OMAHA, Neb. – The Butler women's soccer team fell behind, then took the lead, then settled for a 2-2 draw with Creighton on Sunday afternoon. The Bluejays (8-5-2, 5-3-1 BIG EAST) scored first, just seconds before the halftime break. The Bulldogs (9-4-4, 4-2-3 BIG EAST) responded with two second-half goals, within an eight-minute span, but Creighton put one in just minutes before full time to level the score.
Key Moments
- 10' | Lucia Englund carries forward on the left side. She beats her defender and sends a square ball across the top of the box. Talia Sommer collects the ball, spins, and fires on goal. The Creighton keeper makes the save.
- 45' | A long service from midfield reaches Creighton's Mallory Connealy, who is sprinting with two Butler defenders. As she approaches the goal, Anna Pierce comes off her line to challenge, but Cannealy's shot goes over her and just under the crossbar. The Bluejays take a 1-0 lead into the locker room.
HALFTIME
- 51' | Creighton earns three successive corner kicks but all are dealt with by the Butler defense.
- 56' | Sommer sends the ball from the left side to Sara Trandji in the middle. Trandji plays forward to Leila Lister, who is on a horizontal run. Lister touches once and then uses her left foot to send the ball just inside the far post. The score is level, 1-1.
- 64' | Emily O'Malley finds Lucia Englund out on the left side. Englund sprints toward the end line, past a couple of defenders, and sends a cross toward the goal. Creighton's keeper leaps and gets her fingertips on the ball, but it continues toward the far post. Abigail Isger is anticipating and heads the ball in, giving the Dawgs a 2-1 lead.
- 86' | Arianna Jalics carries forward up the middle and finds Sommer on the right side of the area. Sommer sends the ball back to Jalics, and her shot forces a diving save by the Creighton keeper.
- 86' | Creighton sends a ball from the right side into the area. A Butler defender heads the ball down, but a Bluejay attacker is there and fires it directly into the goal. The score is again level, at 2-2.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS:
Leila Lister,
Abigail Isger
ASSISTS:
Talia Sommer,
Sara Trandji,
Emily O'Malley,
Lucia Englund
Bulldog Bits
- Leila Lister's goal was her fifth this season and the sixth of her career.
- Abigail Isger's goal was her fifth of the season and the 26th of her career.
- Lister and Isger have each scored a goal in each of the most recent two matches.
- Talia Sommer's assist was her seventh this season and the 17th of her career. Today's assist gives her four in the most recent two matches.
- Sara Trandji's assist her second this season and the third of her career.
- Emily O'Malley's assist was her third of the season and the fifth of her career.
- Lucia Englund's assist was her third the season and the third of her career.
Up Next
Butler returns to Indianapolis to host Villanova for its final regular-season match on Thursday, October 31.
