Match Information
Opponent	Army West Point Black Knights
Date	Sunday, October 31, 2021
Time	2:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
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Game Notes	Loyola

The Matchup

• Loyola women's soccer begins its quest for the program's first Patriot League Championship this weekend, as the third-seeded Greyhounds host No. 6 Army West Point in a quarterfinal matchup on Sunday afternoon.
• The Greyhounds have advanced to the semifinals in each of the last two conference tournaments. Army's last playoff appearance came in 2019, when the Black Knights fell 2-1 to Navy in the championship game.

Last Time Out

• Sarah Bayer scored the game's only goal late in the first half, and Paige Sim made four saves to secure her Patriot League-leading seventh shutout during a 1-0 victory for Loyola at American to wrap up the regular season on Wednesday.
• Jess Korman set up Bayer's strike with 46 seconds remaining before the intermission, picking up her team-leading fourth assist in the process.
• Bayer now has three goals this season, and she has scored in each of Loyola's last three games against American.
• Sim made her biggest save of the afternoon in the 18th minute, diving to her right to prevent a strong header by Cailynn Adelman from reaching the back of the net.

Series History

• Army leads 4-2-2 in a series which began when Loyola joined the Patriot League in 2013.
• The home team has never lost in the series, with Army going 4-0-1 at West Point and Loyola holding a 2-0-1 edge during games played in Baltimore.
• All six victories in the series have been decided by one goal, with five of those contests ending in 1-0 scorelines.
• The teams played to a 1-1 draw during this year's regular season meeting at West Point on Sept. 25. Sarah Mirr opened the scoring in the 15th minute, while Trinity Garay equalized for Army 5:44 into the second half. Paige Sim matched a season-high with seven saves to secure a point for Loyola.
• Loyola's last victory in the series was a 1-0 triumph at Ridley Athletic Complex on Sept. 29, 2018.

• 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 8-0-2 when scoring first and 6-0-1 when leading at halftime this fall. They are 8-0-2 overall in their last 10 games when leading at the intermission.

More on Sim

• Paige Sim has played 1599 out of a possible 1610 minutes this season, and she has totaled 5+ saves in nine of her 17 appearances. She leads the Patriot League in goals-against average (0.90), save percentage (.824) and shutouts (7) this fall.
• 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 17-9-10 with a 0.69 GAA, a .844 save percentage and 15 shutouts in 35 starts.

Worth Noting

• Sarah Bayer became the program's first three-time All-Patriot League honoree after earning third team accolades last spring, and she is Loyola's active scoring leader with 29 points (12 G, 5 A) in 56 collegiate appearances.
• 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.