Game Information
Opponent	#19 Penn State Nittany Lions
Date	Saturday, February 29
Time	1:00 p.m.
Location	University Park, Pa. | Holuba Hall
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BALTIMORE – No. 5 Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse continues a three-game road swing at No. 19 Penn State on Saturday, with both teams looking to remain unbeaten on the year.

Feb. 28 Update: Saturday's matchup, originally scheduled to be played at Panzer Stadium, has been moved indoors to Holuba Hall due to forecasted cold temperatures. Game time is still set for 1 p.m., and admission will be free to the public. With the facility change, the game will no longer be streamed on BTN+.

Last Time Out

• Jr. M Sam Fiedler single-handedly outscored a top-five opponent last Saturday, contributing eight points (7 G, 1 A) in a dominant 17-6 win for Loyola at No. 4 Florida.
• The 11-goal margin was Loyola's largest ever over a top-five team, surpassing a 16-6 victory over No. 5 William & Mary on March 29, 1997.
• Jr. A Livy Rosenzweig added three goals and three assists, while Jr. M Elli Kluegel totaled three goals and an assist for Loyola, which topped Florida (2-1) for a second-consecutive season and earned the program's first win in Gainesville.
• The Gators were coming off a 15-14 win at defending national champions Maryland the previous weekend.
• Jr. GK Kaitlyn Larsson finished with 11 saves, reaching double figures for a third game in a row, and So. D Katie Detwiler recorded a career-high six draw controls.

Series History

• Penn State leads 17-16 in a series which dates back to 1986.
• The Greyhounds have won each of the previous two meetings, including a 13-8 home victory on March 2 last season.
• Loyola posted a 16-15 overtime win in the last meeting at Penn State on March 3, 2018, with the Greyhounds rallying from a 13-6 deficit in the early stages of the second half. 
• Livy Rosenzweig has totaled 10 points in her career against the Nittany Lions, with three goals and two assists in both matchups.
• Penn State won four-straight in the series from 2014-17.

Scouting Penn State

• The Nittany Lions (4-0) have outscored opponents by a 64-33 margin while starting the season with four-straight victories.
• Penn State has scored 39 goals in its last two contests, topping Duquesne (20-6) on Feb. 19 and Cornell (19-9) last Sunday.
• So. GK Taylor Suplee made 20 saves, Penn State's most in a game since 2007, in Sunday's victory over Cornell. She ranks third in the nation in save percentage (.654) and fourth in saves per game (12.75).
• The Nittany Lions missed out on the NCAA tournament last season after finishing the year with an 8-9 record (3-3 Big Ten). They were ranked fourth out of seven teams in this year's Big Ten preseason poll.
• Sr. A Madison Carter, who has yet to play in a game this season due to injury, was selected to the 2020 Tewaaraton Award Watch List. She is a two-time IWLCA All-American.

National Honor for Fiedler

• Sam Fiedler was selected as the US Lacrosse Player of the Week on Monday after setting career-highs in both goals (7) and points (8) during Loyola's 17-6 victory at No. 4 Florida.
• She had three points (2 G, 1 A) during Loyola's 4-1 run to start the contest, and she supplied four goals during a decisive 9-0 stretch that spanned over 25 minutes of game action.
• A 2020 Tewaaraton Watch List honoree, Fiedler was a second team IWLCA All-Region and first team All-Patriot League selection last spring after leading the nation with a .671 shot percentage.
• Fiedler is now up to 93 career goals after Saturday's performance, leaving her seven away from becoming the 31st player in program history to reach 100 in her collegiate career.  

Another Ranked Opponent Down

• Loyola's win at Florida was its second victory over a nationally-ranked team in three games to begin 2020. The Greyhounds topped then-No. 24 Johns Hopkins by a 16-7 margin in their season opener on Feb. 15.
• Loyola has posted 47 victories over nationally-ranked opposition in 11-plus seasons under head coach Jen Adams. Saturday's win was the fifth victory against a top-five team during Adams' tenure.

Taking Care of the Ball

• After starting the season with two victories despite committing a combined 32 turnovers, Loyola had only seven giveaways in its 17-6 win at Florida last Saturday.
• The seven turnovers are tied for the program's second-fewest in a game dating back to the start of the 2016 season.
• Loyola's fewest turnovers in a contest during that span was six, a mark established in last year's Patriot League final during a 21-9 victory over Navy.

Rosenzweig Moving Up Program Record Book

• Livy Rosenzweig holds school records in single-season points (116) and assists (70) and single-game assists (8).
• She moved up to No. 3 all-time at Loyola in both assists (127) and draw controls (187) during last Saturday's 16-7 victory over Johns Hopkins.
• Rosenzweig is 22 assists away from surpassing Annie Thomas' school-record of 148. She also ranks sixth in Patriot League history, and is four away from moving past former teammate Hannah Powers into the top five.
• Rosenzweig has recorded points in 44 of 45 collegiate games, including each of the last 37 contests.

Patriot League Weekly Award Winners

• Loyola accounted for three of the Patriot League's five weekly award recipients for a second-straight week on Monday.
• Katie Detwiler (Defender of the Week) and Kaitlyn Larsson (Goalkeeper) were repeat winners, while Sam Fiedler took home her first-career Midfielder of the Week award.
  Detwiler was matched up defensively against defending IWLCA and US Lacrosse POTW Shannon Kavanagh on Saturday. Kavanagh was limited to just two goals on two shots, as Loyola held Florida to its fewest goals in a game since March 19, 2016.
• Larsson had 21 stops on the week, with 10 saves in a 14-10 win over Towson and 11 more at Florida. Nine of her saves against the Gators came in the first half, allowing
• Loyola to open up a big early advantage.
• Larsson ranks fifth nationally in save percentage (.589), 10th in goals-agaisnt average (7.67) and 16th in saves per game (11.0) through the Greyhounds' first three contests.

Strong Start for Wills

• Fr. A Emily Wills has totaled 10 points (6 G, 4 A) while earning starts in each of her first three collegiate contests.
• Wills was chosen as the Patriot League's Rookie of the Week on Feb. 17 after supplying three goals and a pair of assists in her debut against No. 24 Johns Hopkins.
• Wills earned USLacrosse All-America status in each of her final two seasons at The Agnes Irwin School. She was part of two PAISAA championship-winning teams (2017, 2018).

Quick Notes

• The Greyhounds are projected to top the Patriot League standings for a seventh-consecutive season since joining the conference prior to the 2014 campaign.
• Loyola went 16-5 (9-0) last spring, winning its fourth Patriot League postseason championship in six seasons and advancing to the NCAA tournament for an eighth time in the last nine years.
• Livy Rosenzweig became the first Greyhound to achieve first team IWLCA All-America status since 2012 last season after breaking her own school record in points (116, 46 G, 70 A) and also setting a new program mark in assists.
• Loyola led Division I in both assists per game (9.4) and shot percentage (51.3) in 2019, ranked seventh nationally in scoring margin (+6.8) and ninth in goals per game (15.9).
• Loyola holds an overall mark of 156-66 (79-12 conference) in 11+ seasons under head coach Jen Adams, posting winning records every year during her tenure.
• Adams has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year in five of Loyola's six seasons in the conference, including each of the last four years.
• Loyola has scored 10+ goals in 18-straight games dating back to last March.  

Looking Ahead

• The Greyhounds are back on the road for a 1 p.m. matchup at Penn next Saturday.