THE RESULT
Penn State 4, Saint Louis 3 (OT)
NCAA Championship Third Round
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 | 1 p.m. ET
Jeffrey Field | University Park, Pa.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Second-seeded Penn State scored the equalizer in the 87th minute, then tallied the eventual game-winning goal in the first overtime session as the Nittany Lions defeated sixth-seeded Saint Louis 4-3 Sunday afternoon to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.
•The Billikens' historic season comes to an end with a 19-3-2 record. Penn State (16-2-4) advances to the Elite Eight where it will face top-seeded Clemson.
•Saint Louis fell behind 2-0 in the first half, then responded with three consecutive goals which included Hannah Larson's first career brace. Emily Gaebe scored the other goal for SLU, her team-leading 16th of the season.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Kaitlyn MacBean (Ellie Wheeler, Mieke Schiemann), 21:06, PSU 1-0; Kaitlyn MacBean (Kate Wiesner, Michela Agresti), 22:40, PSU 2-0; Hannah Larson (Katie Houck, Hannah Sawyer), 30:05, PSU 2-1; Emily Gaebe (unassisted), 64:07, tied 2-2; Hannah Larson (unassisted), 70:12, SLU 3-2; Mieke Schiemann (Cori Dyke), 86:40, tied 3-3; Payton Linnehan (Olivia Borgen, Kaitlyn MacBean), 97:44, PSU 4-3
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•The Billikens played a school-record 24th game.
•Emily Puricelli set a SLU career record for goalkeeper minutes played (7,672).
•Emily Gaebe's goal moved her into sole possession of second place on SLU's career goals list (32) and into third place on the Billikens' career points list (82).
•Gaebe had a game-high six shots, while Hannah Larson recorded a career-high five.
•With her assist, Katie Houck became the 12th different Billiken to record a point in the 2023 postseason.
•Hannah Larson's two goals lifted her season points total to 23. The Billikens finished the year with four 20-point scorers for the first time in program history (Emily Gaebe 41, Caroline Kelly 29, Larson 23, Hannah Sawyer 22).
•Hannah Larson's goal assisted by Katie Houck and Hannah Sawyer was a new player combination for the Billikens. Saint Louis had 57 assisted goals this year, produced by 49 different player combos.
•On SLU's career list for games started, Emily Puricelli took sole possession of third place (86); Lyndsey Heckel moved into a tie for fourth place (85); and Abbie Miller claimed sole possession of sixth place (84).
•On the Billikens' career list for games played, Emily Puricelli moved into a tie for fourth place (86).
 
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, Alyssa Bockius