The Saint Louis University women’s soccer team hosted two games last weekend, both ending in scoreless draws.

In their first game against Missouri State on Sept. 17, the Lady Bills registered a 17 to 3 shot advantage against the Bears, but were unable to put the ball in the net once.

After two overtime periods, the game ended in a scoreless draw, putting the Billikens at 1-4-3 on the season. This was the third consecutive scoreless draw between the Billikens and the Bears (4-3-1).

This was also the Billikens’ third tie of the season.

“Even though we didn’t put one in, we put some good things together and played with confidence,” head coach Tim Champion said.

Although the Bills never scored, Champion says it was their best offensive match all season.

The 17 shots fired were the most on the year.

Junior midfielder Colleen Kustura had a career high four shots, senior midfielder Christina Brown fired three shots on goal and freshman midfielder Jenny Hummert also had three shots on Friday night.

Two days later, the Billikens looked to change their luck against Loyola (Md.). The rainy weather in the St. Louis area made for a wet field at Robert R. Hermann Stadium for the Billikens and the Greyhounds.

The wet field conditions did not stop the Lady Bills from breaking their previous shot record from Friday night.

The team fired 19 shots against Loyola, upping their ante set two nights earlier.

The defense also looked good against Loyola.  The Greyhounds were held to one shot in the final 65 minutes of the game.

“I’m certainly not unhappy with the way we’re playing,” Champion said.

“We’re playing hard, the intensity level is up and we’re getting more and better scoring chances.”

But once again, after 110 minutes of soccer the Lady Bills were not able to put one in the net.

It was another scoreless draw, leaving the Billikens at 1-4-4 on the season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Walsh recorded her fifth shutout of the season, as she denied all five shots on goal from the Greyhounds.

Sophomore fullback Maggie Baumann had a career-high five shots during the game, and Hummert had three shots on goal. Hummert also had a chance late in the second overtime to put home a goal for the Billikens.

The freshman midfielder had a breakaway with 30 seconds remaining on the clock. Hummert beat the goaltender to the right side, regained control of the ball and fired a shot to the lower right side of the goal.

The ball was deflected by a Greyhound defender and kicked out of play.

The women head to Iowa City this weekend to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m.