THE RESULT
No. 11 Saint Louis 3, George Mason 0
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 | 1 p.m.
Robert R. Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Three different players scored a goal apiece, and 11th-ranked Saint Louis dominated from start to finish in a 3-0 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over George Mason Sunday afternoon at Hermann Stadium.
•The Billikens (12-1, 5-0 A-10) stretched their winning streak to 10 games, the second-longest current streak in NCAA Division I women's soccer behind top-ranked UCLA's 11 straight victories. It is the third winning streak of 10 or more games in SLU women's soccer history.
•George Mason fell to 1-8-4, 0-3-2.
•Saint Louis carried a 2-0 lead into intermission on goals by Caroline Kelly and Hannah Sawyer. Jess Preusser scored her first goal as a Billiken late in the match to account for the final score.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Caroline Kelly (Emily Groark, Anna Lawler), 6:13, SLU 1-0; Hannah Sawyer (Emily Gaebe), 32:53, SLU 2-0; Jess Preusser (Emily Groark), 80:33, SLU 3-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens are 12-1 for a second time in the past three seasons.
•SLU is 56-6-6 in its last 68 games at Hermann Stadium. Sunday's shutout was the Billikens' 41st during that stretch.
•Saint Louis improved to 4-3-1 all-time vs. George Mason. The Bills extended their unbeaten streak vs. the Patriots to five games (4-0-1).
•Emily Gaebe extended her point-scoring streak to 10 games with an assist – her team-leading sixth of the year – on Hannah Sawyer's goal. Gaebe has 18 points (6G, 6A) during the streak.
•Caroline Kelly's goal was her team-leading eighth of the season. She and Gaebe are tied for the team lead with 20 points apiece.
•Kelly's goal was the fifth scored by Saint Louis in the first seven minutes of a game this season.
•Hannah Sawyer tallied her third goal of the year.
•Emily Groark's two assists lifted her season total to four. Groark has 16 points (6G, 4A).
•Anna Lawler collected her third assist of the season.
•Jess Preusser became the 12th Billiken to score a goal this season, and the ninth Billiken to record a goal in conference play.
•Each of SLU's three goals featured a first-time player combination. A different player combo has produced 29 of the Billikens' 31 assisted goals this season.
•Emily Puricelli made one save and posted her seventh shutout of the year. The Billikens have eight clean sheets on the season, including three in A-10 play.
•Puricelli's victory was the 40th of her career. She joins Meghann Burke (48) and Mary Niehaus (45) as the only Billiken goalkeepers with 40 or more wins.
•Puricelli also moved into fourth place on SLU's career list for goalkeeper minutes (4,774).
•Hannah Friedrich had three shots to lift her career total to 239, passing Dee Guempel for second place on SLU's all-time list.
•The Billikens registered season highs of 42 total shots and 19 shots on goal. Caroline Kelly had career highs of eight shots and six shots on goal; Jess Preusser fired a career-high four shots; Anna Walsh notched a career-high three shots on frame; and Emily Gaebe matched her career best of seven shots.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Anna Lawler, Emily Groark, Caroline Kelly, Jess Preusser, Hannah Friedrich, Brionna Halverson, Katie Houck, Abbie Miller, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Brianna Arthur, Anna Walsh, Hannah Sawyer, Hannah Smith, Karsen Kohl, Ellie Paloucek, Sydney Beach, Katelyn Brinkman, Emily Gaebe, Clare Nicholas
 
UP NEXT
Following a bye on Thursday, the Billikens play at Massachusetts Sunday, Oct. 9, at noon Central.