EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A first-half Bulldog flurry proved decisive on Sunday afternoon as the University of Evansville women's soccer team fell 4-0 to visiting Butler at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
The Bulldogs (7-2-1) came out firing on all cylinders in the first half, opening the game's scoring with a 26th minute breakaway goal by Paige Monaghan, and three minutes later, Halle Stelbasky doubled the advantage before Serina Kashimoto rounded out an impressive first half with a 39th-minute strike to make it 3-0.
In all, the Aces (1-9-1) were out-shot 9-1 by the visitors in the opening 45 minutes, but the team would start to grow into the game in the second stanza, firing off 11 shots and enjoying a spell of possession in the Butler half of the field.