Thursday, October 28
Indianapolis, Ind.
6:00 PM
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7-10-2, 1-8-1
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Photo by: Catherine Grosdidier
Bluejay Women's Soccer Closes Season with 3-1 Loss at Butler
10/28/2021 8:02:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Indianapolis, Ind. -- Showing tremendous fight until the final whistle, the 2021 season came to a close for Creighton women's soccer in a 3-1 loss at Butler on Thursday, October 28.
The loss dropped Creighton to 7-10-2 on the season and 1-8-1 in BIG EAST action, while Butler moved to 14-3-1 overall and 7-2-1 in conference play.
Butler jumped out to a 1-0 in the 16th minute as Alli Leonard touched home a goal passed from Anastasia Savich and Katie Soderstrom.
Creighton answered in the 58th minute as junior Aida Kardovic drew a foul in the box from Butler goalkeeper Emma Martin. Kardovic made the most of her opportunity, punching home the penalty kick for her third goal of the season.
The Bulldogs answered int he 62nd minute as Amanda Kowalski beat Creighton's Mikayla Grocki to the left side. Alexei Whittaker picked up the assist on the Butler goal.
Butler put the match away with an insurance goal in the 87th minute, with Soderstorm sending a pass from Kowalski for her 11th goal of the season.
Turning to the statistics, Butler led the Bluejays on shots fired 16-to-11, while the Bulldogs held a 4-3 edge on corners.
"We deserved more today from this game with the excellent effort and some very quality play for long stretches that should have ended in goals. In the end, we played well enough to win against a very good team but we were not clinical enough. This is an area we must improve on and we will," said head coach Ross Paule. "I am so proud of our team for this full season. Not many know of the massive adversity we have had this season but our team responded the right way to it all with the right attitude and giving our best in a very difficult situation. We have an amazing culture within our team that has stood strong through adversity and very tough times. That is because of the amazing women here, they do thing right no matter what and do it all together."
"I know it will be hard for those outside the group to understand as they only see game results but our full team is special and in a very good place moving forward. I saw big growth as players, players step big up in new roles, saw huge growth as people and as a team, we progressed and are better. I am proud to coach this team and even more excited for what is ahead for us," added Paule. "Time to get healthy, reflect, adjust where needed and refocus on our vision and goals that we know are ahead."
The loss dropped Creighton to 7-10-2 on the season and 1-8-1 in BIG EAST action, while Butler moved to 14-3-1 overall and 7-2-1 in conference play.
Butler jumped out to a 1-0 in the 16th minute as Alli Leonard touched home a goal passed from Anastasia Savich and Katie Soderstrom.
Creighton answered in the 58th minute as junior Aida Kardovic drew a foul in the box from Butler goalkeeper Emma Martin. Kardovic made the most of her opportunity, punching home the penalty kick for her third goal of the season.
The Bulldogs answered int he 62nd minute as Amanda Kowalski beat Creighton's Mikayla Grocki to the left side. Alexei Whittaker picked up the assist on the Butler goal.
Butler put the match away with an insurance goal in the 87th minute, with Soderstorm sending a pass from Kowalski for her 11th goal of the season.
Turning to the statistics, Butler led the Bluejays on shots fired 16-to-11, while the Bulldogs held a 4-3 edge on corners.
"We deserved more today from this game with the excellent effort and some very quality play for long stretches that should have ended in goals. In the end, we played well enough to win against a very good team but we were not clinical enough. This is an area we must improve on and we will," said head coach Ross Paule. "I am so proud of our team for this full season. Not many know of the massive adversity we have had this season but our team responded the right way to it all with the right attitude and giving our best in a very difficult situation. We have an amazing culture within our team that has stood strong through adversity and very tough times. That is because of the amazing women here, they do thing right no matter what and do it all together."
"I know it will be hard for those outside the group to understand as they only see game results but our full team is special and in a very good place moving forward. I saw big growth as players, players step big up in new roles, saw huge growth as people and as a team, we progressed and are better. I am proud to coach this team and even more excited for what is ahead for us," added Paule. "Time to get healthy, reflect, adjust where needed and refocus on our vision and goals that we know are ahead."
Team Stats
CU
BU
Goals
1
3
Shots
11
16
Shots on Goal
8
9
Saves
6
7
Corners
3
4
Fouls
9
8
Scoring Plays
Leonard, Alli (4)
Assisted By: Savich, Anastasia , Soderstrom, Katie
GOAL by BU Leonard, Alli (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Savich, Anastasia and Soderstrom, Katie, goal number 4 for season.
15:54
Kardovic, Aida
CU Kardovic, Aida PENALTY KICK GOAL.
57:13
Kowalski, Amanda (2)
Assisted By: Whittaker, Alexei
GOAL by BU Kowalski, Amanda, Assist by Whittaker, Alexei, goal number 2 for season.
61:30
Soderstrom, Katie (11)
Assisted By: Kowalski, Amanda
GOAL by BU Soderstrom, Katie, Assist by Kowalski, Amanda, goal number 11 for season.
86:35
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
4
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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