SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 15	Saint Louis (8-2-4, 4-0-2 A10) vs. Richmond (7-2-5, 2-2-2 A10)
Date // Time	Saturday, October 17, 2026 // 1 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
Watch	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Richmond

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FIRST-PLACE BILLIKENS TANGLE WITH RICHMOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON
•The top two defensive teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference face off Saturday, Oct. 17, as league-leading Saint Louis (8-2-4, 4-0-2 A10) hosts Richmond (7-2-5, 2-2-2 A10). Kickoff time is 1 p.m.
• The game will be streamed on ESPN+, and live stats are available. See the links above.
• With four games remaining, SLU owns a one-point lead over Rhode Island and La Salle for the A10's top spot. Richmond, whose seven overall wins are tied with La Salle, Saint Joseph's and George Mason for second most in the league behind Saint Louis, is tied with Duquesne for eighth place.
• The Billikens and Spiders have conceded just eight and nine goals, respectively. The teams rank 1-2 in the conference in goals against average (SLU 0.57, Richmond 0.64), and each has yielded more than one goal just once (SLU 2-1 loss to Alabama, Richmond 2-0 defeat at La Salle). Saint Louis holds the edge in A10 play, however, allowing only three goals to Richmond's six.
• SLU is coming off a 1-1 draw at Loyola Chicago on Sunday, while Richmond blanked Davidson 1-0.
• Saint Louis was predicted to finish second in this year's A10 race, while Richmond placed 12th in the league's preseason poll.
 
SAINT LOUIS CELEBRATING 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S SOCCER PROGRAM'S INCEPTION
• The 2026 season marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of Billiken women's soccer.
• SLU's Saturday, Oct. 17, game vs. Richmond will include a 30th anniversary celebration, coupled with the return of Billiken women's soccer alumni.
• Also, SLUBillikens.com is featuring once-a-week stories highlighting the program's 11 members of the Billiken Hall of Fame. Click here to read the series' 10th installment featuring Jenny Kehl, the first player in program history to make an All-Conference first team three times.

SATURDAY IS SOC-TOBER-FEST AT HERMANN STADIUM
• The Saint Louis Department of Athletics will celebrate "Soc-tober-fest" prior to Saturday's game.
• All fans 21 and older will have an opportunity to sample Anheuser-Busch products, courtesy of Lohr Distributing, between noon and the 1 p.m. kickoff.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Saint Louis leads Richmond 13-2-1 in a series that began in 2005. The Billikens are 7-1-1 vs. the Spiders in St. Louis.
• SLU has won the last 10 meetings with Richmond; eight of those victories have been shutouts, including the last five. The Bills outscored the Spiders 26-2 in those 10 contests.
• Richmond's only two series wins were 1-0 decisions in 2010 and 2012.
• Saint Louis won the most recent meeting 2-0 in 2024. Hope Kim scored the game-winning goal in the third minute, and the Billikens did not allow a shot.
 
SAINT LOUIS IN THE NATIONAL PICTURE
• Through games of Oct. 13, SLU checked in at No. 52 in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), tops among A10 teams.
• Two of the Billikens' non-conference opponents are among the top 20 in the RPI – Alabama (No. 7) and Kansas (No. 18).
• SLU is rated No. 5 in the East Region by United Soccer Coaches.
 
BILLS MAKE HERMANN STADIUM A SOCCER FORTRESS
• Saint Louis is 91-13-13 (.833) in its last 117 games on the home pitch of Robert R. Hermann Stadium, a stretch that dates to the final home game of the 2015 campaign.
• In those 117 games, SLU outscored opponents 271-52, posted 73 shutouts and allowed more than one goal just six times.
• Against A10 opponents during the 117-game stretch, Saint Louis is 62-3-5 (46-1-5 regular season, 16-2-0 A-10 tournament) at Hermann Stadium.
 
DEFENSE ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF PROGRAM'S BEST
• Saint Louis allowed just eight goals in its first 14 games. That ties for the second fewest scored by Billiken opponents in the first 14 games of a season in program history.
• SLU conceded only five goals in non-conference play, matching the 2022 Billikens for fewest goals allowed by a Saint Louis team in an eight-game non-conference schedule.
• The Billikens have yielded more than one goal just once this season, falling 2-1 to Alabama in the season opener.
 
