LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Webster University continued its strong play in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer play here Saturday afternoon by posting a 1-0 shutout victory over Spalding University at the SU Athletic Complex. 

With the victory, Webster improves to 9-3 overall and 3-0 in the SLIAC and extends its win streak to four straight matches, while Spalding falls to 4-7 overall and 1-2 in the league.

In Saturday's match, the Gorloks held a 19-11 edge in shots and a 9-6 advantage in shots on goal against the Golden Eagles and after scoring its lone goal in the 17th minute, Webster turned to its defense and freshman goalkeeper Taryn Banfield (Plano, Texas/Plano East) as Banfield faced four shots after halftime and saved each of those shot to preserve its fourth consecutive shutout and sixth overall shutout this season.

The Gorloks scored the lone game of Saturday's match in the 17th minute as senior forward Melissa Kasper (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) took a pass from senior midfielder Savannah Page (Sandy, Utah/Jordan) and connected from five yards out. The goal was Kasper's 11th this season and 45th of her collegiate career, which is sixth on the school's all-time list. In addition, the goal gave Kasper 135 career points and pushed her to fourth on the school's all-time list as she passed Mary Jo Clark on the all-time points chart on Saturday. Clark recorded 134 points for the Gorloks from 1999-02. 

In the first half, the Gorloks put a lot of pressure on Spalding goalkeeper Kayla Strehle as the Gorloks took 11 of their 19 shots in the first half and put five of those 11 shots on goal. Strehle would save four of those five shots on goal in the opening half. 

The Golden Eagles put two of its four first half shots on goal with both of those shots coming in the 25th minute. 

In the second half, the two teams combined for 15 shots and eight shots on the goal as Webster took eight shots and had four shots on goal, while Spalding took seven shots and put four of those on goal, including two shots in the final 30 seconds of the match by Abby McGimsley and Bailey Whitehead that were both saved by Banfield to seal the Gorloks shutout win. 

Kasper finished the match with six shots and four shots on goal, while Page added four shots and two shots on goal and sophomore forward Jordan Lande (Sachse, Texas/Sachse) had three shots in the win. For the match, seven Gorloks took at least one shot. 

Whitehead paced Spalding with four shots and two shots on goal, while Avery O'Hara and Hannah Watson added two shots for the Golden Eagles. 

Banfield (8-2-0) earned the win goal for the Gorloks as she recorded six saves and did not allow goal. The Gorloks have not allowed in its last four games and are riding a streak of 410 scoreless minutes dating to the 30th minute of its home match with then sixth-ranked WashU on Sept. 25. 

Strehle (2-6-0) took the loss in goal for the Golden Eagles as she allowed one goal and made eight saves. 

Webster also had a 6-2 edge in corner kicks and both teams were whistled for nine fouls each. 

The Gorloks will seek to extend its win streak to five straight this coming Wednesday, Oct. 16 as they host Westminster (Mo.) College for a 7:30 p.m. SLIAC match at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton, Mo.