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2024 MSOC Nick Okoro vs Michigan St
Zach Bolinger
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Butler BUT (4-9-3, 1-6-0)
6
Winner Creighton CRE (8-5-3, 3-3-1)
Butler BUT
(4-9-3, 1-6-0)
1
Final
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Creighton CRE
(8-5-3, 3-3-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Butler BUT 1 0 1
Creighton CRE 1 5 6

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Joey Gruner

Okoro Scores Butler’s Lone Goal in Loss at Creighton

OMAHA, Neb. – The Butler men's soccer team led early but ultimately was defeated, 6-1, by Creighton. The Bulldogs (4-9-3, 1-6-0 BIG EAST) scored first, in the tenth minute, but the Bluejays (5-6-5, 2-3-2 BIG EAST) found an equalizer just a few minutes later and then added five more goals after the break.
 
Key Moments
  • 10' | Nick Okoro plays a diagonal cross from the left side to Ryan Hannosh on the right. Hannosh creates space and sends the ball back across the face of the goal to Okoro, who is rushing forward at the far post. Okoro has beaten his defender and punches the ball inside the left post, giving Butler an early, 1-0, lead.
  • 16' | Creighton plays a ball from the center line, all the way forward to Miguel Arilla, who has beaten his defender. Caleb Norris charges, but Arilla is able to tap it to the side and roll it into the goal. The score is level, 1-1.
  • 40' | Hannosh creates and opportunity just outside the area, but his shot from 18 yards is saved by the Creighton keeper.
    HALFTIME
  • 55' | A Creighton cross in front of the goal is redirected into the goal by Amos Boum Nlend, putting the Bluejays up, 2-1.
  • 56' | A Bluejays header from in front of the goal is saved by a diving Norris save. The rebound is again shot at the goal but hits the post and careens out of danger.
  • 68' | Creighton's Mark O'Neill heads in a corner kick and the lead is now two goals.
  • 70' | A Henri Kumwenda header off a corner forces a save from Creighton's keeper.
  • 75' | The Bluejays steal a ball in Butler's end, connects a couple of passes, and takes a 4-1 lead.
  • 77' | Creighton advances to the endline, and a slot pass back to another attacker leads to the fifth goal for the Bluejays.
  • 78' | A Creighton shot from 12 yards slides under Norris. The Bluejays are up, 6-1.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Nick Okoro
ASSISTS: Ryan Hannosh
 
Bulldog Bits
  • Nick Okoro's goal was his first this season and the third of his career.
  • The assist by Ryan Hannosh was his fifth of the season and the eighth of his career.
Up Next
Butler will recognize its seniors as it hosts DePaul on Saturday, Nov. 2, in the final match of the regular season.
 
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