No. 16 Women's Soccer Falls to No. 23 Saint Louis

Thursday, September 12

Cincinnati, Ohio

7:00 PM

Xavier University

7-1-1

Saint Louis

4-1-3

Saint Louis

Xavier

No. 16 Women's Soccer Falls to No. 23 Saint Louis

09.12.24 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers' unbeaten streak to start the season ends at eight games as Xavier moves to 7-1-1

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 16 Xavier women's soccer suffered its first setback of the season, falling 3-2 to No. 23 Saint Louis at Corcoran Field on Thursday evening. The loss ends an eight-match unbeaten streak to start the campaign, moving the Musketeers to 7-1-1 as Xavier wraps up non-conference play.

Elin Hansson gave the Musketeers the lead in the first minute, scoring on a header off the pass from Samantha Erbach 21 seconds into the match.

Saint Louis equalized about 15 minutes later, and then used a tally in the 31st minute to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.

Xavier responded midway through the second half, with Regan Dancer finding Samantha Wiehe for the equalizer in the 68th minute. The 2-2 draw held into the final 10 minutes when Saint Louis found the back of the net again, setting the final score at 3-2.

The Musketeers head into a 10-day break before opening up BIG EAST play at home, hosting DePaul on Sunday, September 22, at 1:00 PM.

Scoring recap

1' | XAVIER | Elin Hansson passed to Samantha Erbach on the right side of the penalty box. Erbach served the ball back to Hansson in front of the net, where she used a header to send the ball left corner for the 1-0 lead.

15' | SAINT LOUIS | SLU's Audrey Smith scored from Emily Gaebe to tie the match at 1-1.

31' | SAINT LOUIS | SLU's Hannah Sawyer scored, assisted by Emily Gaebe, for the 2-1 lead.

68' | XAVIER | Regan Dancer worked the ball past the SLU defense in the penalty box, finding Samantha Wiehe, who shot from straight on at the edge of the 18-yard box for the 2-2 tie.

82' | SAINT LOUIS | SLU's Emily Gaebe got the ball back off a Xavier deflection in the box, scoring for the 3-2 lead.

notable

Elin Hansson's goal in the first minute, the fastest goal scored by a Musketeer this season, was her second of the season. Combined with three assists, she now has seven points.
Samantha Wiehe's second half goal was her third of the season, combining with four assists for 10 points.
Samantha Erbach picked up the assist on Hansson's first half goal, her second helper of the season. Combined with three goals, she has eight points on the season.
Regan Dancer picked up her first assist of the season on Wiehe's goal, giving her nine points when combined with her four goals scored.
Xavier finished with a 20-8 advantage on shots overall and a 12-5 advantage on shots on-goal.
Maria Galley played the full time in goal, collecting a pair of saves.
Natalie Bain, Maddie Reed, McKinley Berry and Samantha Wiehe all played the full 90 minutes, helping Xavier's defense limit SLU to five shots on-goal.
Xavier's eight match unbeaten streak leading into the game was the best start for the program since the 2021 Musketeers went 8-0-1.