THE RESULT
Saint Louis 2, Georgetown 1
NCAA Championship Second Round
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 | 3 p.m. ET
Jeffrey Field | University Park, Pa.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Hannah Larson broke a scoreless tie just 40 seconds into the second half, Hannah Sawyer scored in the 61st minute, and sixth-seeded Saint Louis held off a late Georgetown rally to defeat the third-seeded Hoyas 2-1 Friday afternoon in an NCAA Championship second-round game at Penn State's Jeffrey Field.
•The Billikens (19-2-2) advance to the "Sweet 16" for the first time in program history. They will face second-seeded Penn State, a 2-0 winner over seventh-seeded Santa Clara, Sunday at noon Central.
•Saint Louis extended its winning streak to 12 games and its unbeaten streak to 18 games (16-0-2). The winning streak is the nation's second-longest current streak.
•Georgetown finished the season 13-2-7.
•Larson's goal was her fifth of the season. Moving to her right just inside the six-yard line, she took Emily Gaebe's long cross from the right wing and headed the ball back to the left past Georgetown goalkeeper Allie Augur, who came out to challenge.
•Sawyer became the third Billiken this season to reach double figures in goals, netting her 10th of the year. Gaebe led her teammate with a pass from the middle of the field, and Sawyer outpaced a Georgetown opponent and beat Augur with a left-footed shot just inside the left post.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Hannah Larson (Emily Gaebe), 45:40, SLU 1-0; Hannah Sawyer (Emily Gaebe), 60:08, SLU 2-0; Julia Leas (Grace Sherman, Tatum Lenain), 88:38, SLU 2-1
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens registered a slim 11-9 edge in total shots but earned an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal. Emily Gaebe tallied a game-high three shots on frame.
•SLU extended its school record for consecutive shutout minutes to 1099:09 before Georgetown scored its late goal.
•Hannah Sawyer's goal gave Saint Louis three double-figure goal scorers in a season (Gaebe 15, Kelly 12) for the first time in program history.
•Hannah Larson became SLU's eighth different goal scorer in five postseason games this season.
•The Sawyer-from-Gaebe goal was a new player combination for the Billikens. Saint Louis has 56 assisted goals this year, produced by 48 different player combos.
•With her career-high-tying two assists, Emily Gaebe is now in sole possession of fourth place at SLU in career points (80); tied for the team season lead with nine helpers; tied for seventh in career game-winning assists (seven); and tied for ninth in total career assists (18). Gaebe extended her single-season school record for points to 39.
•Emily Puricelli made two saves and extended her school career record to 67 victories. Puricelli made her 85th start to move into a third-place tie on SLU's career list.
•Lyndsey Heckel now has sole possession of fifth place in career starts (84) and sole possession of 10th place in games played (84) on the Bills' career charts.
•Abbie Miller moved into a sixth-place tie on the Saint Louis starts list (83), while Emily Groark and Sophia Stram moved into a tie for eighth (81).
 
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, Jordan Gary, Eva Schreiber, Ellie Paloucek, Clare Nicholas, Alyssa Bockius