FENTON, Mo. - Webster University concluded the 2020-21 regular season here Saturday afternoon by posting a 6-0 shutout victory on Senior Day over Eureka in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. 

With the victory, Webster improves its record to 6-3 overall and 6-3 in the SLIAC and earns the No. 2 seed in next week's SLIAC Tournament, while Eureka closes the regular season with a 2-6 overall record and a 2-6 mark in the league. The teams will meet each other again in the quarterfinals of the SLIAC Tournament on Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m. at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. 

Prior to Saturday's match, the Gorloks honored their three seniors in a prematch ceremony. The seniors honored on Saturday were defender Kaleigh Finney (Concord, Calif./Northgate), defender Lexey Grapentine (Middleton, Wis./Middleton) and midfielder Payton Williams (St. Louis, Mo./Fort Zumwalt East). 

With its second place finish, the Gorloks have now finished in the Top 2 of the league standings the past 15 seasons and hasn't been seeded lower than No. 2 in the SLIAC Tournament since being the No. 3 seed in 2005. 

In Saturday's match, the Gorloks recorded a season high 39 shots and put 19 of those shots on goal in scoring a season high six goals. The six goals were the most scored by the Gorloks since tallying six goals in a 6-0 win at Principia on Oct. 29, 2019. 

The Gorloks took 20 shots in the first half and attempted 19 shots in the second half, while the Gorloks defense held the Red Devils to one shot, which came late in the 77th minute by Shakaya Rogers. Rogers' shot was saved by sophomore goalkeeper Taryn Banfield (Plano, Texas/Plano East) and that save was the lone one of the match for the Gorloks, who posted its third shutout of the season.

Webster got the scoring started in the 16th minute as freshman forward Jennifer Munger (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) took as pass from sophomore forward Mackenzie O'Neal (Milwaukee, Wis./South Milwaukee) and connected from 12 yards out for her third goal of the season.

In the 29th minute, freshman forward Lauren Colombo (St. Louis, Mo./Oakville) gave the Gorloks a 2-0 lead as she scored off a deflection. Colombo's goal was assisted by junior midfielder Kaitlyn Theriot (Lake St. Louis, Mo./Liberty). 

About three minutes later, junior forward Jordan Lande (Sachse, Texas/Sachse) took a pass from Theriot and connected for a goal from 11 yards out to give Webster a 3-0 lead. 

Columbo would score her second goal of the match in the 36th minute as she took a pass from freshman defender Kelly Bowen (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway West) and scored on a breakaway goal to make the score 4-0 in Webster's favor.

Lande would increase Webster's lead to 5-0 late in the 62nd minute as she took a pass from Grapentine and scored on a breakaway goal from about 16 yards out. The two goals pushed Lande's season total to a team-leading five.

Theriot, who had two assists in the match, would get into the scoring column as she took a pass from Bowen and scored on a breakaway goal from 15 yards out to complete the scoring. 

Lande led the Gorloks with eight shots and six shots on goal, while Theriot added five shots. Munger, Williams and freshman midfielder Angie Calabrese (San Marcos, Calif./Mission Hills) each had four shots in the match. 

Freshman goalkeeper Heather Jones (Brandenton, Fla./Florida Collegiate) earned the win in goal as she played the first half and didn't face a shot to improve to 2-1 on the year. Banfield would play the second half and record a save. 

Abby Swope (1-4-0) took the loss in net for the Red Devils as she allowed six goals, but made 13 saves in the loss. 

The Gorloks also had a 6-1 edge in corner kicks and were whistled for 17 offside calls, including nine in the first half. 

Webster will now turn its attention to the postseason as they will face seventh-seeded Eureka in the quarterfinal round of the SLIAC Tournament on Monday, April 19. 

Here is the complete 2020-21 SLIAC Women's Soccer Tournament Schedule
Monday, April 19 - Quarterfinals
Game 1: #8 Blackburn (0-8-0) at #1 Fontbonne (9-0-0), 7:30 p.m.
Game 2: #7 Eureka (2-6-0) at #2 Webster (6-3-0), 5 p.m.
Game 3: #6 Iowa Wesleyan (3-6-0) at #3 Westminster (6-3-0), TBA
Game 4: #5 Greenville (4-4-0) at #4 Spalding (4-3-0), TBA
Wednesday, April 21 - Semifinals
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 4, TBA @Higher seeded team
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3, TBA @Higher seeded team
Saturday, April 24 - Finals
Game 7: Semifinal winners, TBA @Highest remaining seeded team