SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 20	#1 Saint Louis (12-2-5) vs. #5 Rhode Island (8-5-6)
Date // Time	Wednesday, November 11, 2026 // 7 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
Watch	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Rhode Island

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BILLIKENS, RHODE ISLAND MATCH UP IN A10 SEMIS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
• Top-seeded Saint Louis (12-2-5) and fifth-seeded Rhode Island (8-5-6) meet Wednesday, Nov. 11, for a second time in less than two weeks, this time with a berth in the A10 Championship final at stake. The Billikens and Rams kick off at 7 p.m. at Robert R. Hermann Stadium.
• The game will be streamed on ESPN+, and live stats are available. See the links above.
• SLU reached Wednesday's semifinal by routing Fordham 5-0. Meanwhile, Rhode Island won 3-1 at George Mason in its quarterfinal match.
• The Billikens and Rams fought to a 0-0 draw Oct. 31 at Hermann Stadium. Saint Louis out-shot Rhode Island 12-4 overall and 6-1 in shots on goal and posted an 8-2 edge in corner kicks.
• Wednesday's game also is a rematch of another kind. In last year's semifinals, Rhode Island eliminated SLU with a 4-2 win at Hermann Stadium behind two goals from Lauren MacDonald, one each from Jill Rosenfeld and Kaia Rice and seven saves from Dani Eden.
• Saint Louis leads Rhode Island 16-4-1 in a series that began in 2005. The Billikens are 10-1-1 vs. the Rams in St. Louis.
• SLU is 3-1 vs. Rhode Island in A10 Championship play. Prior to last season's meeting, the Billikens defeated the Rams 1-0 in the 2005 final, 1-0 in the 2006 semifinals and 2-1 (2 OT) in the 2021 quarterfinals.
 
SAINT LOUIS IN THE NATIONAL PICTURE
• Through games of Nov. 9, SLU checked in at No. 46 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. 9) and Kansas (No. 16).
• SLU is rated No. 2 in the East Region by United Soccer Coaches.
 
BILLIKENS' A10 CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
• Saint Louis is seeking its eighth A10 Championship title in nine years and 10th overall (2005, 2006). The Billikens' nine tournament crowns are second most in A10 history (Dayton 11).
• The Bills are 28-6-1 in A10 Championship play, including 22-1 since 2018.
• SLU is 16-0 at home as the tournament's No. 1 seed.
• In its 35 previous A10 Championship games, SLU has outscored its opponents 86-28 and recorded 19 shutouts. Since 2018, the Billikens own a 74-13 scoring advantage and 14 shutouts.
• Saint Louis has blanked 10 of its 12 tournament opponents (39-5 aggregate score) since 2022.
• SLU is 5-3 in A10 Championship play vs. Dayton; 3-1 vs. Rhode Island; 2-0 vs. Davidson, Duquesne, Fordham, La Salle, Loyola Chicago, VCU and St. Bonaventure; 1-0 vs. George Mason and George Washington; 2-1 vs. Saint Joseph's; 2-0-1 vs. Massachusetts; and 0-1 vs. Charlotte.
 
A10 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
• As the No. 1 seed, Saint Louis will be an A10 Championship host institution as long as the Billikens continue to advance.
• The final would be played Sunday, Nov. 15, at noon.
• The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The NCAA Selection Show is Monday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. Central.
 
BILLIKENS IN THE ATLANTIC 10, NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS
• Through games of Nov. 9, Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in goals against average (0.47 – tied-sixth nationally), goal differential (plus-31 – 10th nationally), shutout percentage (.579, 11 shutouts in 19 games – tied-18th nationally), win-loss-tie percentage (.763 – tied-23rd nationally) and shots on goal per game (7.74 – 24th nationally).
• The Billikens are second in the league in assists (42 – tied-19th nationally), save percentage (.845 – 23rd nationally), points (122 – tied-23rd nationally), goals (40 – tied-28th nationally), shots per game (15.89 – tied-38th nationally) and corner kicks per game (6.32 – 42nd nationally).
• Pepper Escher leads the A10 in goals against average (0.39 – fourth nationally) and save percentage (.872 – tied-12th nationally) and is second in shutouts (eight – tied-34th nationally).
• Audrey Smith is second in the conference in goals (10 – tied-45th nationally) and points (23).
• Hope Kim and Caroline Fowlkes are tied for fourth in the league in assists (six), while Ashley Miller is tied for ninth (five).
 
BILLS MAKE HERMANN STADIUM A SOCCER FORTRESS
• Saint Louis is 93-13-14 (.833) in its last 120 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 120 games, SLU outscored opponents 278-52, posted 76 shutouts and allowed more than one goal just six times.
• Against A10 opponents during the 120-game stretch, Saint Louis is 64-3-6 (47-1-6 regular season, 17-2-0 A-10 tournament) at Hermann Stadium for a .918 winning percentage.
 
DEFENSE ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF PROGRAM'S BEST
• Saint Louis allowed just nine goals in its first 19 games. That ties for the fewest scored by Billiken opponents in the first 19 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 opener. Only the 2019 (2-0 loss to Oklahoma State) and 2020 (3-2 win vs. Dayton) SLU teams have gone an entire season allowing more than one goal in just one game.
 
TRADITION OF BALANCED SCORING CONTINUING
• Through 19 games of the 2026 season, the Billikens are featuring yet another balanced attack. Thirty-three of SLU's 40 goals have been assisted; 32 different player combinations have accounted for those 33 goals.
• Thirteen players have combined for the Bills' 40 goals, 18 have at least one assist and 19 have at least one point. Audrey Smith (10 goals, three assists, 23 points), Hope Kim (six goals, six assists, 18 points), Lucie Schwartz (four goals, four assists, 12 points) and Ashley Miller (three goals, five assists, 11 points) lead the way; each player has a career high in all three categories. Caroline Fowlkes' career-high six assists tie for the team lead.
 
BILLIKENS CAPTURE EIGHTH A10 REGULAR-SEASON TITLE
• Saint Louis' 2026 regular-season championship is the program's eighth as an Atlantic 10 Conference member – seventh in the past nine seasons – and 10th overall.
• SLU claimed its first two titles as a member of Conference USA in 1999 and 2004. The Billikens finished atop the A10 in 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 prior to this season.
• The Bills posted the ninth undefeated conference record (7-0-3) in program history. Eight of those have been achieved as an A10 member, including seven since 2018.
 
HEAD COACH KATIE SHIELDS
• Now in her 14th season as Saint Louis' head coach, Katie Shields owns a 194-67-29 (.719) 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 RHODE ISLAND
• Senior forward Lauren MacDonald (four goals, four assists) leads Rhode Island with 12 points, followed closely by senior forward Megan Steinbach (four goals, three assists) with 11.
• Senior midfielder Courtney Poon has a team-high six assists.
• Senior Dani Eden (1.48 goals against average, .761 save percentage, four shutouts) has played 78 percent of the minutes between the posts.
• Aside from a 6-1 loss to national power Duke, the Rams have allowed just 17 goals in their other 18 games.