THE RESULT
Saint Louis 8, Kansas City 0
Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023 | 1 p.m. CT
Robert R. Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Saint Louis erupted for six goals in the second half and defeated Kansas City 8-0 Sunday afternoon at Hermann Stadium.
•SLU improved to 3-1, while Kansas City of the Summit League fell to 1-2-1.
•Caroline Kelly, assisted by Sophia Stram, scored the only goal the Billikens would need in the 13th minute. It was the first of two goals on the day for Kelly.
•Julia Simon netted her first goal as a Billiken in the 26th minute, with Emily Gaebe collecting the first of her two assists on the afternoon, and it was 2-0 Saint Louis at intermission.
•Katie Houck tucked a long free kick underneath the crossbar in the 47th minute to start the second-half scoring barrage. Hannah Larson, Kelly, Nina Preusser, Jordan Gary and Samantha De Luca followed with goals as the Billikens matched the fourth-highest goal total in program history. The eight total goals and six second-half goals are the second most in Hermann Stadium history.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Caroline Kelly (Sophia Stram), 12:22, SLU 1-0; Julia Simon (Emily Gaebe), 25:04, SLU 2-0; Katie Houck (unassisted), 46:49, SLU 3-0; Hannah Larson (Julia Simon), 54:03, SLU 4-0; Caroline Kelly (Emily Gaebe), 55:18, SLU 5-0; Nina Preusser (Liv Layton), 74:42, SLU 6-0; Jordan Gary (Clare Nicholas), 87:25, SLU 7-0; Samantha De Luca (Clare Nicholas), 88:34, SLU 8-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•In addition to Julia Simon, three other players – Nina Preusser, Jordan Gary and Samantha De Luca – registered their first Billiken goals.
•Emily Gaebe recorded the first two-assist game of her Saint Louis career.
•Clare Nicholas tallied her first two points as a Billiken with two assists.
•Liv Layton picked up her first point at SLU with an assist.
•Julia Simon added an assist for a three-point day.
•Caroline Kelly posted her third career two-goal game to lift her season total to a team-high four goals. Now with 23 career goals, Kelly moved into eighth place on the Billikens' all-time list.
•Katie Houck and Hannah Larson scored their first goals of the season.
•Sophia Stram's assist was her first of the year and her second career game-winning assist.
•Saint Louis out-shot Kansas City 22-1 overall and 15-1 in shots on goal, and the Billikens earned a 5-0 edge in corner kicks.
•Fourteen different Billikens recorded at least one shot, with 12 of those players firing at least one shot on goal.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Hannah Sawyer, Anna Lawler, Emily Groark, Caroline Kelly, Hannah Larson, Katie Houck, Izzy Luebbert, Emily Gaebe, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Becca Wolterman, Liv Layton, Jess Preusser, Julia Simon, Nina Preusser, Ashley Koch, Jordan Gary, Eva Schreiber, Ellie Paloucek, Samantha De Luca, Macy Lutz, Katelyn Brinkman, Abbie Miller, Clare Nicholas
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens host Xavier Thursday, Aug. 31, at 7 p.m.