second half, but a stiff Marquette defense would not allow another goal leading to their sixth win of the season.
 
The first goal of the contest came off a nice pass from Connor Alba. He centered the ball in front of the net and allowed teammate Diego Nunez to score his first goal of the season.
 
The insurance goal that would nearly seven minutes later off the foot of Josh Coan. His unassisted score would come unassisted.
 
Butler will now shift their focus to Xavier for a night match against the Musketeers on Halloween. BEDN will cover the action at 7 PM.