THE RESULT
#22 Saint Louis 4, Duquesne 0
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 | 7 p.m.
Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•No. 22 Saint Louis clinched a share of its fifth Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title in six seasons and home field advantage for the duration of the A-10 Championship with a 4-0 victory over Duquesne Thursday night at Hermann Stadium.
•With one game remaining, SLU (13-2-2, 8-0-1 A-10) owns a three-point lead over second-place La Salle. The Billikens defeated the Explorers in September, giving them a tiebreaker and assuring the top seed in the conference tournament.
•In addition, Saint Louis stretched its winning streak and shutout streak to six games and its unbeaten streak to 12 games (10-0-2).
•Duquesne fell to 6-7-4, 3-2-4.
•The crowd of 1,107 was barely seated when Emily Gaebe, assisted by Caroline Kelly, scored the only goal the Bills would need just 55 seconds in.
•Gaebe recorded her 11th goal and third brace of the season in the ninth minute for a 2-0 Saint Louis lead. Anna Lawler and Emily Groark assisted.
•Kelly joined the scoring parade with an unassisted goal in the 11th minute, and Ashley Koch (Alyssa Bockius, Ellie Paloucek) tallied her first collegiate goal in the 90th minute.
•Emily Puricelli made one save and picked up her sixth shutout of the season.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Emily Gaebe (Caroline Kelly), 0:55, SLU 1-0; Emily Gaebe (Anna Lawler, Emily Groark), 8:43, SLU 2-0; Caroline Kelly (unassisted), 10:16, SLU 3-0; Ashley Koch (Alyssa Bockius, Ellie Paloucek), 89:31, SLU 4-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens increased their series lead over Duquesne to 11-4.
•Saint Louis has scored 19 goals over its last four games.
•Saint Louis earned advantages of 31-4 in total shots and 14-1 in shots on goal. Abbie Miller, Emily Gaebe and Hannah Sawyer led the way with five shots apiece; Miller's total was a season high.
•Three of the Billikens' four goals were produced by new player combinations. Saint Louis has 43 assisted goals this year, produced by 39 different player combos.
•Ashley Koch became the 18th Billiken to score a goal this season.
•Koch and Ellie Paloucek became the 22nd and 23rd Billikens to register a point this season.
•Emily Gaebe extended her point-scoring streak to eight games. Gaebe has 22 points (9G, 4A) during the streak. She increased her conference-leading totals to 11 goals, 28 points and four game-winning goals, all career bests.
•Gaebe took sole possession of sixth place on SLU career goals list (27) and tied Maureen Hughes for seventh on the Billikens' career points list (69).
•Caroline Kelly's goal was her ninth of the season and the 28th of her career, tying Trisha Underberg for fourth place all-time at SLU. Kelly also posted her third assist and second game-winning assist of the year.
•Emily Groark's assist was her fifth of the season and 18th of her Saint Louis career, moving into a ninth-place tie with Evie Lavelle on the Billiken chart.
•Alyssa Bockius and Anna Lawler picked up their second and first assists of the season, respectively.
•Abbie Miller played her 101st game as a Billiken, tying Brionna Halverson for second place on SLU's career list.
•Emily Puricelli notched her 61st career victory and 35th career clean sheet. Puricelli also started her 79th match, tying for 10th place in Billiken history.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Anna Lawler, Emily Groark, Caroline Kelly, Hannah Larson, Katie Houck, Abbie Miller, Izzy Luebbert, Emily Gaebe, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Hannah Sawyer, Jess Preusser, Julia Simon, Nina Preusser, Ashley Koch, Jordan Gary, Eva Schreiber, Ellie Paloucek, Macy Lutz, Katelyn Brinkman, Clare Nicholas, Alyssa Bockius
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens conclude the regular season Sunday, Oct. 22, at Saint Joseph's. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Central.