Quick Sticks
• With an undefeated 9-0 record, Loyola captured its sixth-straight undefeated regular-season championship since joining the Patriot League for the 2014 season.
• Loyola is 52-0 in Patriot League regular-season contests since joining the League for the 2014 season and won the nation's longest active win streak in conference games.
• The Greyhounds are hosting the Patriot League Championships for the sixth-straight season and are looking for their fourth tournament title, as they won the 2014, 2015 and 2015 championships.
• This will mark the fifth-straight season that Loyola and Navy are playing for the title.
• Senior Hannah Powers broke the Patriot League's tournament record for goals scored in a single game by scoring eight in a 20-12 win over Colgate Thursday.
• 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' record of 51 from the 2015 season.
• Rosenzweig is two points away from her second triple-digit point season and just five goals from becoming the third Greyhound in program history to reach the 100-assist and 100-goal plateau in their sophomore season (Janet Eisenhut, 1980-83, and Anne Allen, 1984-87), as she has 95 career goals and 105 career assists.
• Senior Taylor VanThof is also approaching her 100th career goals, as she enters the contest with 99 career goals.
• Rosenzweig and VanThof are looking to join the 28 other Greyhounds throughout program history to reach 100 career goals.
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 98 points this season, while her team-best 58 assists ranks second in the Patriot League and tied for 10th in the NCAA this year.
• Senior Hannah Powers, sporting a 53-game point streak, joins Rosenzweig in the national rankings, as her 86 points are tied for 25th and her 39 assists are tied for 18th.
• Loyola's midfield unit has scored almost half of Loyola's goals this season, as sophomore Sam Fiedler (45 goals), sophomore Elli Kluegel (29g), senior Taylor VanThof (27g) and Jillian Wilson (24g) have combined for 125 of Loyola's 280 goals.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 39 ground balls and 39 caused turnover, with her 2.16 caused turnovers per game ranking her tied for 11th in the NCAA.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn is allowing 9.47 goals per game, which ranks 14th nationally, while her .489 save percentage ranks 16th in the NCAA this year.
Navy Midshipmen (15-3, 8-1 Patriot League)
• Navy advanced to the Patriot League title game by downing Army West Point, 20-10, in the semifinal round Thursday night.
• Kelly Larkin led the Midshipmen with six goals in the game. She leads the Mids with 61 goals, 49 assists and 110 points this season.
• Nicole Victory is second on the team with 29 assists and 54 points after dishing out four goals and five assists vs. the Black Knights.
• In goal, Gab Harchelroad is giving up 10.27 goals per game this year, while she has a .377 save percentage. In Thurdsay night's game, she gave up 10 goals and stopped six shots.
Series History
• This will mark the 12th time the two programs have met in six years.
• While the Greyhounds hold an unblemished 6-0 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.
• Loyola avenged the postseason losses from last year with a 16-6 win earlier this year.
Up Next
• The winner on Saturday's championship game will secure the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
• The NCAA Selection Show is set to air on NCAA.com Sunday at 8 p.m.
