INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's soccer team scored one before the half and added two before the final buzzer for a 3-0 shutout of Ball State. In a match delayed 60 minutes by lightning, the Bulldogs' (3-0-1) defensive line held the visiting Cardinals (1-2-0) to only three shots on goal.
Key Moments
- 40' | At midfield, Abigail Isger sends a ball to the left side and finds Alana Wood. Wood touches once and then serves past her defender, to the six-yard line. Alexie Whittaker slides for the ball, attracting the Ball State keeper, but the ball bounces past both. Sara Trandji is there and is able to redirect the ball into the goal. Dawgs lead, 1-0.
HALFTIME
- 54' | Sara Trandji takes a pass in the middle of the field and sends the ball to the right side to Norah Jacomen. Jacomen sends it back in, just above the six-yard line, and Léa Larouche taps it in. Butler takes a two-goal lead.
- 87' | On the right side, Sydney Longo one-touches a pass forward to Emily O'Malley, and O'Malley passes it forward to Talia Sommer. Sommer carries toward the center and splits two defenders with a left-footed shot. The keeper leans right but the ball goes the other way, just inside the near post, for Butler's final tally.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS:
Sara Trandji,
Léa Larouche,
Talia Sommer
ASSISTS:
Abigail Isger,
Alana Wood,
Norah Jacomen,
Sara Trandji,
Sydney Longo,
Emily O'Malley
Bulldog Bits
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Sara Trandji's goal was her first of the season and the third of her career. Her assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
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Léa Larouche's goal was the first of her career.
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Talia Sommer's goal was her third of the season and the 14
th of her career.
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Abigail Isger's assist was her first of the season and the 19
th of her career.
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Alana Wood's assist was her first of the season and the sixth of her career.
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Norah Jacomen's assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
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Sydney Longo's assist was a career first.
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Emily O'Malley's assist was her second of the season and the fourth of her career.
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Anna Pierce made three saves to preserve her second shutout of the season. It was the ninth of her career.
Up Next
Butler hosts No. 9 Notre Dame on Sunday, September 1. Scheduled kickoff is 7 p.m.
