INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's soccer team shut out Purdue, 3-0, for its first win of the 2024 season. The Bulldogs (1-0-1) scored one in the first half and added a pair in the second, outshooting the Boilermakers (1-1-0) by a 25-3 margin. With the win, Co-Head Coach Tari St. John is now 2-1 when coaching against her alma mater.
 
Key Moments

• 13' | Abigail Isger serves a corner kick just inside the bar. A Purdue defender heads the ball away, but Norah Jacomen sends the bouncing ball directly in from nine yards out. Butler jumps in front, 1-0.
  HALFTIME
• 56' | An Emily O'Malley diagonal ball from the right side finds Talia Sommer in the middle of the field. Sommer advances and sends a high-arching shot between two defenders and over the outreached hands of the Boilermaker keeper, putting the Dawgs up two.
• 78' | Leila Lister has the ball on the right side and plays it toward the top of the area. As Purdue's keeper prepares to collect the bouncing ball, Alexei Whittaker slides past the last defender and punches in the final goal of the match.
   

Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Norah Jacomen, Talia Sommer, Alexei Whittaker
ASSISTS: Emily O'Malley, Leila Lister
 
Bulldog Bits
·   Norah Jacomen's goal was her first of the season and the 10^th of her career.
·   Talia Sommer's goal was her first of the season and the 12^th of her career.
·   Alexei Whittaker's goal was her first of the season and the fifth of her career.
·   Emily O'Malley's assist was her first of the season and the third of her career. 
·   Leila Lister's assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
·   Anna Pierce had two saves for her first shutout of the season, the seventh of her career.
·   Butler's most recent win over a Big Ten opponent was a 1-0 upset of No. 9 Michigan on August 21, 2022. The program's most recent win in the Sellick Bowl was a 3-1 victory over Northwestern on August 26, 2021.

Up Next
The Bulldogs travel to Drake for a match on Sunday, August 25.