TRADITION OF BALANCED SCORING CONTINUING
• Through 14 games of the 2026 season, the Billikens are again featuring their traditional balanced attack. Twenty-two of SLU's 29 goals have been assisted, and all 22 have featured a different player combination.
• Twelve players have combined for the Bills' 29 goals, 15 have at least one assist and 17 have at least one point. Audrey Smith leads with seven goals and 16 points (both career highs), while Ashley Miller has a team- and career-high five assists. Hope Kim joins Smith in double figures with four goals and four assists for 12 points, all tying her career highs, as does Lucie Schwartz with career bests of four goals, two assists and 10 points.
 
BILLIKENS IN THE ATLANTIC 10, NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in goal differential (plus-21 – 15th nationally), goals against average (0.57 – 19th nationally), goals (29 – 40th nationally) and win-loss-tie percentage (.714 – 45th nationally).
• The Billikens are second in the league in assists (29 – 31st nationally), points (87 – 38th nationally), shutout percentage (.500, seven shutouts in 14 games, 45th nationally), total shots per game (15.29), shots on goal per game (7.00) and corner kicks per game (5.71). SLU is fourth in the A10 and 45th nationally in save percentage (.822).
• Pepper Escher leads the A10 in goals against average (0.48 – 16th nationally) and is second in save percentage (.857 – 20th nationally) and shutouts (five).
• Audrey Smith is third in the conference in goals (seven) and fourth in points (16).
• Ashley Miller is tied for third in the A10 in assists (five). Hope Kim is third in shots on goal per game (1.29) and tied for fifth in assists (four).
 
BILLIKENS LAND IN SECOND PLACE IN A-10 PRESEASON POLL
• Saint Louis was picked to finish second in the 2026 Atlantic 10 Conference women's soccer race in preseason balloting by A-10 head coaches. The Billikens received three of 14 first-place votes and totaled 182 of a possible 196 points.
• Graduate defender Camille Welker and sophomore defender Blakely Hockett were selected to the 11-member preseason All-Conference team.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Lucie Schwartz scored a penalty-kick goal in Saint Louis' 1-1 draw at Loyola Chicago Oct. 11.
• Schwartz's goal, her career-high fourth of the season, was scored in the 49th minute after Leah Simpson was taken down in the 18 while battling a Loyola player for possession of the ball.
• Loyola tallied the equalizer just over five minutes later.
 
HEAD COACH KATIE SHIELDS
• Now in her 14th season as Saint Louis' head coach, Katie Shields owns a 190-67-28 (.716) overall record (all at Saint Louis). Shields' .716 winning percentage at the beginning of the season ranked sixth among all active NCAA Division I women's soccer coaches, and second among active Division I female coaches, who have coached a minimum of five seasons at the Division I level.
 
SCOUTING RICHMOND
• Richmond finished 4-7-7 overall and 1-5-4 (tied for 12th) in the A10 in 2025.
• The Spiders are aiming for their first A10 Championship berth since 2021.
• In addition to its win over Davidson on Sunday, Richmond defeated St. Bonaventure, tied George Washington and Duquesne, and lost to George Mason and La Salle in conference play.
• Among the Spiders' returning players from a year ago is sophomore forward Emma Newman, an A10 All-Rookie honoree.
• Sophomore forward Morgane Zinn leads Richmond in goals (five), assists (five) and points (15).
• Two Richmond goalkeepers have played an equal number of minutes. Sophomore Isabel Seifert and junior Veronica Rrapi rank second (23rd nationally) and third (47th nationally) in the A10 with goals against averages of 0.57 and 0.71, respectively. Rrapi's .872 save percentage leads the conference and ranks 15th nationally, while Seifert's .840 mark is good for fourth in the A10 and 39th nationally. They have combined for all six of the Spiders' shutouts.
• Richmond's 77-42 advantage in corner kicks is almost identical to Saint Louis' 80-46 edge.