FENTON, Mo. - On a day that Saint Louis field hockey honored its seniors, Caitlin Brenner and Lexie Lindblad, the Billikens had perhaps one of their best games of the season but were unable to pull out the victory, falling 4-3 in a thriller against La Salle Friday at Soccer Park.

The Billikens (1-18, 0-6 Atlantic 10 Conference) tied their season high with three goals. Lindblad, Alanah Busby and Clanci MacKenzie all scored, and SLU out-shot La Salle (8-10, 3-3 A-10) 15-10 while also holding a 6-5 advantage in penalty corners.

La Salle opened the scoring just two minutes into the contest, but SLU answered quickly when Lindblad notched her team-leading sixth goal of the season at the 3:41 mark.

La Salle would score twice more to take a 3-1 advantage into halftime. Busby trimmed the SLU deficit to one when she scored at 54:29, making it 3-2 Explorers.

But Mariel Papa scored the eventual game winner and her second goal of the contest at the 64:03 mark.

SLU made it interesting late, getting a goal from MacKenzie with just under five minutes to go to make it a one-goal game once again. The Billikens applied pressure and even had a penalty corner with the clock at zeros, but the La Salle defense fought off the chances and the Explorers escaped with the win.

Saint Louis concludes the regular season Sunday at VCU. Game time is scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT).