Five Vanderbilt goals over the final nine minutes helped the visiting Commodores erase a Butler lead and take a 17-16 win Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis.
 
Sophia Knoblock's goal with 9:43 remaining gave the Bulldogs a 15-12 lead before Vanderbilt's closing stretch. The Commodores' final three goals of the game came during a Butler non-releasable yellow card with Brooke Baker scoring the first two and Kemper Robinson netting the game-winner with 3:42 remaining. All three came off free position shots.
 
With the win, Vanderbilt improves to 2-0 on the young season, while Butler is now 1-2.
 
Butler's offensive attack was led by Leah Rubino, who had five goals on the afternoon. Luci Selander (four) and Kayla Kielbasa (three) combined for seven of the team's goals. Butler's scoring was rounded out by Elise Latham's two goals and single tallies from Patricia Lynn and Knoblock. Delaney Hudson led the Bulldogs with four assists, while Kielbasa and Rubino each had two. Emily Eckert added one helper.
 
Baker led Vanderbilt with five goals, while Molly Finlay added four. Anna Taraboletti and Robinson each had three goals.
 
Vanderbilt held slight advantages in shots (36-33) and draw controls (19-16). The Commodores converted seven of their 10 free-position shots.
 
Caroline Smith made 12 saves in goal for the Bulldogs; she added four ground balls. Rubino had a game-high seven draw controls.
 
After starting the game down 4-0, the Bulldogs used two goals over the final 20 seconds of the first period to climb back into the contest. Holding Vanderbilt scoreless in the second stanza, Butler was able to take a 5-4 halftime advantage. Scoring exploded in the second half as the teams combined for 24 of the game's 33 goals after halftime. A stretch of four straight goals by the Bulldogs gave Butler a 14-11 lead with 12:55 remaining in the game.
 
The Bulldogs return to action Sunday afternoon, hosting Cincinnati. The 1 p.m. first draw at Varsity Field will also be streamed on FloSports.