INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Green Bay men's soccer team (6-1-2, 1-1-0) saw its first loss of the season come at the hands of conference foe Butler (6-1-0, 2-0-0) on Sunday.

It was a quiet first half as both teams were playing "safe" in the midfield. Green Bay was outshot 8-3 by the Bulldogs and managed just two corner kicks in the 0-0 tie at the break.

Tony Walls (Wauwatosa, Wis.) attempted the first shot for the Phoenix in the second period but was wide off the goal. Less than four minutes later Butler's Tyler Pollock put the Bulldogs on the board with a header from in front of the goal off a throw-in, giving Butler the 1-0 lead.

Thirty minutes later off a corner kick by David Prochazka (Gothenburg, Sweeden), Walls scored his third goal of the season to tie it up at 1-1. The Bulldogs did not go away quietly as Julian Cardona took a shot from 12 feet in front of the net and got it past Ryan Wehking (St. Louis, Mo.) to seal the 2-1 win.

Both of Butler's goals came off of restarts in the second half.

"They took advantage of their long throws and we just struggled defending," said head coach Tom Poitras.

Green Bay outshot Butler 11-6 in the second period, but it wasn't enough as the Phoenix suffered its first loss against the Bulldogs since 2005.

The Phoenix will return to its home field on Friday when it hosts Detroit at 7 p.m. in Horizon League play.  

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