Spider Field Hockey Falls to Saint Louis, 2-1

Friday, October 3

Richmond, Va.

2 PM

University of Richmond

(5-5, 2-1)

Saint Louis

(5-4, 1-2)

Saint Louis

Richmond

10/03/2025 | Field Hockey

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond field hockey team fell to Saint Louis University, 2-1, Friday afternoon in Atlantic 10 Conference action at Crenshaw Field for the first time in program history.

Richmond, 5-5 on the season and 2-1 in A-10 play, will host Ball State Sunday at Crenshaw Field for an 11 a.m. contest on ESPN+. Sunday's game is also the team's Student-Athlete Mental Health Awareness and Morgan's Message Game. For more information about Morgan's Message, please visit MorgansMessage dot com.

The Spiders got on the board first when Clara Larripa took a direct insert from Alexa Derr on UR's first penalty corner of the game in the ninth minute of action. Larripa collected her team-leading sixth goal of the season, while Derr tallied her third helper.

UR didn't allow a shot or a penalty corner by Saint Louis (5-4, 1-2 A-10) in the first 15 minutes of action.

The Billikens were able to flip the momentum in the second quarter, tallying the game-tying goal in the 16^th minute, then took the lead in the 23^rd minute. SLU fired off six shots with three on frame in the period, while the Spiders had five shots in each of the first 15-minute periods.

The second half was a defensive battle. UR held SLU to just three shots, all in the third quarter, while taking being limited to four in the final 30 minutes of action and playing a person down for 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. UR also had five penalty corner chances, including four in the fourth period.