Loyola Greyhounds (4-2-1, 0-0-1 Patriot League)
• The Greyhounds are coming off a 1-0 win at Princeton Tuesday night. The game was delayed 30 minutes due to terrential rain and moved to the Tigers' turf field at Class of 1952 Stadium.
• Sam Brown headed in the game-winning goal, redirecting a cross from Davey Mason, into the goal in the 85th minute. The goal was the first of the season for Brown.
• Princeton entered the match outshooting its opponents 14.7-7.7, but the Greyhounds outshot the Tigers, 17-9, with the 17 shots being the most Princeton has given up this season.
• Jake Dengler was named this week's Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week after anchoring a defense that held Colgate 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Mason scored the game-winner at St. John's, and Saramago and Carlsson added goals at UConn.
• Chase Vosvick has played all 671 minutes and has tallied 18 saves this season, including one on a penalty kick vs. Villanova. He's allowed five goals, recorded four shutouts, has a 0.67 goals-against average and a .783 save percentage. He enters Saturday's game with a consecutive shutout streak of 200-straight minutes.
Navy Midshipmen (1-6-1, 0-1-0 Patriot League)
• Navy opened Patriot League play with a 2-1 overtime loss at Holy Cross. Phillip Gustafson scored in the 61st minute to even the game at 1-1, but the Midshipmen gave up a goal in the 98th minute to fall to the Crusaders.
• Navy opened its season with losses to Manhattan, 1-0, at NJIT, 2-1, and Air Force, 2-0,before tying College of Charleston, 1-1. The Mids then beat Howard, 4-0, before dropping their next three to UMBC, 2-0, at St. Joseph's, 2-0 and at Holy Cross.
• Seven Midshipmen have scored this season, with Collin Armstrong, Bayne Bentley and Gustafson leading the team with three points on one goal and one assist each.
• Wyatt Millard, Diego Manrique, Jacob Williams and Nicko West have scored Navy's other four goals, with no Mid scoring more than once.
• In goal, Ian Bramblett has played all 747 minutes. He's allowed 12 goals for a 1.45 goals-against average and has stopped 25 shots for a .676 save percentage.
Series History
• After winning the last two meetings against Navy, Loyola is now 3-4-2 when facing the Mids.
• Brian Saramago scored a pair of goals within a span of five minutes last year to get the Greyhounds a 2-0 win at home. It marked Loyola's second-straight win in the series, as the Greyhounds also captured a 2-1 win in overtime in 2016.
• Loyola was winless against Navy from 2009 through 2015, going 0-3-2 in those years. The two squads played to a weather-shortened 3-3 tie in 2011 and a 1-1 double-overtime draw in 2014.
• Prior to that, Loyola's first win came in 2003, a 2-1 neutral site victory, while Navy captured the inaugural meeting between the two programs, 2-1, in 1979.
• When playing in Annapolis, Loyola is 0-3-1 with its lone tie being the 3-3 tie in 2011.
Up Next
• The Greyhounds return home to host Bucknell in a Wednesday night match at Ridley Athletic Complex. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
