Match Information
Opponent	Bucknell Bison
Date	Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Lewisburg, Pa. | Emmitt Field
Getting There	Directions
Watch Online	Patriot League Network
Online Media	Live Stats
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Game Notes	Loyola

Quick Hits About The 'Hounds

• Loyola University Maryland women's soccer hosts the makes its first Patriot League road trip of the season on Wednesday, September 26.
• The Greyhounds head to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for a 7 p.m. game at Bucknell University.
• The game is slated to air live on the Patriot League Network from Bucknell's Emmitt Field.
• After starting the season with three games on the road, the Saint Francis game on August 26 marked the first of four in a row, six out of seven and eight of 10, at Ridley Athletic Complex.
• Naomi Meiburger is in her fifth season as the head coach at Loyola. She is joined on the sidelines by third-year assistants Kevin Dempsey and Morgan Ruhl and volunteer assistant coach Lacey Phillips.
• The Greyhounds' 2018 women's soccer roster includes 19 returners with previous experience at Loyola, a transfer and eight freshmen.
• The 2018 season is Loyola's ninth at Ridley Athletic Complex.

Last Time Out

• Kaleigh Gallagher scored her first collegiate goal in the 85th minute, and Hannah Hoefs put a dangerous touch on a long service in the final seconds, but Navy defeated Loyola, 2-1, Friday night at Ridley Athletic Complex.
• Alex Jackson's second goal of the game in the 81st minute put the Midshipmen in front by two, but Gallagher struck Hoefs corner kick in the 85th minute and the ball deflected off a Navy defender before crossing the line, pulling the Greyhounds within a goal. 
• Loyola continued to press for the equalizer, and Hoefs nearly tallied it with less than five seconds left. A long service came her way at the top of the box, and she flipped it to the right post where Midshipmen goalkeeper Sydney Forston made a diving stop to corral it.

Series History

• Loyola and Bucknell will meet for the 10th time overall, and the sixth time as Patriot League foes, when the teams take the field on Wednesday night at Ridley Athletic Complex.
• The Greyhounds won the first three meetings, the last coming in a 2-1 decision on Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in 2007. The teams played to a 2-2 tie the following year and then did not meet again until 2013, Loyola's first year in the Patriot League. Bucknell has won all five meetings between the teams as conference foes.
• Last year, Kendall Ham gave Bucknell a 1-0 lead late in the first half as she scored off an assist from Alexandra Catanzarite in the 38th minute. Ham's sister, Jackie, then tacked on another goal with 17:55 left in the game, and Gabby Blair made it 3-0 five minutes.
• Bucknell had a narrow 6-4 advantage in shots, and goalie Summer Rahe ended with one save on the night for the Greyhounds. Dani Kaufman had three saves for the Bison.

About The Bison

• Bucknell enters Wednesday night's game with a 3-6-1 record and 1-1-0 mark in the Patriot League after posting a 1-0 win at American University on Saturday. The Bison previously fell, 2-0, to Lafayette College in the first weekend of conference play.
• The Bison and Greyhounds have one common opponent, Towson. Bucknell tallied a 1-0 win over the Tigers on August 31, while Loyola lost, 3-2, in overtime on September 6.
• Jenna Marek leads Bucknell with three goals, while Claire Mensi has two. Theresa Adu-Attobrah has a 1.08 goals-against average, while making 85.1 percent of saves, in goal.

To Be Tested Early

• Loyola will face three teams picked in the top-four of the Patriot League Preseason Poll in its first three conference games. Colgate (Sept. 15) was tabbed third, while the U.S. Naval Academy (Sept. 21) was picked as the preseason favorite. Bucknell (Sept. 26) was selected fourth.

Go To The Corner

• As a team, Loyola has been adept at garnering corner kicks this season, taking 52 through nine matches. The Greyhounds 52 overall are third-most in the Patriot League (Navy & Bucknell, 57 each). Meanwhile, Loyola's 5.78 per game rank first in the conference (Bucknell, 5.7).

Freshmen Breaking Through

• Sarah Bayer has been a key part of the Greyhounds' offense all season, but she broke through into the scoring column with three in the span of two games.. Her assist on a Jourdan Ziff goal in the second half against Towson was her first collegiate point.
• She then tallied her first goal with a terrific run past two Mount St. Mary's defenders to give the Greyhounds the eventual game-winner on Sunday.
• Kaleigh Gallagher got into the scoring column for the first time in the Navy game, talying the first of her career in the second half off a Hannah Hoefs corner kick.

Coaches Corner

• "Heading into our next conference game, we are really looking to get a result and some points on our board. The last two games, for as well as we have played, we have just come up short. The team is playing so well right now, and I have to believe good things will come our way. The depth we have at each position this year is unparalleled to any of my previous years and I trust this will be a positive for us as we head into a stretch of three games in six days. Our attacking players are really starting to sync and our backline has been very good, we just need to improve on some of the finer details now to turn these results." - Head Coach Naomi Meiburger