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WSOC Preview: #10 Billikens Host Rhode Island Thursday

SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 15 #10 Saint Louis (13-1, 6-0 A-10) vs. Rhode Island (2-7-6, 1-3-3 A-10)
Date // Time Thursday, October 13, 2022 // 7 p.m.
Location St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
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Game Notes Saint Louis | Rhode Island

•Leading the Atlantic 10 Conference and ranked among the top 10 in all three national polls, Saint Louis plays the first of three remaining regular-season home games Thursday, Oct. 13, vs. Rhode Island. Kickoff at Robert R. Hermann Stadium is slated for 7 p.m.
•Links for streaming, live stats and game notes for both teams are included in the table above.
•Last Sunday's 3-0 victory at Massachusetts extended Saint Louis' winning streak to 11 games, the second-longest streak in program history (the 2018 team owns the school record of 14 consecutive wins) and the second-longest current streak in NCAA Division I women's soccer. No. 1-ranked UCLA has 13 straight wins. The shutout was the Billikens' third straight and fourth in the last five games.
•Rhode Island collected its first conference win of the season and snapped an eight-game winless streak (0-3-5) with a 2-1 victory over St. Bonaventure last Sunday.
•SLU returned to the United Soccer Coaches top 10 this week, landing in a 10th-place tie with TCU. In addition, the Billikens are rated No. 6 by College Soccer News -- the highest ranking in any poll in program history -- and No. 9 by Top Drawer Soccer. Saint Louis is 14th in this week's NCAA Division I Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), and the Bills remain No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches East Region rankings.
•SLU leads Rhode Island 13-3, including a 9-0 mark in St. Louis, in a series that dates to 2005. The teams split last season, with the Rams winning 1-0 in the regular-season finale Oct. 24 and the Billikens coming from behind to prevail 2-1 six days later in an A-10 Championship quarterfinal match at Hermann Stadium.
•SLU's .929 winning percentage is second best in Division I, trailing only UCLA (13-0).
•Dating to the final home game of 2015, Saint Louis is 56-6-6 (.868) in its last 68 games at Hermann Stadium.
•SLU has displayed its traditional scoring balance this season as 12 different players have registered at least one goal. The balance is especially evident in conference play; Caroline Kelly leads with three goals, while five other Billikens have two apiece.
•The Bills lead the A-10 in goals per game (3.07, third nationally), points per game (8.86, third), assists per game (2.71, fifth) and shots on goal per game (9.29, fifth). They also rank among the nation's top 20 in shutout percentage (.643, nine shutouts in 14 games, 10th), total shots per game (19.14, 13th), goals against average (0.57, 16th) and corner kicks per game (6.93, 20th).
•Caroline Kelly (9G, 4A/22 points), Emily Gaebe (7G, 6A/20 points) and Emily Groark (6G, 4A/16 points) have combined for 58 (47 percent) of Saint Louis' 124 points. Kelly leads the A-10 in points, is tied for the conference lead in goals and is tied for sixth in assists. Gaebe is tied for first in assists, tied for second in points and tied for fifth in goals. Groark is tied for sixth in points and assists and tied for seventh in goals.
•Emily Puricelli has eight shutouts and an 0.58 goals against average, ranking ninth and 25th, respectively, in NCAA Division I.
•The Billikens play their final regular-season road game of the year against Dayton Sunday, Oct. 16. First whistle is scheduled for noon Central.
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