INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's soccer team dropped a 3-0 match to Xavier, who is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches national poll. The Sunday afternoon contest saw the visiting Musketeers (11-1-2, 4-0-1 BIG EAST) score in the sixth, 32^nd, and 86^th minutes. The Bulldogs (6-4-3, 1-2-2 BIG EAST) produced 11 offensive opportunities, with three on frame, but could not find the back of the net.
 
Key Moments

• 6' | Xavier defender Natalie Bain sends a ball forward that catches Butler keeper Anna Pierce off her line. Forward Samantha Erbach connects after one bounce, 23 yards out, and sends a high arching shot, over Pierce, that bounces off the bottom of the crossbar and into the goal. 
• 32' | Xavier's Samantha Wiehe takes a pass from the left side, maneuvers between two Bulldogs, and splits another pair with a square pass to the far post. Erbach and her defender are both moving to the ball, but their feet tangle, and they both go to the ground. Erback is able to reach out with her foot and punch the ball in, giving the Musketeers a 2-0 advantage.
• 37' | Talia Sommer carries forward, into the area, and finds the foot of Leila Lister. Lister's shot, straight-on from 12 yards, is blocked by a defender.
  HALFTIME
• 80' | Alana Wood sends a Xavier goal kick directly to the left side. Lucia Englund plays it forward to a charging Abigail Isger, who has split two Musketeers in the defensive line. Isger one-times the ball with her left foot. It gets past the Xavier keeper, on the ground, but rolls just wide of the far post.
• 86' | Xavier's Emma Flick has a corner kick, and the service is headed directly into the net by Natalie Bain, from the far post to the near post.

Bulldog Bits
·   Anna Pierce made career-high ten saves in the match. She now has 43 this season and 129 in her career.

Up Next
Butler is looking at a bye week and will not play for 11 days. The Bulldogs will next see the field on a two-game road trip, traveling to UConn on Thursday, Oct. 17, and then to Seton Hall, on Sunday, Oct. 20.