KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Louis University senior goalkeeper Emily Puricelli has been named a "Goalkeeper to Watch" for the 2023 season by United Soccer Coaches.
 
Puricelli has started between the posts in all 62 games of her SLU career. She begins her senior season tied for first in wins (48), second in goals against average (0.65) and minutes (5,565), third in shutouts (29) and seventh in saves (170) on the Billikens' career lists.
 
A United Soccer Coaches third-team All-American last season, Puricelli led the nation with 13 shutouts and ranked third with 20 wins, both school records. She also registered a career-best 0.46 goals against average, good for fifth nationally.
 
Puricelli is a three-time Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection, including a pair of first-team nods. She has earned All-Region honors twice, including first-team plaudits in 2022, and was the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman. Puricelli has been chosen to two A-10 Championship All-Tournament teams, is the SLU record holder for goalkeeper minutes in a season (2049:34 in 2021), and co-owns the Billikens' record for saves in a game (14 vs. Rutgers in the 2021 NCAA Championship second round).