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Women’s Lacrosse Tops Patriot League Poll; Rosenzweig, Detwiler Receive Major Preseason Awards

Loyola's five Preseason All-Patriot League honorees
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse topped the Patriot League preseason poll for an eighth-consecutive season, Livy Rosenzweig was selected as the conference's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Katie Detwiler received Preseason Defensive Player of the Year accolades, the league office announced on Thursday morning.

Rosenzweig and Detwiler were also joined by Sam Fiedler, Elli Kluegel and Jillian Wilson on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, as the Greyhounds led the conference with five honorees.

Voting for the preseason poll and award winners was conducted by the 10 women's lacrosse head coaches and athletic communications contacts. The Greyhounds received 162 points and all 18 available first-place votes.

Loyola enters the 2021 season ranked No. 4 in the IWLCA coaches' poll and No. 5 in the ILWomen media poll. The Greyhounds went 5-0 last spring, with four victories over nationally-ranked opponents, and they have reached the NCAA tournament in eight of the last nine completed seasons.

This is the latest of several preseason awards for Rosenzweig and Detwiler, as both were chosen as first team Preseason All-Americans by US Lacrosse and second team Preseason All-Americans by ILWomen. 

The 2018 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Rosenzweig has earned first team all-conference recognition in each of her first two completed seasons. She has totaled a remarkable 245 points (111 G, 134 A) and 201 draw controls in her first 47 collegiate appearances. Detwiler was one of just two freshmen to be named All-Patriot League in 2019, and she was one of only three sophomores selected to the Tewaaraton Award watch list last spring. She led Loyola's defense during its strong start in 2020, including limiting a pair of ranked opponents to single-digit scoring. Loyola defeated #24 Johns Hopkins 16-7 in the season opener and handed #4/3 Florida a 17-6 setback.

Fiedler was joined by Rosenzweig and Detwiler on last year's Tewaaraton Award watch list. A first-team All-Patriot League honoree in 2019, she has contributed 102 goals and 40 assists in her first 47 collegiate games, and she led Division I in shot percentage (.671) as a sophomore.

Kluegel is a three-year starter in the midfield who has totaled 79 goals in her collegiate career while maintaining a 4.0 GPA as a biology major. She has also supplied 42 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers for the Greyhounds. Wilson was a two-time Patriot League Midfielder of the Week in 2020 after leading the team in draws (30), tying for the team lead in caused turnovers (7) and ranking second in goals (17). She was one of two Loyola freshmen (along with Detwiler) to appear in all 21 games for the Greyhounds in 2019.

Loyola, guided by 13-year head coach Jen Adams (a five-time Patriot League Coach of the Year) holds the longest active regular season win streak against conference opponents in Division I. The Greyhounds have gone 52-0 vs. Patriot League opposition since joining the conference in 2014. They have won four out of six Patriot League championships during that span, including a 21-9 victory over Navy in the most-recent title matchup in 2019.

The Mids are ranked second in this year's preseason poll, receiving 146 points overall. Army West Point (125 points) rounds out the top three.

Loyola's 2021 schedule will be released on LoyolaGreyhounds.com on Friday morning.


2021 Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
1. Loyola Maryland (18 first-place votes), 162
2. Navy (2), 146
3. Army West Point, 125
4. Boston University, 108
5. Lehigh, 98
6. Colgate, 80
7. American, 61
8. Holy Cross, 60
9. Bucknell, 32
10. Lafayette, 28 
 
2021 Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Major Awards
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Livy Rosenzweig, Loyola Maryland, Sr., Attack
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Katie Detwiler, Loyola Maryland, Jr., Defender
 
2021 Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Preseason All-League Team
Emma Vinall, American, Sr., A
Jackie Brattan, Army West Point, Sr., A
Caroline Raymond, Army West Point, Jr., A
Emily Vervlied, Boston University, Sr., A
Noelle Patterson, Colgate, Gr., M
Jolie Creo, Holy Cross, Jr., A
Grace Flink, Holy Cross, Jr., GK
Sondra Dickey, Lehigh, Sr., M
Livy Rosenzweig, Loyola Maryland, Sr., A
Katie Detwiler, Loyola Maryland, Jr., D
Sam Fiedler, Loyola Maryland, Sr., M
Elli Kluegel, Loyola Maryland, Sr., M
Jillian Wilson, Loyola Maryland, Jr., M

Nicole Victory, Navy, Sr., A
Reagan Roelofs, Navy, Jr., A/M
Gil Eby, Navy, Jr., M/D
 
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Players Mentioned

Katie Detwiler

#32 Katie Detwiler

Defense
5' 5"
Junior
Sam Fiedler

#24 Sam Fiedler

Midfield
5' 6"
Senior
Elli Kluegel

#13 Elli Kluegel

Midfield
5' 6"
Senior
Livy Rosenzweig

#4 Livy Rosenzweig

Attack
5' 7"
Senior
Jillian Wilson

#7 Jillian Wilson

Midfield
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Katie Detwiler

#32 Katie Detwiler

5' 5"
Junior
Defense
Sam Fiedler

#24 Sam Fiedler

5' 6"
Senior
Midfield
Elli Kluegel

#13 Elli Kluegel

5' 6"
Senior
Midfield
Livy Rosenzweig

#4 Livy Rosenzweig

5' 7"
Senior
Attack
Jillian Wilson

#7 Jillian Wilson

5' 8"
Junior
Midfield