RICHMOND – Ashley Orendac's goal with less than four minutes to play lifted the Saint Joseph's women's soccer team past VCU, 1-0, and helped the Hawks secure a spot in the 2021 Atlantic 10 Championship. With Sunday's victory, Saint Joseph's earned the eighth seed for the A-10 Championship and will travel to top-seed VCU for a quarterfinal match on Saturday, October 30 at 7 p.m.

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How It Happened
• Needing a victory to keep its A-10 Championship hopes alive, the Hawks played the Rams to a draw at halftime.
• Saint Joseph's broke through in the 87th minute as Danielle Stuart took a corner kick from Natalie Nevins and flicked it towards the goal, allowing Orendac to head the ball over the Ram's goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
• VCU had four scoring chances in the final minutes, but goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti and the Hawks' defense turned the Rams away on each try to secure the victory.

Inside The Boxscore
• Cappelletti made five saves to earn her sixth shutout of the season.
• Orendac's goal was her team-leading fifth of the season.
• The Hawks' victory handed the Rams their lone loss in A-10 play, and just their third of the season.
• VCU outshot St. Joe's 24-10, but the Hawks put seven of their shots on goal, while the Rams only had five.

More On The A-10 Championship
• The highest remaining seed following the four quarterfinal games will host the semifinals and championship match on Nov. 5-7.
• All seven games of the 2021 A-10 Championship will be broadcast on ESPN+. 
• Richmond and Saint Joseph's went 5-5 for 15 points in the league standings, but the Spiders won the head-to-head tiebreaker based on results against common conference opponents to claim the No. 7 seed.

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