Quick Sticks
• The Greyhounds earned their 50th-straight Patriot League regular-season win with a 21-1 victory over Bucknell last week. Loyola is 51-0 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, named among the 25 semifinalists for the Tewaaraton Award, is chasing the program's single-season record for assists, as she dished out 12 last week to climb to second with 47 assists this year. Annie Thomas set the school record at 51 in 2015.
• Rosenzweig and senior Taylor VanThof are also approaching their 100th career goals, as VanThof enters Friday's contest with 98 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).
• Head coach Jen Adams is looking to join legendary coach Diane Geppi-Aikens as just the second coach in Loyola women's lacrosse history to win 150 games. In her 11th season, Adams currently has a career record of 149-65. Geppi-Aikens put together a 197-71 record over 15 seasons at Loyola, from 1989-2003.
Loyola Greyhounds (12-4, 8-0 Patriot League)
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig leads the team with 82 points, good for eighth in the NCAA this season, while her team-best 47 assists are fifth nationally.
• Senior Hannah Powers, sporting a 51-game point streak, joins Rosenzweig in the national rankings, as her 72 points are tied for 20th and her 35 assists are 22nd.
• Sophomore Sam Fiedler leads the team with 40 goals, while sophomore Elli Kluegel (29g), senior Taylor VanThof (26g) and freshman Jillian Wilson (24g) have helped the Greyhounds' midfield unit score 119 of Loyola's 242 goals this year.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 36 ground balls and 37 caused turnover, with her 2.31 caused turnovers per game ranking her 11th in the NCAA.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn is allowing 9.72 goals per game, which ranks 19th nationally, while her .488 save percentage ranks 18th in the NCAA this year.
Holy Cross Crusaders (4-11, 2-6 Patriot League)
• Jolie Creo leads the Crusaders with 27 goals and 37 points this year, while Keely Connors is second on the team with 26 goals and 31 points. Connors also leads the squad with 88 draw controls and ranks second in the League with 5.87 per game.
• In goal, Juliana Kubler has posted a 14.11 goals-against average, while her .457 save percentage ranks third in the League this season.
Series History
• Loyola and Holy Cross met for the first time in women's lacrosse in 2014, with the Greyhounds coming out on top of all six meetings.• The two squads met twice in 2014, with Loyola knocking the Crusaders out of the semifinals of that year's Patriot League Tournament.
• Loyola has captured the four wins since then.
Up Next
• The Greyhounds will host the 2019 Patriot League Championships at Ridley Athletic Complex on Thursday, May 2 and Saturday, May 4. Loyola will play in the first semifinal game on Thursday at 5 p.m., with the second semifinal taking place at 8 p.m.
• Saturday's championship game is scheduled for noon.
