St. Louis – The ninth ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis clinched the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season title outright with a 5-0 win against Maryville on Wednesday evening at Don Dallas Field in St. Louis. The Tritons improve to 12-1-3, 11-0-2 GLVC and extend their unbeaten streak to 15 while the Saints are 7-6-4, 7-3-3 GLVC.
It's the second straight regular season title for UMSL as it shared the title with McKendree a season ago.
UMSL jumped on top in the 16th minute as
Madi Riege headed home a corner kick from
Maddie Clark for her second goal of the season. The Tritons doubled their lead in the 26th minute as
Josie Maddox scored her fifth goal of the season from
Avery Hesseldenz and
Maddy Kuhn.
UMSL's final goal of the half came in the 43rd minute as
Ella Hickam scored on recycled play from Hesseldenz and
Sophia Beedle for her third goal of the season.
The Tritons were outshot in the first 7-4 but had a 4-2 edge in shots on goal.
UMSL extended its lead in the 59th minute as
Ella Anselm put home a rebound off a free kick from Clark for her team leading eighth goal of the season. The Tritons final goal came in the 82nd minute as
Riege scored her second goal of the contest heading home a corner kick from
Aubrey Rego.
UMSL outshot Maryville 14-9 in the contest including 8-4 in shots on goal and had 10 corner kicks to two for the Saints.
Allysa Wolf four saves in the contest for her sixth clean sheet of the season.
The Tritons conclude regular season play on Sunday as they travel down to Rolla to take on Missouri S&T at 12 p.m. at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.
