Patriot League Champions
• The Greyhounds are making their 21st appearance in the NCAA Championships, and their second-straight, after winning their first Patriot League title since 2016.
• Loyola has won its conference championship in six of the last nine years, as the Greyhounds captured back-to-back BIG EAST titles in 2011 and 2012 before joining the Patriot League for the 2014 season, where Loyola won three-straight titles.
• 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 and own the nation's longest active win streak in conference games.
• Senior Hannah Powers, the Patriot League Tournament MVP, broke three records throughout the tournament; goals scored in a single game (8 vs. Colgate), goals scored in a tournament (12) and points in a tournament (18).
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig, an All-Tournament Team selection and Tewaaraton Award semifinalist, tied the tournament record for assists in a single game (6 vs. Navy) and broke the tournament record for total assists (10; 4 vs. Colgate and 6 vs. Navy).
• The Greyhounds also set new records for goals in a tournament (41; 20 vs. Colgate and 21 vs. Navy), assists in a tournament (26; 9 vs. Colgate and 17 vs. Navy), and assists in a single tournament game (17).
Loyola Greyhounds (15-4, 9-0 Patriot League)
• Sophomore Livy Rosenzweig leads the NCAA with 64 assists this season, a new single-season record for Loyola. Rosenzweig also broke her own single-season points record, as she's ranked third in the NCAA with 106 this year.Â
• Senior Hannah Powers, sporting a 54-game point streak, joins Rosenzweig in the national rankings, as her 95 points and 44 assists are both tied for 11th nationally.
• Sophomore Sam Fiedler leads the NCAA in shot percentage (.653). She is third on the team with 72 points, while she also has 49 goals and a team-best 48 ground balls.Â
• Senior Taylor VanThof is fourth on the team in points, with 43, after becoming the 29th player in program history to score 100 career goals in Saturday's title game.Â
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has 40 ground balls and 39 caused turnover, with her caused turnovers ranking tied for 11th in the NCAA this year.
• In goal, senior Kady Glynn is allowing 9.44 goals per game, which ranks 13th nationally, while her .489 save percentage ranks 16th in the NCAA this year.Â
Richmond Spiders (17-3, 7-2 Atlantic 10)
• Richmond earned an automatic bid to NCAAs after using a come-from-behind win over UMass, 19-18 in overtime, to secure its second-straight Atlantic 10 title.
• Three Spiders have already scored at least 50 goals this season, with Mia Castagnero leading the way with 56. Katie Sciandra is second with 54, while Sam Geiersbach - the A-10 Tournament MVP after scoring the game-winning goal - is third with 50.
• Marissa Brown leads Richmond with 89 points (40g, 49a), while Geiersbach is close behind with 86 points on 50 goals and 36 assists.Â
• Julie Ball leads the team on the draw, winning 83, while she also leads the defense with 72 ground balls and 50 caused turnovers.Â
• In goal, Megan Gianforte has a 10.13 goals-against average and .472 save percentage.
Series History
• This will mark the 23rd time the two former Colonial Athletic Association rivals have met, as they played every year from 1982 through 2001. • Loyola holds a 20-2 advantage over Richmond, with the Spiders' two wins coming during the 1988 season, both 6-5 decisions.
National Rankings
• Loyola leads the nation in assists per game (9.47), ranks second in shot percentage (.506) and is third in points per game (25.32) this season. The Greyhounds are also ninth in scoring offense (15.84), 10th in scoring margin (7.00), 12th in scoring defense (8.84), 10th in turnovers per game (13.68) and 13th in clearing percentage (.897).Â
• Individually, sophomores Livy Rosenzweig and Sam Fiedler lead the NCAA in assists (64) and shot percentage (.653), respectively, while senior Emily Cooper is fifth in shot percentage (.613). Senior Hannah Powers is also tied for 11th in both points (95) and assists (44), while Rosenzweig is third in points (106).
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt is tied for 11th in the NCAA with 39 caused turnovers, while classmate Kady Glynn ranks 13th nationally in goals-against average (9.44) and 16th in save percentage (.489).
Lending a Helping Hand
• The Greyhounds are five assists away from breaking the school record for assists in a season, as 180 of Loyola's 301 goals this year have been assisted. Only the 2018 team had combined for more assists, as that squad assisted 185 of its 343 goals.
• Loyola leads the NCAA in assists this year, dishing out 9.47 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 64 this year.
• Senior Hannah Powers is second on the team with 44 assists, a total that ranks tied for 11th in the NCAA this year and sixth in single-season history at Loyola. It's also four assists away from third place in program history.Â
Records For Rosenzweig
• Livy Rosenzweig is three goals away from becoming the third Greyhound in program history to reach the 100-goal and 100-assist plateau in their sophomore season (Janet Eisenhut, 1980-83, and Anne Allen, 1984-87), as she has 97 career goals. She already has 111 career assists which ranks fourth in Loyola's program history.
• Rosenzweig is also on the verge of breaking the Patriot League's record for single-season assists, as her 64 this year trail only Jasmine DePompeo's 71 for Navy in 2013. Rosenzweig already broke Loyola's single-season assists record earlier this year, passing Annie Thomas' 51 from 2015.
• With 106 points this year, Rosenzweig bettered her own school record of 102 from last year and currently ranks ninth on the Patriot League's single-season records.
Rewriting the Patriot League Record Books
• Loyola is in the midst of rewriting the Patriot League's career and single-season record books.
• Senior Hannah Powers is currently tied for fifth in the League's records for career points, as her 302 are equal to Lehigh's Lauren Dykstra's 302 from 2008-11. Powers is seven points from passing Lehigh's Jill Altschuler for fourth on the list, as Altshuler posted 308 from 1993-96.
• Powers and sophomore Livy Rosenzweig are also in the top-six of the League's career assist leaders, as Powers is fifth with 125 and Rosenzweig is sixth with 111. Navy's Jasmine DePompeo holds the League record with 167 from 2010-13, while a pair of active players are second and third, as Navy junior Kelly Larkin currently has 158 and Boston University junior Kailey Conry is third with 151. Lafayette's Madalyn Booth is fourth at 134 from 2005-08.
• With a second-straight 100-point season, Rosenzweig has broke into the League's top-10 leaders for single-season points, with her 106 ranking ninth, while her 64 assists are eight from breaking DePompeo's League-record of 71 from 2013.
• Defensively, senior Lindsey Ehrhardt has cracked into the top-10 in caused turnovers, as she currently ranks eighth with 39 this year.
• Senior Taylor VanThof already owns the League's single-game record for draw controls and two of the top-four spots on the single season list. The second player in Patriot League history to reach at least 100 draw controls in three-or-more seasons, VanThof currently ranks third on the career list with 384.Â
Up Next
• The winners of Friday's NCAA First Round games will advance to the second round and play on Sunday at 1 p.m., in the NCAA Second Round at Princeton.
