Quick Sticks
• This marks the Greyhounds' sixth season of competition in the Patriot League. They're 43-0 in regular-season conference games since joining the League for the 2014 season, marking the longest active conference win streak in the nation and the League's longest win streak in conference games ever.
• Loyola, voted the preseason favorite in the Patriot League, placed a League-best five Greyhounds on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, with sophomore Livy Rosenzweig earning Preseason Offensive Player of the Year accolades and senior Kristen Yanchoris being tabbed the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year for a second-straight season.
• Seniors Taylor VanThof, Hannah Powers and Kady Glynn joined Rosenzweig and Yanchoris on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, while four Greyhounds Powers, (HM), Rosenzweig (2nd), VanThof (2nd) and Yanchoris (2nd) were all named Preseason All-Americans by ILWomen.
• The Greyhounds have won all three meetings against Army West Point, as the Black Knights became an NCAA Division I program and members of the Patriot League for the 2016 season.
Loyola Greyhounds (3-3, 0-0 Patriot League)
• Only one school in the country returned more points than the Greyhounds in 2019, as Jacksonville brought back 415 of its 559 points from the 2018 season. In graduating 153 points from last season, Loyola brings back 375 of its 528 points.
• Livy Rosenzweig, coming off a school-record 102 point freshman season, leads the Greyhounds with 31 points on a team-best 18 goals and 13 assists. Voted the Preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, Rosenzweig has already recorded 5-or-more points through four games, including an 8-point outing (4g, 4a) at No. 4 Syracuse and a 7-point performance (4g, 3a) at No. 25 Towson.
• Senior Hannah Powers is second on the team with 14 goals, eight assists and 22 points. She also sports a team-best 41-game point streak.
• Loyola's starting midfield unit of sophomore Sam Fiedler (11g, 6a), sophomore Elli Kluegel (9g, 1a) and senior Taylor VanThof (7g, 4a) have combined for 38 points.
• On the draw, VanThof leads the way with 24 wins, while Rosenzweig has 22 and Powers has grabbed 20.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 13 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn has posted four double-digit save performances to get the Greyhounds three wins over top-10 foes. Against No. 5 Florida, she turned back 11 shots, while she earned 12 saves against No. 8 Penn State. At No. 25 Towson, she recorded a season-best 15 saves, just three shy of her career high, and she followed it up with 10 saves at No. 5 Virginia for her third-straight double-digit save game.
Army West Point Black Knights (7-1, 0-0 Patriot League)
• The Black Knights are coming off of their first loss of the season, a 16-8 setback at Villanova on Tuesday afternoon. Army West Point had previously put together seven-straight wins to open the season, defeating Iona, 18-8, Marist, 18-9, Hartford, 22-5, Siena, 12-8, Mount St. Mary's, 10-6, Monmouth, 15-14, and VCU, 14-12.
• Jackie Brattan leads the Black Knights with 24 goals and 24 points, while Caroline Raymond shares the lead in points on 13 goals and a team-best 11 assists.
• Samantha Stewart (19g, 4a) and Manuela Cortes (20g, 2a) have also reached 20 points, contributing 23 and 22, respectively.
• Stewart also has a team-best 18 ground balls and 38 draw controls.
• In goal, Maddie Burns has started all eight games and played 372 minutes. She has a 9.68 goals-against average and a .412 save percentage.
Series History
• This will mark Army West Point's fourth season of women's lacrosse.
• Loyola is 3-0 when playing the Black Knights.
Up Next
• The Greyhounds will return home for a pair of games, hosting Georgetown Wednesday at 7 p.m., and then Lehigh on Saturday at 1 p.m.
