Match Information
Opponent	Boston University Terriers
Date	Saturday, October 23, 2021
Time	2:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
Watch	ESPN+  |  International Video Stream
Online Media	Live Stats
Follow Us	Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Game Notes	Loyola

The Matchup

• Loyola women's soccer hits the road for its final two games of the regular season, beginning with a weekend matchup at Patriot League leaders Boston University.
• The Greyhounds are currently tied with Bucknell for second place in the conference standings. Both schools have 14 points, leaving them two back of the first-place Terriers.

Last Time Out

• Baylee DeSmit fired a free kick into the top right corner 59 seconds into the second half, and Loyola's defense shutdown Lehigh throughout to pick up a key 1-0 home victory last Saturday.
• The Greyhounds are now 3-0-1 in their last four games, allowing just one goal during that span, and they improved to 4-0-2 in six lifetime meetings at home against the Mountain Hawks (5-7-1, 3-3-1 PL).
• DeSmit's curling effort was her third goal of the season, tying her with Ada Clare Tempert for the team lead.
• Paige Sim made three saves, all in the second half, to secure her sixth clean sheet of the season in goal. Each of Loyola's last three victories, and six of seven overall on the year, have come via shutout.

Series History

• Boston U leads 7-1-2 in a series which dates back to 2009.
• Loyola's lone victory was a 1-0 home triumph on Oct. 18, 2014.
• The Greyhounds snapped a five-game losing streak in the series during the last meeting on Oct. 5, 2019, when the teams played to a scoreless draw in Boston.
• Boston U led 12-9 in shots, while Loyola had a 5-4 edge in shots on goal. Paige Sim made four saves to secure a key road point for the visitors.
• The Greyhounds have been held off the scoreboard in each of the last four meetings between the two sides. Their last goal against BU came during a 2-1 setback in the 2015 Patriot League semifinals.

• The Greyhounds have won each of the last 12 games in which they have scored two goals or more, a streak which dates back to Sept. 6, 2018. Loyola is 4-0-0 when scoring multiple goals this season.
• The Greyhounds are also 7-0-1 when scoring first and 5-0-1 when leading at halftime this fall. They are 7-0-2 overall in their last nine games when leading at the intermission.

More on Sim

• Paige Sim has played 1399 out of a possible 1410 minutes this season, and she has totaled 6+ saves in seven of her 15 appearances.
• For the year, Sim is 7-5-3 with a 0.96 goals-against average, a .815 save percentage and a conference-high six shutouts. Taking away Loyola's defeats to ACC leaders Clemson and Wake Forest, she is 7-3-3 with a 0.59 GAA and .871 save percentage.
• Sim was a third team All-Patriot League honoree during the 2021 spring season, and she was a second team selection following her freshman season in 2019.
• For her career, Sim is 16-9-9 with a 0.71 GAA, a .840 save percentage and 14 shutouts in 33 starts.

Worth Noting

• Nine of 11 primary starters from the spring are back for the Greyhounds this season, including six former All-Patriot League players in Bayer (2018 - 2nd Team, 2019 - 1st Team, Spring 2021 - 3rd Team) Paige Sim (2019 - 2nd Team, Spring 2021 - 3rd Team), Ada Clare Tempert (Spring 2021 - 1st Team), Kaleigh Gallagher (2019 - 3rd Team), Julia Gray (2019 - 2nd Team) and Nicole Rivas (Spring 2021 - 3rd Team).
• Gray, who served as Loyola's co-SAAC president for the 2020-21 academic year, was announced in June as the Patriot League's representative on the NCAA Division I SAAC. She begins her two-year term this fall.
• Gray, Rivas and Gillian Borton were chosen as team captains for the 2021 season. Borton is a first-year team captain, while Gray and Rivas served as co-captains for the 2020-21 academic year.
• A second team All-Patriot League honoree in 2019, Gray was also a Preseason All-Patriot League selection in the spring before missing a majority of the season due to injury. She started all 19 games at center back in 2019, anchoring a defense which surrendered just seven goals over the season's final 12 contests.
• Loyola has two of the last three Maryland Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year honorees on its roster, with Tempert recognized in 2019 and freshman Baylee DeSmit chosen in 2020.