INDIANAPOLIS - The Butler men's soccer team dominated possession in a 9-0 shutout of Lindenwood. In the Wednesday evening non-conference contest, the Bulldogs (4-2-1) scored five goals in the first half and added four more in the second. The Lions (1-4-1) managed five shots, but only one forced a Butler save.
 
Key Moments

• 11' | DJ Hooks steals the ball from the Lions and streaks down the right side. He finds Palmer Ault running toward the near post, and Ault is able to slide it in for what would ultimately be the game-winning goal.
• 22' | Rico Hollenkamp takes a close-range shot that is saved but then caroms off the Lindenwood keeper. Hollenkamp touches the deflection toward Ault, and Ault puts it just over the line for his second goal of the match.
• 27' | Palmer Ault collects a pass just past midfield and immediately sends it to the front line where DJ Hooks has cut in front of his defender. Hooks touches the ball forward and then chases it down to slide a volley past the Lions keeper for the third goal of the evening.
• 29' | Palmer Ault carries into the penalty area and chips a ball to Rico Hollenkamp. Hollenkamp and his defender collide, but a positive touch sends the ball into the back of the net for a 4-0 lead.
• 38' | Nick Graziano draws a foul from the goal keeper and then connects on the penalty kick for the fifth goal of the half.
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• 59' | Graziano carries down the right side and sends a ball into the box to Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. who one times it past the goal keeper and to a wide-open Nick Okoro. Okoro is undefended and able to tap the ball in for the sixth goal of the night.
• 70' | Graziano takes a short pass on the left side just past midfield and turns to make a pass. He finds Okoro about thirty yards from the goal, and Okoro's twenty-yard shot from the left side goes right under the keeper for a seven-goal lead.
• 76' & 82' | Within a six-minute span, Kyle Hagerman twice carried the ball, eluded defenders, and found the back of the net, scoring Butler's final two goals of the night.

Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Palmer Ault (2), Nick Okoro (2), Kyle Hagerman (2), DJ Hooks, Rico Hollenkamp, Nick Graziano
ASSISTS: Rico Hollenkamp (2), Palmer Ault (2), DJ Hooks, Wilmer Cabrera, Jr., Nick Graziano
 
Bulldog Bits

• Palmer Ault's goals were the third and fourth of his career and included his third game-winner. His two assists were the first of his career.
• Ault's six points were a career high and represent the most points scored by an individual in a single match for Butler since Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. tallied seven on March 3, 2021, against DePaul.
• Nick Okoro's pair of goals were the first and second of his career.
• Kyle Hagerman's two goals represented his first two times finding the back of the net for Butler.
• DJ Hooks' goal and his assist were each his first of the season, and he now has two career goals and two career assists.
• Rico Hollenkamp's goal was his first of the season and the third of his career. His two assists were his first this season, and he now has three for his career. The four points he produced tonight is a career high.
• Nick Graziano's goal and assist were each career firsts.
• Wilmer Cabrera, Jr.'s assist was his first of the season and the ninth of his career.
   
• Gabriel Gjergji (4-2-1) earned the win, and he and Caleb Norris shared the shutout in goal.
• Butler's nine goals represents the second highest offensive output in program history. The 1990 Bulldogs scored 10 in a shutout of Purdue Ft. Wayne, and the 1991 side tallied eight against Valparaiso.