Quick Sticks
• The Greyhounds earned their 50th Patriot League regular-season win with a 21-1 victory over Bucknell Wednesday night. Loyola is 50-0 since joining the League for the 2014 season and owns the nation's longest active conference win streak. The NCAA record was set by UMass, as it won 61-straight Atlantic 10 games from 2011-18.
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig is chasing the program's single-season record for assists, as she dished out seven Wednesday night to climb to fifth with 42 assists this year. Annie Thomas set the school record at 51 in 2015, while Rosenzweig's 47 helpers as a freshman ranks second.
• Rosenzweig and senior Taylor VanThof are also approaching their 100th career goals, as VanThof enters Saturday's contest with 96 career goals and Rosenzweig has scored 90 throughout her first two seasons. There are currently 28 other Greyhounds throughout program history to reach 100 career goals, while Rosenzweig is looking to become just the third to reach the 100-goal plateau in their sophomore season (Janet Eisenhut, 1980-83, and Anne Allen, 1984-87).
• With the win Wednesday night, the Greyhounds clinched a quarterfinal-round bye in the upcoming Patriot League Championships. With a win on Saturday, Loyola will clinch hosting responsibilities for the upcoming tournament.
Senior Day
• Loyola's eight graduating seniors - Emily Cooper, Lindsey Ehrhardt, Kady Glynn, Amanda Ignacio, Katie Korvin, Hannah Powers, Taylor VanThof and Kristen Yanchoris - will be honored in a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
• This group has combined for an overall record of 52-23 throughout their careers, advanced to two NCAA Championships and have helped the program to three Patriot League regular-season championships, as they've won all 34 Patriot League regular-season games they've played.
• Together, they've combined to score 325 goals and assist 154 others for 479 points. They've also won 568 draw controls, scooped up 445 ground balls, caused 235 turnovers and come up with 444 saves.
Loyola Greyhounds (11-4, 7-0 Patriot League)
• The Greyhounds enter the game ranked in the top-20 nationally in seven statistical categories; they're fourth in assists per game (8.73), tied for 10th in points per game (23.67), eighth in shot percentage (.484), 14th in scoring offense (14.93), 12th in clearing percentage (.894) and defensively, 11th in save percentage (.494) and 19th in scoring defense (9.57).
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig leads the team with 77 points this year, good for ninth in the NCAA this season, while her team-best 42 assists is tied for fourth.
• Senior Hannah Powers, sporting a 50-game point streak, joins Rosenzweig in the national rankings, as her 65 points are tied for 26th and her 33 assists are tied for 17th.
• Sophomore Sam Fiedler leads the team with 38 goals, while sophomore Elli Kluegel (29g), senior Taylor VanThof (24g) and freshman Jillian Wilson (23g) have helped the Greyhounds' midfield unit score 114 of Loyola's 224 goals this year.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 33 ground balls and 35 caused turnover, with her 2.33 caused turnovers per game ranking tied for 12th in the NCAA.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn is allowing 9.83 goals per game, ranking 20th nationally, while her .483 save percentage ranks 24th in the NCAA this year.
Colgate Raiders (6-8, 4-3 Patriot League)
• Colgate is jockeying for position in the Patriot League standings, as the Raiders, currently tied for fourth with Army West Point, are coming off a 12-9 loss to the Black Knights Wednesday night.
• Tara Atkinson leads Colgate with 25 assists and 42 points this year, while Noelle Patterson has a team-best 29 goals and is second with 33 points. She also has 42 draw controls, 24 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers.
• In goal, Samantha Croston is averaging 11.49 goals allowed per game and a .475 save percentage to go with 34 ground balls.
Series History
• Loyola and Colgate have met seven times, with the Greyhounds winning all seven.
• The first time the two programs met as NCAA Division I members was in 2014, when Loyola joined the Patriot League. The Greyhounds have won all five meetings since.
• Loyola also beat the Raiders in the 1981 and 1982 AIAW DII National Tournament.
Up Next
• Loyola will travel to Holy Cross for its final regular-season matchup on Friday, April 26. Opening draw is set for 4 p.m.
