Story Lines
• Loyola steps out of conference play for a midweek match-up at Princeton.
• Due to rain in the forecast, Tuesday's game will be on Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium, Princeton's lacrosse turf, instead of soccer's grass field at Roberts Stadium.
• The series between the two programs dates back to 1996 and is currently tied at 5-5-4 with 13 of the 14 meetings being one-goal affairs. Princeton holds the 17-16 advantage in goals scored.
Loyola Greyhounds (3-2-1, 0-0-1 Patriot League)
• The Greyhounds are coming off back-to-back double-overtime contests, including playing Colgate to a double-overtime scoreless draw Friday night.
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Jake Dengler was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week after anchoring a defense that held the Raiders to just seven shots and one corner kick for the game.
• Both of Loyola's losses this year are to teams currently receiving votes in the national poll.
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Brian Saramago, a MAC Hermann Trophy Award Watch List honoree, leads the Greyhounds with 10 points on four goals and two assists. He recorded his first multi-assist game in the season opener and then netted his second career hat trick vs. the Mount.
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Jake Dengler scored Loyola's first goal of 2018, heading in
Gabriel Carlsson's corner kick vs. Rutgers, before
Barry Sharifi and
Morgan Lussi added insurance goals vs. the Black Knights.
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Davey Mason's first career goal came in the 1-0 win at St. John's, while Saramago and Carlsson scored at UConn.
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Chase Vosvick has played all 581 minutes and has tallied 14 saves this season, including one on a penalty kick vs. Villanova. He's allowed five goals, recorded three shutouts and has a 0.77 goals-against average and a .737 save percentage.
Princeton Tigers (4-3-0, 0-0-0 Ivy League)
• This will mark Princeton's first game since a 1-0 double-overtime win at Rider on September 19.
• Jeremy Colvin scored his third-consecutive game-winning goal in the contest. His game-winners in a 2-1 overtime win against Temple and 1-0 decision over Boston University helped the Tigers remain unbeaten at Sherrerd Field this year.
• Princeton's lone loss at home this season came to Monmouth, 1-0, at Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium, which is where the Greyhounds and Tigers will play.
• Colvin leads the team with three goals, while he and Sean McSherry share the team lead in points, with six apiece. McSherry has scored two goals and assisted two others this year.
• Danny Hampton and Gaby Paniagua round out the goal scorers with one goal each.
• In goal, Jacob Schachner has played all 655 minutes. He's given up five goals for a 0.69 goals-against average and stopped 16 shots for a .762 save percentage.
Series History
• Princeton and Loyola will meet for the 15th time in program history and for the first time since the 2014 season.
• The all-time series is tied at 5-5-4 with 13 of the 14 meetings being one-goal affairs.
• Loyola won the inaugural meeting in 1996, coming away with a 2-1 win at Princeton. The Tigers answered with victories in the next two meetings, in 1997 and 1999, but the two teams would play to four ties over the course of the next four years.
• Princeton broke the even streak with a 3-2 win in 2004, before the Greyhounds came out on top of the next meeting, 2-1, in 2005.
• Following the Tigers' 3-1 victory during the 2006 season, the lone non-one-goal game, Loyola evened the series at four wins apiece with back-to-back victories in 2007 and 2008.
• After a four-year hiatus, the Greyhounds won for a third-straight time, claiming a 2-1 victory in 2013, but the Tigers kept it even with their 2-1 win in 2014.
Up Next
• The Greyhounds will remain on the road for a second-straight game this week, as Loyola travels to Navy on Saturday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
