THE RESULT
No. 22 Saint Louis 1, Massachusetts 0
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 | 3 p.m. CT
Rudd Field | Amherst, Mass.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Hope Kim scored her first collegiate goal in the 63rd minute and the Saint Louis defense did the rest as the 22nd-ranked Billikens began Atlantic 10 Conference play with a 1-0 victory at Massachusetts Thursday afternoon.
•SLU's third straight win improved the Billikens' overall record to 5-1-3. SLU is 5-1-1 in its last seven games. UMass, which saw its four-game winning streak and six-game unbeaten streak snapped, fell to 5-3-1.
•Ashley Miller collected her second assist of the season, while Emily Puricelli made four saves.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Hope Kim (Ashley Miller), 62:16, SLU 1-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Saint Louis out-shot UMass 18-5 overall and 7-4 in shots on goal.
•The Billikens improved to 21-4-4 in conference openers, including 14-3-3 as an A-10 member. SLU has won its last eight league openers.
•In its final regular-season meeting with Massachusetts – UMass is joining the Mid-American Conference next year – SLU improved its series records to 12-1-3 overall and 5-1 in Amherst with a seventh straight victory over the Minutewomen.
•The Billikens extended their A-10 regular-season winning streak to eight and their A-10 regular-season unbeaten streak to 21.
•Including conference tournament games, Saint Louis extended its winning streak vs. A-10 opponents to 11 and its unbeaten streak vs. league foes to 30.
•The shutout was SLU's fifth of the season and Emily Puricelli's fourth. Puricelli increased her school-record career total to 44 clean sheets.
•Hope Kim became the 10th different goal scorer for the Billikens this season. Thirteen of SLU's 18 goals this year have been assisted; a different player combination has accounted for each of the 13 assisted tallies.
•Puricelli, Eva Schreiber, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram and Elise Le played all 90 minutes.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Audrey Smith, Julia Simon, Eva Schreiber, Hannah Larson, Addy Lang, Izzy Luebbert, Emily Gaebe, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram, Elise Le
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Lucie Schwartz, Hannah Sawyer, Hope Kim, Ashley Miller, Jordan Gary, Katelyn Brinkman, Caigan Leonard, Emily Fox
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens play the first of three consecutive home games Sunday, Sept. 22, vs. George Washington. Kickoff at Hermann Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.