Saint Louis Field Hockey // Match Information
Match No. 11	Saint Louis (5-5) vs. #10 Iowa (7-3)
Date // Time	Sunday, Oct. 12 // Noon CT
Location	Iowa City, Iowa
Stream	B1G+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast

Saint Louis heads to Iowa City, Iowa, to face the 10th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday. Game time at Grant Field is noon CT.

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS

Saint Louis enters Sunday's game 5-5 overall. At 5-5, the Billikens are off to one of the best starts to a season in a long while. SLU is at five wins on the season for just the fourth time in the last 20 years. Click here for a year-by-year record breakdown for SLU's field hockey program.

Olivia Smith and Sierra Larson lead the Billikens with 11 points (5G, 1A) apiece. Abby Vidas (3G), Shaya Dry (3G) and Ignacia Manriquez (2G) have all scored multiple times for the Bills this year as well.

Abby Schalow is a two-time A-10 Defensive Player of the Week. She has a 1.78 goals against average and has made 65 saves. Schalow ranks in the top 15 nationally in save percentage (11th, .793) and saves per game (15th, 6.5).

The Bills are playing a ranked opponent for a second time this year. Earlier this season, they fell 3-0 at No. 15 Saint Joseph's in a match that was close throughout.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION

Iowa comes into Sunday's match ranked 10th in the NCAA and 7-3 overall. The Hawkeyes' three losses were against No. 1 Northwestern, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 12 Maryland in their last outing.

Dionne van Aalsum is one of the nation's top scorers. She leads NCAA Division I with 1.89 goals per game. Felicia Zonnenberg is fourth in the country with 1.11 assists per game. 

NEW COACHING STAFF

The Billikens are led by interim head coach Laura Hurff. She guided Rhodes College to a 14-6 record last season as interim head coach. An accomplished player in her own right, she was a four-year starter at Syracuse and helped the Orange win the NCAA Championship in 2015.

Assisting Hurff is interim assistant coach Teresa Schmidt, a St. Louis native who played at Bellarmine. Graduate assistant Bodhi Littlefield was a four-year starter at Ohio.

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

This season marks the 50th anniversary of Billiken Field Hockey at Saint Louis University. The program began in 1975 under the direction of SLU professor and former Dutch national team player, Dr. Will van Beaumont. 

UP NEXT

The Billikens resume Atlantic 10 Conference play next Friday at the SLU FH Complex against La Salle for Senior Day. The match begins at 1 p.m., with the Senior Day ceremony taking place prior to the match.