Quick Sticks
• All four of Loyola's losses this season have been to teams in the NCAA Tournament, with Princeton being the Greyhounds' last defeat.
• Since a 14-10 loss to the Tigers at Class of 1952 on Wednesday, April 10, the Greyhounds have rattled off seven-straight wins, outscoring opposition 138-49 through that stretch. Loyola has scored at least 18 goals in all seven of those games, averaging 19.71 per game, while they've allowed just 7.00 goals per game.
• Loyola opened its 21st NCAA Championships appearance with a 19-6 win over Richmond in Friday night's first-round game at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Loyola Greyhounds (16-4, 9-0 Patriot League)
• The Greyhounds, the NCAA leader in assists and assists per game (9.55) this year, broke Loyola's school record for assists Friday, as the team has assisted 191 of 320 goals. The school record was set last year, as the 2018 squad dished out 185 assists.
• Senior Hannah Powers also tied the program's career record for points, as her nine points against Richmond moved her career total to 311, matching Grace Gavin's point total from 2008-11.
• Powers (104 points) and sophomore Livy Rosenzweig (111), the first pair of Greyhound teammates to both post 100 points in a single season, have more points combined of any duo in college lacrosse this year (215). They're also one of just two sets of teammates to each reach the century mark this year, with Boston College's Sam Apuzzo (104) and Kenzie Kent (100) being the other.
• Rosenzweig became the first player at Loyola - male or female - to reach 100 points in a single season last year, setting the school record at 102. Rosenzweig and Powers have both already bettered that mark this year, with the duo rinking second (Rosenzweig, 111 points) and tied for seventh (Powers, 104) in the NCAA for points.
• Sophomore Sam Fiedler and senior Emily Cooper are both in the top three in the NCAA in shot percentage, helping the Greyhounds lead the nation in efficiency (.515). Fiedler boasts an NCAA-best .667 shot percentage, while Cooper is third, converting on 62.5 percent of shots taken.
• The Greyhounds are also second in the NCAA in points (511) and points per game (25.55), while they're eighth in save percentage (.499), ninth in scoring defense (8.70), tied for sixth in scoring offense (16.00) and 10th in draw controls (299).
• Individually, Rosenzweig ranks first in the NCAA in assists (68) and second in points (111), while Powers is ninth in assists (48), tied for 30th in goals (56) and tied for seventh in points (104).
• In addition to leading the NCAA in shot percentage, Fiedler is tied for 42nd in the NCAA in goals - and is the 13th-ranked midfielder - with 52 goals this year.
• On the draw, senior Taylor VanThof ranks 23rd in the NCAA with 108 draw controls.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt is tied for eighth in the NCAA in caused turnovers (43), while senior goalkeeper Kady Glynn is 11th in goals-against average (9.23) and 15th in save percentage (.490).
Princeton Tigers (15-3, 6-1 Ivy League)
• Tess D'Orsi led the Tigers to their NCAA First Round win over Wagner, scoring seven goals to go with an assist in the 19-7 victory.
• D'Orsi leads Princeton with 60 goals this year, while she's third on the team in points, with 75. Kyla Sears paces the Tigers with 85 points on 51 goals and 34 assists, and Elizabeth George is second with 55 goals and 24 assists.
• George leads the team on the draw, winning 77 this year, while Marge Donovan has a team-best 41 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers.
• In playing 1100 minutes in goal, Sam Fish has a 9.97 GAA and .494 save percentage.
Series History
• Princeton earned a 14-10 win earlier this year to pull ahead, 12-5, in the all-time series.
• The squads first met in 1989, with Princeton winning, 7-6, in Baltimore.
• The teams didn't meet again until 2000, with Loyola winning three of the next four meetings from 2000-2003, but the Greyhounds wouldn't come out on top again until 2014, as Princeton won six-straight from 2003-09. The Tigers have won seven of the last eight and 10 of the last 12.
• Loyola's last win at Class of 1952 Stadium was a 9-8 triple-overtime victory in 2003.
Lending a Helping Hand
• The Greyhounds broke the school record for assists in a season, as 191 of Loyola's 320 goals this year have been assisted.
• Loyola leads the NCAA in assists this year, dishing out 9.55 assists per game.
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig has already broke Loyola's single-season record for assists in a season, as she leads the NCAA with 68 this year.
• Senior Hannah Powers is second on the team with 48 assists, a total that ranks ninth in the NCAA this year and third in single-season history at Loyola.
Up Next
• The winners of Sunday's second round will advance to next weekend's quarterfinals and face the winner of the second-seeded Boston College vs. Colorado game.
