Patriot League Champions
• Loyola captured its sixth-straight undefeated regular-season championship since joining the Patriot League for the 2014 season.
• The Greyhounds will be hosting the Patriot League Championships for the sixth-straight season, as well, and are looking for their fourth tournament title, as they won the 2014, 2015 and 2015 championships.
• Top-seeded Loyola will host fifth-seeded Colgate on Thursday at 5 p.m., with a second semifinal game between second-seeded Navy and third-seeded Army West Point set for 8 p.m. at Ridley Athletic Complex.
• The winners of the two games will advance to Saturday's championship game. Opening draw is set for noon with the winner claiming the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
Patriot League Awards
• Five Greyhounds earned major awards from the Patriot League, while eight were named to an All-Patriot League Team and two to the All-Academic Team.
• Senior Taylor VanThof was voted the Patriot League Midfielder of the Year, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt the Defensive Player of the Year, senior Kady Glynn the Goalkeeper of the Year and senior Kristen Yanchoris the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's lacrosse. Head coach Jen Adams picked up her fourth-straight and fifth overall Patriot League Coach of the Year accolade.
• Senior Hannah Powers and sophomore Livy Rosenzweig joined Ehrhradt, Glynn, VanThof and Yanchoris on the All-Patriot League First Team, while sophomore Sam Fiedler and freshman Katie Detwiler were included on the second team.
• Yanchoris and sophomore Elli Kluegel were named to the All-Academic Team.
Quick Sticks
• Loyola ran its win streak to 52-straight games in Patriot League regular-season contests to capture its sixth-straight undefeated regular-season championship. The Greyhounds are 52-0 since joining the League for the 2014 season and own the nation's longest active win streak in conference games. UMass set the NCAA record by winning 61-straight Atlantic 10 games from 2011-18.
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig, named one of the 25 semifinalists for the Tewaaraton Award, broke Loyola's single-season assist record in the regular-season finale at Holy Cross. With 54 this year, she passed Annie Thomas' school record of 51 from the 2015 season.
• Rosenzweig and senior Taylor VanThof are also approaching their 100th career goals, as VanThof enters the postseason with 99 career goals and Rosenzweig has scored 91 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).
Loyola Greyhounds (13-4, 9-0 Patriot League)
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig leads the team and ranks second in the Patriot League and fourth in the NCAA with 90 points this season, while her team-best 54 assists ranks second in the Patriot League and tied for 10th in the NCAA this year.
• Senior Hannah Powers, sporting a 52-game point streak, joins Rosenzweig in the national rankings, as her 77 points are tied for 25th and her 38 assists are tied for 18th.
• Sophomore Sam Fiedler leads the team and ranks seventh in the Patriot League with 43 goals, while sophomore Elli Kluegel (29g), senior Taylor VanThof (27g) and freshman Jillian Wilson (24g) have helped the Greyhounds' midfield unit score almost half of Loyola's goals this year (123 of 260).
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 36 ground balls and 37 caused turnover, with her 2.31 caused turnovers per game ranking her tied for 11th in the NCAA.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn is allowing 9.34 goals per game, which ranks 14th nationally, while her .492 save percentage ranks 16th in the NCAA this year.
Colgate Raiders (8-9, 5-3 Patriot League)
• The Raiders upset fourth-seeded Boston University, 14-13, in the quarterfinal round to advance to the semifinals. This marks Colgate's first semifinal appearance in the tournament since the 2015 season.
• Colgate had four Raiders named to the All-Patriot League Second Team; attacker Tara Atkinson, midfielder Noelle Patterson, defender Madeline Barcia and goalkeeper Samantha Croston.
• Atkinson currently leads Colgate with 31 assists and 56 points, while Patterson has a team-best 36 goals and is second with 41 points.
• Defensively, Croston has posted a 12.10 goals-against average to go with 9.71 saves per game and a .458 save percentage. She also leads the team with 39 ground balls, while Barcia has 25 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers.
Series History
• While Loyola has won all eight games in the all-time series between the two programs, this will mark the first time that the two programs have met in the Patriot League Championships.
Up Next
• The winners of Thursday's two semifinal games will meet in Saturday's Championship Game. Opening draw is set for noon with the winner claiming the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
