THE RESULT
No. 20 Saint Louis 2, Dayton 1
Sunday, April 11, 2021 | Noon (CDT)
Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•No. 20 Saint Louis completed a perfect Atlantic 10 Conference regular season Sunday afternoon on Senior Day, defeating Dayton 2-1 at Hermann Stadium for the Billikens' eighth consecutive victory.
•The undefeated, untied conference slate (8-0-0) is the third in program history and second in the past three seasons. The 2018 Billikens were 10-0-0, and the 2005 team was 8-0-0 in SLU's first year in the A-10.
•The undefeated league record is the fifth for Billiken women's soccer. The 2019 (9-0-1, A-10) and 2000 (8-0-3, Conference USA) squads were unbeaten.
•Hannah Larson and Emily Groark scored for SLU; both have seven goals this season, tying for the team lead. Abbie Miller assisted on both tallies.
•The Billikens will host the A-10 Championship Thursday and Saturday, April 15 and 17. Thursday's semifinals are scheduled for noon (SLU vs. the No. 4 seed) and 4 p.m. (No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed), and Saturday's final kicks off at noon.
•Saint Louis improved to 13-1 overall. Dayton slipped to 7-5-1, 4-3-1.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Hannah Larson (Abbie Miller), 51:46, SLU 1-0; Itala Gemelli (Katie Houck), 52:40, tied 1-1; Emily Groark (Abbie Miller), 63:46, SLU 2-1
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•At 13-1, the Billikens own the best 14-game record in program history.
•Saint Louis extended its unbeaten streak in A-10 regular-season play to 28 games (27-0-1, beginning with the 2018 season). Including conference tournament competition, the streak is 34 games without a loss to a league opponent.
•Beginning with the 2016 season, the Billikens are undefeated (23-0-1) in their last 24 A-10 regular-season games at Hermann Stadium.
•Saint Louis is 43-2-5 overall in its last 50 games at Hermann Stadium, a stretch that dates to the final home game of the 2015 season.
•The Billikens defeated Dayton for a sixth straight time.
•SLU has outscored its opponents 35-8 this season.
•Saint Louis outshot Dayton 13-7 overall and 6-4 in shots on goal. Abbie Miller registered a game-high four shots.
•Miller's two assists lifted her point total to 16 (6G, 4A), second on the team.
•Hannah Larson extended her goal-scoring streak to four games.
•Both Larson and Groark have seven goals and one assist for 15 points, tied for third on the team.
•Emily Puricelli made three saves.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Anna Walsh, Emily Groark, Hannah Friedrich, Brionna Halverson, Karsen Kohl, Hannah Larson, Sydney Beach, Abbie Miller, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Caroline Kelly, Megan Nixon, Elli Brunts, Annabelle Copeland, Jess Preusser