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WSOC PREVIEW: Billikens, Hoyas Meet Friday in NCAA Second-Round Showdown

SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 23 Saint Louis (18-2-2) vs. Georgetown (13-1-7)
Date // Time Friday, November 17, 2023 // 2 p.m. CT
Location University Park, Pa. (Jeffrey Field)
NCAA Digital Program Program
Watch ESPN+
Live Stats NCAA.com
Game Notes Saint Louis | Georgetown

•The two oldest Jesuit universities in the United States, Georgetown (founded 1789) and Saint Louis (founded 1818), hold their first women's soccer meeting Friday, Nov. 17, with a trip to the NCAA Championship Sweet 16 on the line. Game time at Penn State's Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pa., is 2 p.m. Central.
•Links for live streaming, live stats and game notes for both teams are included in the table above.
•Making a sixth straight tournament appearance, SLU brings an 11-game winning streak – the nation's second-longest current streak behind Memphis (16) – a school-record 11-game shutout streak and a 17-game unbeaten streak (15-0-2) into Friday's game. A No. 6 seed, the Billikens earned the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid by winning the A-10 Championship and advanced by defeating Indiana 2-0 in the opening round.
•No. 3 seed Georgetown tied Xavier for the Big East Conference regular-season crown and beat the Musketeers 2-0 in the league's tournament final to collect an automatic bid. The Hoyas edged Old Dominion 2-1 in overtime in NCAA first-round action.
•The advancing team will face either No. 2 seed Penn State or No. 7 seed Santa Clara in the round of 16 Sunday, Nov. 19, at noon Central.
•Georgetown is Saint Louis' third Big East opponent this year; the Bills topped Creighton 4-1 and fell 1-0 to Xavier. The Hoyas are the first Big East team SLU has faced in the NCAA Championship.
•The Billikens moved up one spot to No. 5 in this week's Top Drawer Soccer Top 25, their highest ranking in any poll this season.
•Friday's game is SLU's 23rd of the season, tying a school record.
•Saint Louis ranks among the top 10 nationally in 10 categories, including No. 1 rankings in goal differential (+59) and save percentage (.904), a No. 2 standing in shutout percentage (.682, 15 shutouts in 22 games), and No. 3 ratings in goals per game (3.14) and shots on goal per game (9.55).
•Just as they did during the regular season, the Billikens have featured a balanced attack in postseason play. In four tournament games – three in the A-10 Championship, one in the NCAA Championship – seven different players have at least one goal, and 11 players have at least one point.
•Like Saint Louis, Georgetown is a strong defensive team. The Hoyas rank eighth in the nation in shutout percentage (.619, 13 clean sheets in 21 games), 12th in goals against average (0.52) and 17th in save percentage (.853). Georgetown also is third nationally in corner kicks per game (8.00).
•The Hoyas are 2-0-1 against common opponents with the Billikens. In addition to a 0-0 regular-season draw with Xavier and its conference tournament victory over the Musketeers, Georgetown edged Creighton 1-0.
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