INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's soccer team dropped a Sunday conference match to DePaul by the final score of 2-1. The Blue Demons (5-5-1, 1-3-1 BIG EAST) scored two goals in a three-minute span and led, 2-0, just 17 minutes into the match. The Bulldogs (5-5-4, 1-1-3 BIG EAST) punched back, scoring in the 22^nd minute, but could not find an equalizer through full time.
 
Key Moments

• 14' | DePaul's Freya Jupp sends a ball from the right side to an open Beth Smyth, 10 yards in front of the goal. Smyth's eight-yard shot slides by a charging Anna Pierce, putting the Blue Demons up, 1-0.
• 17' | DePaul's Jupp carries forward from the midfield and sends a left-footed shot just past the outstretched arms of Pierce, into the left side of the net. The 18-yard goal gives the Blue Demons a two-goal lead.
• 22' | Talia Sommer steals the ball on the right side and finds Alana Wood, open in the middle of the field. Wood sends the ball forward to Aliya Diagne, about 20 yards out. Diagne beats her defender to the ball and sends it past the DePaul keeper and into the net. Butler trails, 2-1.

Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Aliya Diagne
ASSISTS: Alana Wood, Talia Sommer
 
Bulldog Bits

• Aliya Diagne's goal was her first of the season and the fifth of her career.
• Alana Wood's assist was her second of the season and the fifth of her career.
• Talia Sommer's assist was her fifth of the season and ninth of her career.
• Butler outshot DePaul, 18-5, and also produced more shots on goal (8-3).
• Diagne led Butler in both shots (6) and shots on goal (3). Abigail Isger and Norah Jacomen each had three shots with a pair on frame.

Up Next
Butler travels to St. John's on Thursday, Oct. 12. Three days later, the Bulldogs host UConn for a Sunday match at the Sellick Bowl.