SLU WOMEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
Game 2	Saint Louis vs. Lindenwood
Date // Time	Sunday, August 16, 2026 // 1 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Robert R. Hermann Stadium)
Watch	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Lindenwood

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BILLIKENS HOST OVC FAVORITE LINDENWOOD SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• Two teams expected to be strong conference-title contenders meet Sunday, Aug. 16, at Robert R. Hermann Stadium as Saint Louis (0-1) welcomes Lindenwood (1-0) to Midtown. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.
• SLU was tabbed for second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while Lindenwood is the preseason favorite to win the Ohio Valley Conference crown.
• Although the Billikens and Lions have squared off in exhibition play, they are meeting for the first time in a regular-season game.
• Saint Louis fell 2-1 to Alabama in its Aug. 12 season opener at Hermann Stadium. A day later, Lindenwood began the 2026 campaign with a 1-0 home victory over Bellarmine.
• SLU is 21-5-4 vs. OVC teams.
 
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' first installment, the 1999 Conference USA regular-season champions.
• 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
• Jeanette Fieldsend scored her first Saint Louis goal in the 83rd minute, but Alabama answered in the 88th minute and escaped with a 2-1 win Aug. 12 at Hermann Stadium.
• The Crimson Tide took a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute. The Billikens equalized on Fieldsend's penalty kick, only to see Alabama tally the game-winner on a PK of its own.
 
A LOOK AT THE 2026 BILLIKENS
• Among the Billikens' returning players is sophomore midfielder/forward Caroline Chier (1G, 6A), the 2025 A-10 co-Rookie of the Year. Sophomore forward Adee Broesder (5G, 3A), SLU's leading returning point-scorer, and sophomore defender Blakely Hockett (2G) joined Chier on the All-Rookie team.
• Also back this season are key offensive threats in junior forwards Hope Kim (4G, 4A) and Audrey Smith (5G, 1A) and senior midfielder Lucie Schwartz (3G, 1A).
• Junior goalkeeper Emma Parker (0.92 GAA, .721 save percentage) returns after starting all 20 games a year ago, joining first XI mainstays in graduate defender Camille Welker (20 starts) and junior midfielder Ashley Miller (19 starts).
• Also returning are senior midfielder Nina Preusser, junior goalkeeper Nimu Karani, sophomore midfielder/defender Ava Rademeyer, sophomore forward Addison Stanciak and sophomore defender Ava Scorfina.
• Eleven newcomers – four transfers and seven freshmen – joined the Billiken program this year. The transfers are senior midfielder Jeanette Fieldsend (James Madison), senior defender Caroline Fowlkes (College of Charleston), sophomore goalkeeper Pepper Escher (Massachusetts) and sophomore defender Avery Rasmussen (Kansas). The Saint Louis freshman class consists of defender Hana Allen, forward Keira Bartholet, forward Gianna Harris, defender Lucy Marsh, forward/midfielder Emma Naftanel, forward Leah Simpson and defender Lauren Zangara.
 
SAINT LOUIS TOUGH TO BEAT AT HERMANN STADIUM
• SLU is 86-12-13 (.833) in its last 111 games at Hermann Stadium. In those games, the Billikens outscored opponents 250-49, posted 70 shutouts and allowed more than one goal just six times.
 
HEAD COACH KATIE SHIELDS
• Now in her 14th season as Saint Louis' head coach, Katie Shields owns a 182-66-24 (.713) 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 LINDENWOOD
• Lindenwood received nine of 16 first-place votes in the OVC preseason poll.
• The 2025 Lions, who allowed only 19 goals, were 10-5-5 overall and 5-2-2 (third place) in conference matches. They defeated SIUE and Little Rock in the OVC Championship before falling to top-seeded Tennessee Tech in the final.
• Lindenwood returned 20 of its 23 players who saw game action a year ago. Among that group are junior forward Mackenzie Compton, a two-time All-Conference honoree who was the 2024 OVC Freshman of the Year and OVC Championship Most Valuable Player; junior midfielder Tasneem Dizdarevic, who earned second-team All-Conference plaudits in each of her first two seasons; and senior defender Allison Schrumpf, a 2025 second-team All-Conference selection.
• Also back are senior forward Anna Johnson, who led the 2025 Lions in goals (five) and points (12), and junior goalkeeper Caroline Ritter, who registered a 0.95 GAA, an .821 save percentage and 10 shutouts a year ago while playing every minute between the posts.