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Men’s Soccer Upsets No. 9 Butler, 2-1, on the Road

INDIANAPOLIS – Newcomer (Overland Park, Kan.) headed in a goal in the 87 minute (87:19) for the Drake University men's soccer team in a 2-1 upset win of No. 9 Butler Monday night in Indianapolis, Ind.

Drake (1-1-0), which evened the road match in the 80 minute (80:45) with a goal by redshirt senior (Germantown, Wis.), beat the highest ranked opponent in program history since the 2009 Bulldogs team upset No. 13 Ohio State, 1-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Butler (0-1-1) won the only other previous meeting in 2015 between the two teams before Monday by a score of 4-0.