SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 19	Saint Louis (11-1-6, 7-0-3) vs. Davidson (8-7-3, 4-5-1)
Date // Time	Saturday, November 2, 2024 // 5 p.m. | Tickets
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
Watch	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Davidson

•Regular-season champion and top-seeded Saint Louis begins its quest for a seventh straight Atlantic 10 Conference tournament title Saturday, Nov. 2, hosting No. 8 seed Davidson in a quarterfinal game matching teams that did not face each other during the regular season. Game time at Robert R. Hermann Stadium is 5 p.m.
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•As the No. 1 seed, SLU will host all three rounds of the A-10 Championship if the Billikens continue to advance. A semifinal game would be played Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m., and the final would be Sunday, Nov. 10, at noon.
•A 0-0 draw at Dayton in the regular-season finale last Sunday snapped SLU's winning streak at five games but extended the Billikens' unbeaten streak to 13 games (9-0-4). Saint Louis hasn't lost since falling 2-1 to Penn State Sept. 1.
•Needing a win over Rhode Island on Sunday to earn the eighth and final tournament berth, Davidson came through with a 2-0 victory. That improved the Wildcats to 4-2-1 in their last seven games after starting 0-3 in conference play.
•SLU leads Davidson 5-0 overall, 4-0 as A-10 members (the first meeting was in 2002), and 2-0 at home. The teams are meeting for the first time since April 17, 2021 (2020 season), when the Billikens overcame a 1-0 deficit to top the Wildcats 2-1 in the A-10 Championship final at Hermann Stadium. Hannah Friedrich scored the game-winning goal with just 1:25 remaining.
•Saint Louis owns a 23-5-1 record in A-10 Championship play, including 17-0 in its run of six straight titles from 2018 to 2023. The Billikens have blanked all six of their opponents (19-0 aggregate score) over the past two conference tournaments.
•Through games of Oct. 31, Saint Louis is 34th in the NCAA Division I Ratings Percentage Index. A-10 teams Dayton (45), Massachusetts (50), Loyola Chicago (71) and Fordham (86) also are in the top 100. Among SLU's non-conference opponents, Penn State is No. 8, Xavier is No. 30, BYU is No. 33 and Creighton is No. 69.
•Emily Gaebe leads Saint Louis with 12 goals and 28 points. Hannah Sawyer, Hope Kim, Lyndsey Heckel and Audrey Smith are second with four goals each. Gaebe and Katie Houck lead with four assists apiece.
•Emily Puricelli, who will set the Saint Louis women's soccer career record with her 105th start on Saturday, has a 0.55 goals against average, an .864 save percentage and eight shutouts. Puricelli allowed just three goals in 10 A-10 regular-season games.
•Including conference tournament games, SLU has a 39-game unbeaten streak vs. A-10 opponents.
•Saint Louis is 75-9-11 (.847) in its last 95 games at Hermann Stadium. In those 95 games, SLU outscored opponents 221-38, posted 60 shutouts, and allowed more than one goal just three times. Against A-10 opponents during the 95-game stretch, the Billikens are 52-1-4 (40-0-4 regular season, 12-1-0 A-10 tournament) at Hermann Stadium.
•Making its third A-10 Championship appearance, Davidson far exceeded expectations after being tabbed for last place in the league's preseason poll.
•The Wildcats allowed just nine goals in conference play, including only four over their final seven games. Senior goalkeeper Emily Smith, who has played every minute between the posts, carries a 0.95 GAA and an .807 save percentage.
•Senior forward Maddie Moody has a team-high six goals, while junior forward Dakota Lyons has five goals and four assists for a team-high 14 points. Freshman midfielder Sophia Whiddon (3G, 5A), junior midfielder SJ Pak (3G, 4A) and senior forward Aleia Gisolfi-McCready (4G) are additional offensive threats.
•Other A-10 Championship quarterfinal match-ups are No. 5 Saint Joseph's at No. 4 Fordham (Friday), No. 7 VCU at No. 2 Dayton (Friday) and No. 6 Loyola Chicago at No. 3 Massachusetts (Saturday).