The SLU women’s soccer team was defeated in their only game this week by Murray State 1-0 at home on Sept. 14. The game, which was scoreless until there were 11 minutes left, was the last of three straight home games for the Billikens. The loss moved the Bills to 3-4 on the season.

Pavlina Nepokojova scored her first goal of the season for Murray State, which came in the 79th minute. The goal was unassisted. Both junior Michelle Schwarz and sophomore Kirsten Clemens had looks at the goal late, in the 80th and 87th minutes respectively, but both were denied a score. The late shot was Clemens’ third of the game, leading the team.

Including those two saves, the Murray State goalkeeper had a total of seven saves on the afternoon. Junior goalkeeper Hanna Benben had four total saves in the game.

The Billikens travel to Chicago to play the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday, Sept. 19. They then will head north to Kalamazoo, Mich. to play Western Michigan on Sept. 21.

The Billikens next home game is against the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Sept. 27. This is the last game before the team begins conference play on Oct. 4. The team will open Atlantic 10 play with three-straight road games. First, the team will play Dayton, then they travel to George Mason for an Oct. 10 match, and lastly to Philadelphia, Penn. to play Saint Joseph’s on Oct. 12.

None of the teams in the A-10 are currently ranked in the NCAA top 25 poll. The only team in SLU’s conference to receive a vote last week was George Mason.