THE RESULT
Saint Louis 2, George Washington 1
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 | 1 p.m. EDT
GW Soccer Field | Washington, D.C.
GAME DETAILS
• Hannah Friedrich scored her team-high 10th goal of the season in the 84th minute to lift Saint Louis to a 2-1 win over George Washington and a second straight Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title Sunday afternoon.
• Friedrich’s goal, her school-record seventh game-winning tally of the season, came 15 minutes after George Washington (12-2-4, 7-1-2 A-10) scored an equalizer.
• Courtney Reimer, aided by Anna Walsh’s second assist of the year, netted her fourth goal of the season in the 45th minute to give Saint Louis (14-3-2, 9-0-1 A-10) a 1-0 halftime lead.
• Mary Niehaus made a career-high nine saves for the Billikens, who extended their unbeaten streak to 13 (11-0-2).
• Saint Louis, which registered a second consecutive undefeated A-10 record, is the No. 1 seed for the eight-team A-10 Championship that determines the league’s automatic NCAA Championship qualifier. The Billikens will host a quarterfinal game Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m.
• Tournament pairings will be announced Monday.
SCORING SUMMARY
Courtney Reimer (Anna Walsh), 44:04, SLU 1-0; Kelly Amador (Tori Minda), 68:24, tied 1-1; Hannah Friedrich (unassisted), 83:09, SLU 2-1
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• The regular-season conference crown is the fifth in SLU women’s soccer history.
• The victory was the 61st for the Saint Louis seniors, the most wins for any class in Billiken women’s soccer history.
• The Billikens have allowed just four goals during their 13-game unbeaten streak, which is one game shy of tying the school record of 14 set last year.
• Saint Louis has a 23-game unbeaten streak vs. A-10 opponents.
• The Bills defeated George Washington for a fourth consecutive time and now lead the Colonials 9-3 in the all-time series.
• When Courtney Reimer and Anna Walsh connected for SLU’s first goal, it was the 24th different player combinations for the Billikens’ 27 assisted goals this season.
• Friedrich leads the A-10 with seven game-winning goals. Two of the seven were golden goals, while two others came in one-goal victories in regulation.
• In addition to claiming the Saint Louis season record for game-winning goals, Friedrich moved into a tie for second on the Billikens’ career chart for game-winners with 10. The record is 11.
• Friedrich’s goal was the 21st of her career, tying for eighth on SLU’s all-time list.
• Mary Niehaus moved into fifth on the Billikens’ career saves list with 174.
• Alli Klug and Evie Lavelle moved into a tie for sixth all-time at Saint Louis with their 82nd game played.
• Friedrich and Alyssa Seitzer tied for game-high honors with four shots apiece. Seitzer had a game-best three shots on goal.
• Niehaus, Klug, Reimer, Emma Farley, Brionna Halverson and Isabel Burke played all 90 minutes.
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Mary Niehaus, Alli Klug, Courtney Reimer, Alyssa Seitzer, Emma Farley, Hannah Friedrich, Brionna Halverson, Evie Lavelle, Anna Lawler, Isabel Burke, Emily Groark.
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Anna Walsh, Sydney Walker, Sophia Denison, Annabelle Copeland, Abbie Miller
UP NEXT
The Billikens host an A-10 Championship quarterfinal game Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m.
