Butler and DePaul played 110 minutes Saturday night, ending the BIG EAST contest in a 2-2 draw.
With the result, Butler is now 6-4-1 overall and 1-2-1 in BIG EAST play. DePaul is now 4-5-3 (0-1-3 BIG EAST).
HOW IT HAPPENED:
With Butler leading 2-1 in the 90
th minute, the Bulldogs were called for a foul just inside the box that resulted in a penalty kick. The conversion by Max De Bruijne knotted the match at 2-2, which is how it ended after 20 extra minutes.
The Bulldogs erased a 1-0 halftime deficit with goals in the 49
th and 78
th minutes. The first goal was a blast from 20 yards out off the right foot of senior
Derek Sutton. The second tally was a header by
Jared Timmer off a corner kick served up by
Jack Haywood.
DePaul's 1-0 first half lead came off a left-footed shot by Jake Fuderer in the 19
th minute. It came off a free kick from 25 yards away.
Each team had a goal disallowed due to offsides calls. Butler looked to score in the eighth minute after a flurry of five passes within the box, but the goal was pulled off the board with an offsides call. DePaul's attempt at taking a 2-1 lead in the 67
th minute was also disallowed.
OF NOTE:
- Timmer saw his first action of 2019 after working back from a preseason injury. He logged the start, played 72 minutes and scored Butler's second goal.
- Rhys Myers, Joel Harvey and Brandon Guhl, each of whom missed the Akron match earlier in the week, returned to the line-up. Harvey and Guhl had missed additional matches.
- Butler had a 14-12 advantage in shots in the contest. Those 14 shots were taken by nine different Bulldogs.
- Haywood's assist was his seventh of the season.
- Butler keeper Gabriel Gjergji made four saves.
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UP NEXT: The Bulldogs take their final break from BIG EAST play Wednesday, traveling to Lipscomb for a 4 p.m. (Central, 5 p.m. Eastern) kick.
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