MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Butler women's soccer team won its BIG EAST opener in dramatic fashion, taking out Marquette with a last-minute goal. The Golden Eagles (4-4-0, 0-1-0) were called for a handball just outside of the penalty area with just under a minute to play. Defender Aliya Diagne stepped up and hit a left-footed shot through a gap in the Marquette wall and just under the crossbar, giving Butler (8-1-0, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) a thrilling 1-0 victory.
 
Key Moments

• 22' | A Marquette foul outside the right corner of the box sets up a Katie Soderstrom free kick. The 25-yard strike sails just over the crossbar.
• HALFTIME
• 48' | A Golden Eagles corner kick is punched away from in front of the goal by Butler keeper Emma Martin.
• 52' | Abigail Isger takes a ball to the left goal line and hits a hard cross in front of the goal toward a charging Soderstrom. The Marquette keeper cuts it off to kill the opportunity.
• 60' | Caitlin O'Malley gets her head on a Butler free kick but the Golden Eagles keeper easily cleans it up.
• 65' | Marquette heads a shot off a corner kick, but it is off target and cleared.
• 70' | Marquette works the ball from the right side, and a hard, low cross, into the goal box, is cleared by Butler for a corner kick.
• 82' | Soderstrom takes a shot from 25 yards that goes just over the crossbar.
• 90' | A Marquette handball just outside the penalty area results in a Butler free kick. Aliya Diagne strikes a left-footed shot through a gap in the Golden Eagles' wall, just under the bar and into the goal.

Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Aliya Diagne
ASSISTS: (none)

Bulldog Bits

• Aliya Diagne's goal was her first of the season and the fourth of her career. Three of her four goals have been game-winning goals.
• Freshman Emma Martin improved to 8-0-0 on the season and was credited with her fourth shutout. She made two saves for a clean sheet.
   
• Diagne's goal raises the number of Bulldogs who have scored at least one goal this season to seven.
• Each side created six shots, with Marquette putting two on frame and Butler, only one.
• Katie Soderstrom led the Bulldogs with three shots. Aliya Diagne had two, and Alli Leonard, one.
• The Golden Eagles produced six corner kicks while the Bulldogs had two.

Up Next
Butler returns to Indianapolis, Ind., to host Seton Hall in another BIG EAST match on Sunday, September 26, at 12 pm. The contest will be held at the Sellick Bowl and will be preceded by Senior Recognition ceremonies. Later in the week, the Bulldogs will travel to Queens, N.Y., to face St. John's on Thursday, September 30.