SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 14	Saint Louis (8-2-3, 4-0-1 A10) at Loyola Chicago (5-2-6, 2-0-3 A10)
Date // Time	Sunday, October 11, 2026 // 1 p.m.
Location	Chicago, Ill. (Loyola Soccer Park)
Watch	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Loyola Chicago

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LAST TWO A10 UNBEATENS SQUARE OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• The last two teams without an Atlantic 10 Conference loss this season battle Sunday, Oct. 11, as the Saint Louis Billikens (8-2-3, 4-0-1 A10) take on the Loyola Chicago Ramblers (5-2-6, 2-0-3 A10) to begin the second half of the 10-game conference slate. Kickoff at Loyola Soccer Park is set for 1 p.m.
• The game will be streamed on ESPN+, and live stats are available. See the links above.
• The Billikens sit alone atop the A10 with 13 points. The Ramblers have sole possession of fourth place with nine points.
• In addition to trying to avoid a first conference loss, each team looks to extend another streak of its own. Saint Louis has yet to lose a road game this year, while Loyola hasn't lost on its home field in 2026.
• SLU and Loyola stayed undefeated in conference play on Thursday. The Billikens overcame Saint Joseph's 2-1 in St. Louis, and the Ramblers collected a 3-0 road win over St. Bonaventure.
• For a fifth consecutive time, and ninth time in the past 11 seasons, the Billikens reached the midway point of the A10 schedule without a loss.
• Saint Louis was predicted to finish second in this year's A10 race, while Loyola landed in fifth in the league's preseason poll.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• The SLU-Loyola series began in 1996. The Billikens lead 6-0-2 overall (4-0-2 as A10 opponents) and 2-0 in Chicago (1-0 as A10 opponents).
• The teams met twice last year in St. Louis, playing to a 0-0 draw in the regular-season finale before squaring off six days later in an A10 Championship quarterfinal. In the rematch, SLU set a program postseason record by scoring six goals in a 6-0 win.
• Ashley Miller, Audrey Smith and Adee Broesder were among the goal-scorers in the quarterfinal win, while Hope Kim and Addison Stanciak had an assist apiece.
 
SAINT LOUIS IN THE NATIONAL PICTURE
• Through games of Oct. 8, SLU checked in at No. 54 in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), tops among A10 teams.
• Two of the Billikens' non-conference opponents are among the top 30 in the RPI – Alabama (No. 6) and Kansas (No. 30).
• SLU is rated No. 3 in the East Region by United Soccer Coaches.
 
DEFENSE ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF PROGRAM'S BEST
• Saint Louis allowed just seven goals in its first 13 games. That ties for the second fewest scored by Billiken opponents in the first 13 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 13 games of the 2026 season, the Billikens are again featuring their traditional balanced attack. Twenty-two of SLU's 28 goals have been assisted, and all 22 have featured a different player combination.
• Twelve players have combined for the Bills' 28 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.
 
BILLIKENS IN THE ATLANTIC 10, NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in goal differential (plus-21 – 12th nationally), goals against average (0.54 – 20th nationally), points (85 – 32nd nationally), win-loss-tie percentage (.731 – 35th nationally), goals (28 – 38th nationally) and shots on goal per game (7.23).
• The Billikens are second in the league in assists (29 – 25th nationally), shutout percentage (.538, seven shutouts in 13 games – 42nd nationally), corner kicks per game (6.00) and total shots per game (15.38). SLU's .837 save percentage is fourth in the A10 and 40th nationally.
• Pepper Escher leads the A10 in save percentage (.879 – ninth nationally) and goals against average (0.42 – 10th nationally) and is second in shutouts (five – 44th nationally).
• Audrey Smith is second in the conference in goals (seven) and points (16).
• Ashley Miller ranks second in the A10 in assists (five). Hope Kim is third in shots on goal per game (1.38) and fourth in assists (four). 

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' ninth installment featuring the 2006 Billikens, who advanced to the second round in the program's second consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.
• The Billikens played their first game on Aug. 31, 1996, defeating Central Missouri 9-0.
 
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
• Ava Rademeyer's first collegiate career goal in the 20th minute broke a 1-1 deadlock, and Saint Louis held on for a 2-1 A10 win over Saint Joseph's Thursday night at Hermann Stadium.
• Rademeyer's game-winner, assisted by Caroline Fowlkes, came on a corner kick. She took a perfectly flighted ball and placed a header just inside the near post from five yards away.
• Hope Kim gave Saint Louis a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute. From 35 yards out, Kim dribbled into the box on the far right side, outmaneuvered a defender and tucked a left-footed shot inside the near post.
• Pepper Escher made three saves, including a stop of a Saint Joseph's penalty kick.
 
HEAD COACH KATIE SHIELDS
• Now in her 14th season as Saint Louis' head coach, Katie Shields owns a 190-67-27 (.717) 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 LOYOLA CHICAGO
• Loyola Chicago finished 9-4-6 overall and 4-2-4 (tied for fifth) in the A10 in 2025.
• This year in A10 action, the Ramblers defeated Fordham and St. Bonaventure and tied La Salle, Dayton and Rhode Island, conceding only two total goals in those five matches.
• Besides a 5-0 loss at Iowa, Loyola has allowed just four goals in its other 12 games. One of those came in a 1-0 loss at Michigan State, currently the No. 1 team in the RPI.
• Senior forward/midfielder Zoe Hevey (first team), senior goalkeeper Allison Deardorff (second team) and sophomore defender Abby Sudkamp (All-Rookie) earned 2025 A10 postseason honors.
• As she did a year ago, Deardorff has played every minute between the posts. She is tied for the national lead with eight shutouts and ranks third in the A10 in save percentage (.850, 32nd nationally) and goals against average (0.69, 45th nationally).
• Eleven players have combined for Loyola's 13 goals.