Dayton at Saint Louis
Thursday, Oct. 1 :: 7 p.m. :: St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
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Saint Louis at Rhode Island
Sunday, Oct. 4 :: Noon (CT) :: Kingston, R.I. (URI Soccer Complex)
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THIS WEEK IN BILLIKEN WOMEN'S SOCCER
--Saint Louis women's soccer (6-3), a winner in four of its last five games, opens Atlantic 10 Conference play with two games this week. The Billikens welcome Dayton (2-7) to Robert R. Hermann Stadium Thursday for a 7 p.m. first whistle, then travel to Kingston, R.I., to take on Rhode Island (3-5-1) Sunday at noon (CT).
BILLIKEN T-SHIRT, HOT BOX COOKIE GIVEAWAY AT DAYTON GAME
--The SLU Department of Athletics will hand out free T-shirts featuring the SLU soccer shield to the first 250 fans who attend the Dayton game. Cookies from Hot Box Cookies also will be available.
TICKETS AT ROBERT R. HERMANN STADIUM
--Single-game tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth.
--Groups of 20 or more receive discounted tickets for $4 apiece.
--Students with a valid SLU ID card receive free admission.
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
--Eleven different Billikens appear in the scoring column, including eight players who have at least one goal. Kirsten Clemens (4G, 3A), Danielle Tolmais (4G, 3A) and Cristina Rodriguez (3G, 5A) are tied for the team scoring lead with 11 points. Livi Logan-Wood (5G) has 10 points, while Lindsay Sands has five assists to tie Rodriguez for the team lead. Click here for SLU's complete statistics.
--Goalkeeper Hanna Benben has a 0.99 goals against average and an .800 save percentage. Benben's five wins this season have elevated her into fourth place on SLU's career victories list with 19; she needs one win to tie Hannah Koesterer for third place.
--Saint Louis' .667 nonconference winning percentage is its best since 2008.
--The Billikens have four shutouts this season, twice as many as they had all of last year. With 25 goals, they are closing in on last season's total of 31.
--Through games of Sept. 27, the Billikens rank among the national leaders in shots on goal per game (sixth, 9.67), goals per game (eighth, 2.78), points per game (11th, 7.89), shots per game (14th, 18.89), assists per game (19th, 2.33), total goals (24th, 25), total points (28th, 71) and total assists (34th, 21).
--Lindsay Sands and Cristina Rodriguez are tied for 26th in the nation in assists per game (0.56) and tied for 36th in total assists (five).
--Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 Conference with 7.89 points per game, 2.78 goals per game, 2.33 assists per game and 18.89 shots per game. The Billikens are tied for third in shutouts (four) and rank fourth in goals against average (1.20).
--Lindsay Sands and Cristina Rodriguez are tied for third in the A-10 in assists per game (0.56). Hanna Benben is fourth in GAA (0.99), and Livi Logan-Wood is tied for fourth in game-winning goals (two). Several other Billiken individual performances are ranked among the league's top 10; click here for the complete A-10 statistics report.
--The Billikens are No. 7 in this week's NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region poll. Click here to see the entire poll.
--SLU topped Murray State 2-0 in the Billikens' only game last week. Click here for the recap.
SLU CELEBRATES 20TH SEASON OF WOMEN'S SOCCER
--The 2015 campaign is the 20th season of Saint Louis University women's soccer. In recognition of this milestone, SLUBillikens.com is featuring 10 historic team and individual highlights in “10 For 20.”
--Click here to read this week's “10 For 20” featuring the 2006 team, which earned the Billikens' second consecutive NCAA Championship bid.
Q&A WITH BILLIKEN WOMEN'S SOCCER
--Each week throughout the 2015 season, Saint Louis women's soccer student-athletes sit down for a casual chat on “Q&A with Billiken Women's Soccer.
--Click here to view this week's edition featuring Colleen Cole and Lauren Tondl.
DAYTON SCOUTING REPORT
--Dayton played in the 2014 NCAA Championship after winning the A-10 Championship.
--The Flyers have not played since Sept. 20, when they collected a 2-1 victory at UC Santa Barbara.
--Senior forward Ashley Campbell, a 2014 first-team All-Conference performer, leads Dayton with 11 points (4G, 3A). Senior Nicole Waters, the 2014 A-10 Midfielder of the Year, has a team-high four assists. Freshman Kaelyn Johns has seen all the action in goal and has a 2.11 GAA and a .689 save percentage.
--Junior midfielder/defender Erin O'Malley and sophomore forward Alexis Kiehl were second-team All-Conference honorees last season. Sophomore defender Nicolette Griesinger joined Kiehl on the A-10 All-Rookie team.
--Dayton holds an 8-2-1 series lead and has won eight in a row vs. Saint Louis, including 3-2 overtime victories the past two seasons in Dayton (click here for last year's recap). Thursday's game will be only the third clash of the Billikens and Flyers at Hermann Stadium.
RHODE ISLAND SCOUTING REPORT
--Rhode Island carries a four-game losing streak into its A-10 opener Thursday at Fordham.
--Senior forward Ari Stanton leads the Rams with nine points (4G, 1A). Junior Katie Nickles has played every minute in goal and has a 1.73 GAA, a .784 save percentage and two shutouts.
--Rhode Island also features junior midfielder/forward Nicole Brennan, a 2014 second-team All-Conference selection.
--The Billikens lead the series 7-2 and have captured the last two meetings (2013, 2011), both 1-0 decisions at Hermann Stadium. Rhode Island prevailed 1-0 in 2010, the last time the Bills and Rams squared off in Kingston.
COMING UP
--Saint Louis hosts Richmond Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. before heading to Fairfax, Va., to meet George Mason Oct. 11 at noon (CT).
