Quick Sticks
• The Greyhounds earned their 47th-straight Patriot League win Sunday, recording a 21-7 win over Boston University. Loyola is 47-0 since joining the League for the 2014 season and owns the nation's longest active conference win streak. The NCAA's conference win streak was set by UMass, as it won 61-straight Atlantic 10 games from 2011-18.
• Loyola and Navy are the last two undefeated teams in the Patriot League standings.
• The winner of Saturday's game holds the advantage towards hosting the 2019 Patriot League Championships.
• These two teams have combined to win each of the last nine Patriot League Championships, with the two meeting in each of the last four. Navy has won the last two (2017 and 2018), snapping Loyola's three-year championship streak (2014, 2015 and 2016).
• Loyola and Navy each advanced to the NCAA Championships last year, marking the first time in Patriot League history that two League teams advanced to the national tournament. The Greyhounds and Midshipmen met in the second round at Ridley Athletic Complex, with the Mids escaping with a 19-15 victory to advance to the quarterfinal round.
• The Greyhounds, picked to win the Patriot League for a sixth-straight season, enters the contest ranked 11th nationally, while Navy comes in at No. 12.
Loyola Greyhounds (8-3, 4-0 Patriot League)
• Livy Rosenzweig, coming off a school-record 102 point freshman season, leads the Greyhounds with 53 points on a team-best 27 goals and 26 assists. Voted the Preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, Rosenzweig has already recorded 5-or-more points through six games, including an 8-point outing (4g, 4a) at No. 4 Syracuse, a 7-point performance (4g, 3a) at No. 25 Towson and an 8-point game (4g, 4a) against Boston University.
• Senior Hannah Powers put together a team-best 10-point performance by dishing out seven assists to go with three goals against Boston University. She's second on the team with 25 goals, 21 assists and 46 points this year and also sports a team-best 46-game point streak.
• Loyola's midfield unit of sophomore Sam Fiedler (25g, 9a), freshman Jillian Wilson (18g, 6a), senior Taylor VanThof (15g, 6a) and sophomore Elli Kluegel (17g, 3a) have combined for 99 of Loyola's 244 points this year.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 25 ground balls and 23 caused turnover, while classmate Kristen Yanchoris has 11 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers, and freshman Katie Detwiler has 15 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn has posted six double-digit save performances to get the Greyhounds four wins over top-10 foes. So far this season, Glynn has a 10.40 goals-against average and .495 save percentage.
Navy Midshipmen (9-2, 4-0 Patriot League)
• The Midshipmen boast a pair of wins over ranked opponents this year, as they defeated then-No. 19 Towson, 14-13, and then-No. 11 Florida, 14-13. Navy's two losses are both to ranked teams, as it fell to then-No. 16 Virginia, 15-12, at No. 1 Boston College, 18-5.
• Navy leads the League in goals (15.36), assists (8.18) and points (23.55) per game.
• Kelly Larkin leads the Patriot League in goals (3.45) and points (6.18) per game, and is second in assists per game (2.73).
• Defensively, Marie Valenti leads the team with 30 ground balls, Gab Harchelroad is allowing 10.81 goals per game. Harchelroad also has 59 saves to go with a .383 save percentage.
Series History
• This will mark the 11th time the two programs have met in six years.
• While the Greyhounds hold an unblemished 5-0 record in regular-season contests, the Midshipmen have a 3-2 advantage in postseason meetings.
• Last season, the two squads met three times, with Loyola taking the regular-season meeting, 16-12, in Annapolis. Navy was then victorious in the Patriot League Championship Game, 17-10, before knocking the Greyhounds out of the NCAA Tournament with a 19-15 win in the second round at Ridley Athletic Complex.
Up Next
• Loyola hits the road for a pair of games next week. On Wednesday, it'll step out of conference play for a game at No. 14 Princeton, before traveling to Lafayette Saturday.
