Saint Louis Billikens Athletics

THE RESULT
Saint Louis 1, Davidson 0
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 | 6 p.m. CT
Alumni Soccer Stadium | Davidson, N.C.
 
GAME DETAILS
•Ashley Miller registered her first goal of the season in the 54th minute to give Saint Louis a 1-0 victory over Davidson Saturday night at Alumni Soccer Stadium.
•SLU stretched its unbeaten streak to four games and improved to 7-2-3 overall and 3-0-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, alone in first place pending the outcome of Duquesne's game vs. George Washington on Sunday. Davidson fell to 5-5-2, 1-2-1.
•Miller's goal was assisted by Lauren Zangara. Taking a throw-in at the left edge of the 18, she dribbled into the upper left corner of the box and fired a shot that slipped past Davidson goalkeeper Grace Stair.
•Pepper Escher collected four saves to record her fifth shutout of the season – third consecutive – and the team's seventh clean sheet.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Ashley Miller (Lauren Zangara), 53:54, SLU 1-0
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Saint Louis remained undefeated and untied (8-0-0) vs. Davidson, as well as undefeated (3-0-3) on the road this season.
•SLU has allowed just six goals this season, matching the 2004, 2017 and 2020 Billikens for the fewest scored by opponents through 12 games in program history.
•The Billikens earned advantages of 24-6 in total shots, 11-4 in shots on goal and 7-2 in corner kicks.
•Ashley Miller led all players with seven total shots and three shots on frame, both career highs. Lucie Schwartz and Caroline Fowlkes fired three shots apiece, with Schwartz equaling her career high and Fowlkes notching her season best.
•Miller became SLU's 11th goal-scorer this season.
•Lauren Zangara tallied her first point as a Billiken. Zangara became the 15th Billiken with an assist this season and the 17th with at least one point.
•Pepper Escher improved her goals against average to 0.35 and her save percentage to .897.
•Twenty-one of the Billikens' 26 goals this season have been assisted, and all 21 have featured a different player combination.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Pepper Escher, Lucie Schwartz, Ava Rademeyer, Hope Kim, Ashley Miller, Audrey Smith, Leah Simpson, Avery Rasmussen, Camille Welker, Caroline Fowlkes, Blakely Hockett
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Adee Broesder, Addison Stanciak, Jeanette Fieldsend, Emma Naftanel, Caroline Chier, Lauren Zangara, Lucy Marsh
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens host Saint Joseph's Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m.