PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Butler women's soccer team and Providence battled through 83 scoreless minutes, but the Friars (5-4-1, 2-0-0 BIG EAST) found the back of the net to take a 1-0 lead with just under six minutes on the clock. With time running out, a handball in the area gave the Bulldogs (6-3-2, 1-1-1 BIG EAST) a late chance, but the attempted penalty conversion was saved by the Providence keeper.
 
Key Moments

• 23' | Butler earns three-successive corner kicks but is not able to put one in. 
• 27' | Leila Lister is open from 25 yards, but her shot sails just over the crossbar.
• 32' | Talia Sommer has a free kick from near the left touch line. Her shot to the near post is saved by the Providence keeper.

          HALFTIME 

• 63' | As the ball bounces around, near the arc in front of the Providence goal, Abigail Isger strikes a deflection that is saved by the Friars.
• 70' | Providence carries into the area. A shot to the near post is saved by a leaping Anna Pierce.
• 84' | A Providence corner kick bounces around in a chaotic penalty area. Eventually, the Friars send a ball from the right side that slides in the far post. Providence takes a late, 1-0, lead.
• 87' | The Friars are assessed a handball in the penalty area, but Butler's penalty try is saved.

Up Next
Butler hosts (rv) Georgetown on Thursday, Oct. 3, and then, three days later, #21 Xavier.