Women's Soccer | October 21, 2015

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's soccer team hosts the Richmond Spiders on Thursday before travelling to Saint Louis for a match with the Billikens on Sunday afternoon. 

Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle wraps up a three-game homestand with Richmond on Thursday after topping Dayton and falling to VCU last week. 

-Senior Chrissy Vollrath tallied the game-winner against Dayton in the 22nd minute, scoring for the first time since her freshman season. 

-Redshirt freshman Clarissa Kirsch-Downs netted her first career score to get La Salle out to a 1-0 lead over the Flyers. 

-Freshman Maci Bower scored her first career goal in the 76th minute of Sunday's loss to VCU. 

-The Explorers are 3-1-2 at home this season and 30-4-4 at McCarthy Stadium since 2011. 

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Richmond Spiders (4-9-1, 2-3-1) at La Salle Explorers (6-7-2, 3-3 A-10)
Thursday, October 22 | 7 PM | McCarthy Stadium
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Scouting the Spiders
-Richmond lost back-to-back home games last week to Saint Joseph's and George Washington. The Spiders hung with league-leading GW for most of the game on Sunday before the Colonials netted the game-winner in the 80th minute.  

-Ashley Riefner is fourth in the Atlantic 10 with six assists this season, including two in A-10 play. The senior also has three goals to lead the Spiders in points (12). 

-Lexi Prillman is tied with Riefner for the team lead in goals (3) while a total of eight Spiders have found the back of the net this season. 

-UR is 1-3-1 on the road this season with the lone win coming at Rhode Island on October 11. 

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La Salle Explorers (6-7-2, 3-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (8-7, 2-4 A-10)  
Sunday, October 25 | 2 PM | Hermann Stadium
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Scouting the Billikens 
-SLU will look to correct a three-game skid on Thursday when they host Saint Joseph's after losses to George Mason (10/11), Fordham (10/15), and St. Bonaventure (10/18). 

-Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 Conference with 1.93 goals per game and 16.47 shots per game.

-Kirsten Clemens (5G, 4A) leads SLU with 14 points, while Danielle Tolmais (5G, 3A), Livi Logan-Wood (6G) and Cristina Rodriguez (3G, 5A) are close behind with 13, 12 and 11 points, respectively.

-Goalkeeper Hanna Benben has a 0.99 goals against average and an .824 save percentage, good for second and third in the A-10, respectively. Benben moved into third place on SLU's career lists in saves and minutes last Thursday at Fordham. 

-Saint Louis is 5-3 at home this season.