THE RESULT
No. 22 Saint Louis 4, George Washington 0
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 | 1 p.m.
Robert R. Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Saint Louis scored twice in the first four minutes, and the 22nd-ranked Billikens cruised to a 4-0 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over George Washington Sunday afternoon at Hermann Stadium.
•SLU improved to 6-1-3 overall and 2-0 in the A-10 with its fourth consecutive win. The Billikens are 6-1-1 in their last eight games. George Washington slipped to 3-5-2 overall and 1-1 in league play.
•Hannah Sawyer tallied a goal and an assist, while goalkeepers Emily Puricelli and Nimu Karani each played a half and combined on the Bills' sixth shutout of the season. Karani made two saves.
•Emily Gaebe, assisted by Julia Simon, opened the scoring with her team-leading seventh goal of the season early in the fourth minute. Sawyer made it 2-0 with her third goal of the year, unassisted, just 48 seconds later.
•Rylee Howard, with a Sawyer assist, netted her first goal as a Billiken in the 21st minute. Lucie Schwartz closed the scoring with her second goal of the season, unassisted, in the 31st minute.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Emily Gaebe (Julia Simon), 3:06, SLU 1-0; Hannah Sawyer (unassisted), 3:54, SLU 2-0; Rylee Howard (Hannah Sawyer), 20:56, SLU 3-0; Lucie Schwartz (unassisted), 30:22, SLU 4-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Saint Louis out-shot George Washington 25-7 overall and 13-3 in shots on goal. The 25 total shots are a SLU season high. Fourteen different players registered at least one shot, and nine different players notched at least one shot on goal.
•The Billikens earned a 12-5 advantage in corner kicks.
•The Billikens defeated the Revolutionaries for a seventh straight time. SLU leads the series 12-3 overall and is 9-1 vs. GW at Hermann Stadium.
•The Billikens extended their A-10 regular-season winning streak to nine games and their A-10 regular-season unbeaten streak to 22 games.
•Including conference tournament games, Saint Louis extended its winning streak vs. A-10 opponents to 12 games and its unbeaten streak vs. league foes to 31 games.
•Rylee Howard became the 11th different goal scorer for the Billikens this season.
•Fifteen of SLU's 22 goals this year have been assisted; a different player combination has accounted for each of the 15 assisted tallies.
•Julia Simon and Hannah Sawyer each recorded their first assist of the season.
•Emily Gaebe increased her career totals to 39 goals and 99 points. Gaebe needs three goals and seven points to set Saint Louis records in those categories.
•Gaebe also moved into a second-place tie on the Billikens' career game-winning goals list with 11.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Hannah Sawyer, Hope Kim, Julia Simon, Hannah Larson, Katie Houck, Izzy Luebbert, Emily Gaebe, Lyndsey Heckel, Sophia Stram, Elise Le
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Nimu Karani, Lucie Schwartz, Autumn Jackson, Isa Moreno, Ashley Miller, Rylee Howard, Nina Preusser, Ulla Sharp, Jordan Gary, Eva Schreiber, Ellie Paloucek, Addy Lang, Katelyn Brinkman, Caigan Leonard, Emily Fox, Sarah Sarnowski
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens continue their three-game homestand Thursday, Sept. 26, vs. Loyola Chicago. Kickoff at Hermann Stadium is slated for 7 p.m.