THE RESULT
No. 10 Saint Louis 6, Rhode Island 0
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 | 7 p.m.
Robert R. Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•No. 10 Saint Louis posted its largest goal output in an Atlantic 10 Conference game this season in a 6-0 victory over Rhode Island Thursday night at Hermann Stadium.
•The Billikens (14-1, 7-0 A-10) remained in sole possession of first place in the A-10 with three league games remaining. Rhode Island fell to 2-8-6, 1-4-3.
•The victory extended SLU's winning streak to 12 games, the second-longest streak (14) in program history and second-longest current streak in NCAA Division I women's soccer behind top-ranked UCLA's 13 straight victories.
•Six different players scored a goal apiece. Abbie Miller, Emily Groark, Anna Walsh and Hannah Sawyer found the back of the net in the first half, while Lyndsey Heckel and Karsen Kohl connected in the second half.
•Additionally, Walsh tallied two assists for a second consecutive game, and Sawyer added an assist.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Abbie Miller (Hannah Larson, Caroline Kelly), 9:40, SLU 1-0; Emily Groark (Anna Lawler), 20:31, SLU 2-0; Anna Walsh (Hannah Sawyer), 33:04, SLU 3-0; Hannah Sawyer (Jess Preusser, Anna Walsh), 38:53, SLU 4-0; Lyndsey Heckel (Hannah Friedrich), 46:48, SLU 5-0; Karsen Kohl (Anna Walsh), 63:23, SLU 6-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens are 14-1 for a second time in the past three seasons.
•Saint Louis improved to 14-3 overall and 10-0 at Hermann Stadium vs. Rhode Island.
•SLU is 57-6-6 (.870) in its last 69 games at Hermann Stadium. Thursday's shutout was the Bills' 42nd clean sheet at home during that stretch.
•The shutout was SLU's fourth in succession, 10th overall and fifth in seven A-10 games this season. Emily Puricelli and Becca Wolterman made one and three saves, respectively.
•The Billikens have netted five or more goals in four games this season, the most in program history.
•Saint Louis has outscored its opponents 49-8 this year. The school record for goals is 52, set in 2018.
•Hannah Friedrich added to her school record for career assists with a helper, her sixth of the year, on Lyndsey Heckel's goal. Friedrich now has 41 assists and 101 points as a Billiken, just three points from tying Jamie Perry's school mark.
•The goals by Anna Walsh and Karsen Kohl were each player's first of the season. Saint Louis now has 14 different players with at least one goal and 15 different players with at least one point.
•Walsh took over the team lead in assists. She has a career-high seven on the season.
•Eleven different players have combined to score the Billikens' 22 goals in conference play.
•Emily Groark scored her seventh goal of the year, Abbie Miller collected her fifth, and Hannah Sawyer and Lyndsey Heckel each registered their fourth.
•All but the Groark-from-Anna Lawler goal were new scoring combinations for SLU this season. A different player combo has produced 36 of the Billikens' 40 assisted goals in 2022.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Anna Lawler, Emily Groark, Caroline Kelly, Hannah Friedrich, Brionna Halverson, Hannah Larson, Katie Houck, Abbie Miller, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Becca Wolterman, Anna Walsh, Hannah Sawyer, Hannah Smith, Jess Preusser, Karsen Kohl, Ellie Paloucek, Sydney Beach, Katelyn Brinkman, Lauren Hiatt, Taylor Krueger, Emily Gaebe, Clare Nicholas, Jaime DeBerardinis, Lauren Spaete
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens play their final regular-season road game of the season Sunday, Oct. 16, traveling to second-place Dayton for a noon Central kickoff.