Box Score
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Butler women's soccer team remained undefeated on the season with a 5-3 win on the road at Drake. The (RV) Bulldogs (2-0-1) fell behind, 0-2, in the first ten minutes of the match, but then scored three in a row to take a one-goal lead. Drake (0-2-1), out of the Missouri Valley Conference, responded immediately, leveling the score at three, but Butler put in two more by the halftime break to pull ahead, 5-3. After eight total goals in the first half, neither side could find the back of the net after returning from the locker room. 
 
Key Moments

• 8' | Drake takes the ball down the right side to the endline. A diagonal pass back finds Zoey Mahoney open, about 10 yards out, and she strikes a ball just under the bar. Drake takes a 1-0 lead. 
• 10' | Drake has the ball on the left side and spits two Butler defenders with a long cross to the center. Angela Gutierrez lunges forward with her right foot and sends the ball into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead.
• 16' | Talia Sommer draws a foul in the penalty area. Abigail Isger converts. The lead is cut in half.
• 19' | Isger receives a ball at the arc from the left side. Facing away from the goal, she moves to her right to create space. Her left-footed shot hits the fingertips of the Drake keeper but continues into the goal. The score is level at two.
• 25' | Anna Schroeder pushes forward in space and takes a shot on goal. The ball is deflected out by the Drake keeper, but right in front of the goal. Sommer charges and one-times it into the net for a 3-2 lead.
• 25' | Off a long throw in from the right side, Drake keeps the ball alive and bouncing until Layla Kelbel is able to punch one in on the ground. The score is level again, this time at three.
• 39' | An Alexei Whittaker shot is saved toward the endline, and a Drake defender keeps the ball in play. Léa Larouche pushes the ball in front of the goal, directly to Leila Lister, who is unmarked and easily taps it in. Dawgs take a 4-3 lead on the eventual game-winner.
• 44' | At the end of the first half, Macie Mietz receives the ball in the center of the field. She pushes forward, uncontested, and then passes forward to Whittaker. Whittaker gives it right back, and Mietz sends a long shot toward the goal. The ball hits the upper-right 90, giving the Bulldogs their fifth goal of the half and a 5-3 advantage.
   

Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Abigail Isger (2), Talia Sommer, Leila Lister, Macie Mietz
ASSISTS: Anna Schroeder, Léa Larouche, Alexei Whittaker
 
Bulldog Bits
·   With her first two goals of the season, Abigail Isger now has 23 in her career. She is now tied for 10^th on Butler's All-Time List for career goals. Also, with 64 career points, she has now climbed to ninth on Butler's All-Time List.
·   Talia Sommer's goal was her second of the season and the 13^th of her career.
·   Leila Lister's goal was her second of the season and third of her career.
·   Macie Mietz's goal was a career first.
·   Anna Schroeder's assist was her first of the season and third of her career.
·   Léa Larouche's assist was a career first.
·   Alexei Whittaker's assist was her first of the season and the sixth of her career.

Up Next
Butler returns to Indianapolis to host a pair of matches. Ball State visits the Sellick Bowl on Thursday, August 29, and then the Bulldogs host No. 14 Notre Dame on Sunday, September 1.