The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse continues conference play on Saturday, as the Greyhounds travel to face Boston.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of their conference opener against Lehigh, where the Greyhounds had a dominant performance, winning 16-6.
Boston is coming off of a 11-8 win over Colgate last Saturday.
- The Greyhounds have not lost to the Terriers since joining the Patriot League.
Quick Hits
- The Greyhounds return seven of their top 10 scorers from the 2022 season, led by four players who scored 25 or more goals:
Jillian Wilson (48),
Sydni Black (39),
Georgia Latch (38), and
Chase Boyle (25).
- Latch also finished second on the team in 2022 with 38 assists, good for second most by a freshman in program history.
Last Time Out
- Loyola University Maryland hosted the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Saturday afternoon.
- The Greyhounds defense was stellar in the first half, holding the Mountain Hawks to just one goal in the half and just six shots.
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Jillian Wilson had a big afternoon, posting a five-point game, with four goals and an assist.
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Chase Boyle added a two-goal, two-assist performance, while
Sydni Black had a hat-trick, and
Georgia Latch had a hat-trick of assists.
- The Greyhounds dominated the possession, as they won the draw control battle 19-6.
Looking Ahead
- The Greyhounds will continue conference play on Wednesday, when they host American at Ridley Athletic Complex at 6:00 PM.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 13-2, with their first matchup coming in 2003.
- The Greyhounds have won the last 11 matchups in the series, with the Terriers last win coming in 2007.
- Both teams have faced off in the Patriot League tournament four times since Loyola joined the league for the 2014 season.
- The Greyhounds have held the Terriers to under ten goals in the last three meetings.
Scouting Boston
- The Terriers come into the matchup with an 6-2 (1-1) record on the season.
- The Terriers started Patriot League play with a loss at Army, but followed it up with a win at Colgate.
- The Terriers are led by Claire Gola who has 21 goals on the season. Senior Jennifer Barry is second on the team with 15 goals, but leads the team with 15 assists. Matty Spaeth also has 15 goals on the season.
- Reilly Agres has started seven of eight games in goal for the Terriers, tallying 53 saves and an 8.19 GAA.
- This matchup features the top-two teams in draw control percentage, with Loyola being first with a 69.1% and Boston with a 64.5%.
Big Shoes to Fill
- The Greyhounds will have big shoes to fill this season, as
Livy Rosenzweig wrapped up her illustrious playing career in 2022.
- Rosenzweig finished as the Loyola career leader in points and assists, among several single season records. She also finished her career with the third-most assists and 4th most points in NCAA history.
- The Greyhounds will also have to replace the goal contributions from
Sam Fiedler and Ellie Kluegel. Fiedler sits at ninth all-time in Loyola in goals, while Kluegel is at 11th all-time.
- Loyola also has a new face in goal, as they said goodbye to All-American
Kaitlyn Larsson after last season. Larsson finished her career in the top-10 in career saves for the Greyhounds.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the loss to No. 2 Syracuse and a win over Lehigh, the Greyhounds are ranked 9th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 12th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- Lehigh is not ranked in the poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has seven teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (1st), Florida (8th), Army (13th), Princeton (17th), Penn State (20th), Penn (24th) and Navy (25th) appeared in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll. Johns Hopkins received votes in this weeks poll.
Patriot Players of the Week
- Two games into the season, and the Greyhounds have already earned two Patriot League Player of the Week Awards.
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Jillian Wilson was named the Patriot League Midfielder of the Week following the Greyhounds win over Johns Hopkins.
- Wilson scored three goals while also adding an assist. She added five draw controls in the game as the Greyhounds won 12-10.
- Following her career-day against Towson,
Sydni Black was named Patriot League Attacker of the Week.
- Black scored a career-high five goals and had a high of seven points in the Greyhounds 16-5 win over the Tigers.
- Black also won Attacker of the Week for the following week, after she put up another career week.
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Lauren Spence was named Goalkeeper of the Week following the wins over Penn and Penn State for compiling 20 saves over the week.
- Following the Greyhounds games against Syracuse and Lehigh,
Katie Detwiler was named Patriot League defensive player of the week for a record-tying 12th time.
Latch, Wilson, and Detwiler Earn Preseason PL Awards
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Georgia Latch was named the Patriot League Preseason Attacker of the Year by conference coaches.
- The sophomore out of Austrailia is coming off of one of the best freshmen seasons in program history, as she was second on the team with 76 points, as tallied 38 goals and 38 assists.
- Graduate student
Jillian Wilson was named the Patriot League Preseason Midfielder of the Year.
- Wilson is the reigning Patriot League Midfielder of the Year after tallying a career best 48 goals and the second most draw controls in a season in program history (133).
- Graduate student
Katie Detwiler was named the Patriot League Preseason Defender of the Year.
- Detwiler is the two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year in the Patriot League. She tallied a career-high 20 caused turnovers and 53 draw controls in 2022, as she led the Greyhounds stellar defense.
Black on Fire
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Sydni Black has been on a tear over the Greyhounds first eight games.
- Black has tallied 32 points in eigh games, including two career-high games.
- In the Greyhounds game at Towson, Black set a career-high with five goals and seven points in the Greyhounds win.
- Black has been named the Patriot League Attacker of the Week twice this season.
