INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis women's soccer team fell on the road at Butler on Thursday night (Sept. 11), 2-0, yielding a goal in each half to the host Bulldogs. Talia Sommer netted the game-winner in the 32nd minute and Sydney Longo added second half insurance in the win. 

Butler (3-1-2) outshot the Jaguars 22-9 and controlled pace and possession as the undermanned guests continued to seek continuity in the attack. Junior Caroline Kelley had a pair of shot attempts for the Jaguars in the loss. 

"We battled for 90 minutes. We were right there with them in the first half, having some (scoring) opportunities," head coach Angela Berry White said. "We knew that they played a high line, so we figured we could use a couple quick counters on them and it almost worked. 

"It takes 90 minutes to play a good team like that and we had a couple mistakes. We have to credit Butler. They have a fantastic team, they're well disciplined and well coached. For us, we wanted to limit our mistakes, which we did, and we didn't really give them anything in the build-up and that was one of our main goals."

The Jaguars caught a break midway through the first half when it appeared as though Sommer had scored in close after a strong stand by senior goalkeeper Sarah Bambrick, followed by a goaline clearance from sophomore Bethany Hartigan. However, Sommer popped back on the field from beyond the endline and tapped a rebound into an open net for an apparent score. After a replay review, the score was negated. Sommer eventually got her score in the 32nd minute, angling a shot past Bambrick for her fourth tally of the year. 

Longo added insurance in the 51st minute when her header eluded Bambrick, coming off a rebound off the crossbar from Emily O'Malley's initial attempt. 

The Jaguars best initial look of the game came in the 12th minute when freshman midfielder Shannon Phillips nearly caught Addison Ash cheating off her back line, but was unable to get enough juice on the attempt to seriously threaten. Kelley had a pair of first half attempts against Ash, the first going just wide of target and the later attempt being thwarted by the BU keeper. 

Bambrick was credited with a save in her 74 minutes before giving way to Arissa North in the game's final minutes due to injury. North came off the bench with a pair of saves in 15-plus minutes. 

The Jaguars will cap the non-conference schedule on Sunday (Sept. 14) when they host Toledo at Michael A. Carroll Stadium at 1:00 p.m.