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Women's Soccer Hosts Marist in Season Opener Thursday Night

Gillian Borton is one of three team captains for the Greyhounds this season.
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Opponent Marist Red Foxes
Date Thursday, August 19, 2021
Time 6:00 p.m.
Location Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
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The Matchup

  • Loyola women's soccer kicks off the 2021 fall campaign on Thursday with the first of nine regular season contests at Ridley Athletic Complex, as the Greyhounds host former MAAC rivals Marist.
  • This begins a stretch of eight games against non-conference opponents prior to Loyola's Patriot League opener against Colgate on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Sim, Tempert Land on Preseason All-Patriot League Team

  • Loyola was one of three Patriot League schools to have multiple selections to the conference's 11-member Preseason All-League team last week, with juniors Paige Sim and Ada Clare Tempert both earning recognition.
  • Sim played every minute in goal during the spring 2021 season while earning third team all-conference accolades, finishing with a 3-2-1 record, a 0.48 GAA, a .824 save percentage and three shutouts.
  • Also a second team All-Patriot League honoree as a freshman in 2019, Sim has allowed one goal or fewer in each of her first 20 collegiate appearances.
  • Tempert scored two of Loyola's four goals in the spring, providing the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Bucknell on March 13 and opening the scoring in an eventual 2-1 win vs. Colgate to begin the season on March 8. A first team All-Patriot League performer, she was tied for the team lead in shots (10), making an immediate impact after missing the 2019 season due to injury.

Loyola Ranked No. 5 in Patriot League Preseason Poll

  • The Greyhounds, who are one of two teams to advance to the Patriot League semifinals in each of the last two seasons, were projected to finish fifth in the conference's preseason poll released on August 10.
  • Loyola has earned a result in 10 of 13 regular season games against Patriot League opponents over the last two years, going 5-3-5 during that stretch.
  • Nine of 11 starters from the spring will be back for the Greyhounds this season, including six former All-Patriot League players in Sim, Tempert, Sarah Bayer (2018 - 2nd Team, 2019 - 1st Team, Spring 2021 - 3rd Team), Kaleigh Gallagher (2019 - 3rd Team), Julia Gray (2019 - 2nd Team) and Nicole Rivas (Spring 2021 - 3rd Team).

Last Season

  • A season unlike any other culminated in a return trip to the Patriot League Final Four for Loyola, as the Greyhounds went 3-1-1 in regular season play to clinch the No. 2 seed in the conference's South division standings.
  • Loyola's season ultimately ended with a tight 1-0 defeat to eventual conference champions Navy in the semifinals.
  • The Greyhounds outscored their opponents by an overall margin of 4-3 during the shortened spring campaign. All six of Loyola's games were scoreless at halftime.
  • Claire Beath, a first team All-Patriot League selection in her final collegiate season on the backline, was the lone field player to play in all 564 minutes.
  • Loyola's team GAA of 0.479 ranked third in the Patriot League and 11th overall among Division I schools.
Series History
  • Loyola leads 13-6-4 in a series which dates back to 1997.
  • The two teams faced off four times in the MAAC Championship game, with Loyola earning titles in 2001 (1-0), 2007 (2-0) and 2012 (2-1) while the Red Foxes prevailed by a 1-0 final in 2011.
  • Marist rallied for a 2-1 home victory in the most-recent meeting between the two sides on Sept. 8, 2019.
  • Loyola led for a majority of the game following a seventh minute long-distance strike from Hannah Hoefs, but Marist equalized in the 76th minute and clinched the win on a header by Kristen Prevosto with seven seconds remaining in regulation.
  • The Greyhounds are 5-2-3 lifetime against Marist under head coach Joe Mallia.

Scouting Marist

  • The Red Foxes only managed to play one game during the COVID-19 impacted spring season, falling 3-1 at Quinnipiac on March 9.
  • Marist finished the 2019 campaign with an overall record of 8-10-1 (5-4-1 MAAC), losing 3-2 to Quinnipiac in the MAAC quarterfinals. Its two second team All-MAAC performers from that season, midfielder Nicole Sasso and defender Bianca Furci, are both no longer with the program.
  • Sr. GK Natalie Kelchner started 11 games in 2019, ranking 19th in DIvision I in save percentage (.857) and 24th nationally in saves per game (6.00).
  • Sr. F Victoria Colatosti totaled 16 points (7 G, 2 A) to lead Marist's offensive attack during the 2019 season.
Borton, Gray, Rivas Named Team Captains
  • Loyola's three team captains for the 2021 fall season were selected earlier this week, with senior Gillian Borton and graduate students Julia Gray and Nicole Rivas chosen to lead the Greyhounds on and off the field.
  • Borton is a first-year team captain, while Gray and Rivas served as co-captains for the 2020-21 academic year.
  • Borton has earned starts in each of her last 19 appearances with the Greyhounds. A contributor on both sides of the field, she had the primary assist on Sarah Bayer's game-winner in a key 1-0 win at American last April.
  • 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.
  • Rivas was recognized as an All-Patriot League performer for the first time in her career last spring, landing on the third team after appearing in all six games on the backline, playing a key role for a defense which posted three shutouts. She was recognized as the program's Most Dedicated Player during the athletic department's 2021 Virtual Iggys ceremony.
Back-to-Back-to-Back PL Accolades for Bayer
  • Sarah Bayer became the program's first three-time All-Patriot League honoree after earning third team accolades last spring, and she enters this season as Loyola's active scoring leader with 22 points (9 G, 4 A) in 42 collegiate appearances.
  • Bayer is the lone Loyola player to start every game in each of the last three seasons. Of her nine collegiate goals, five have been game-winners for the Greyhounds.

Club Connections

Quick Notes
  • Julia 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.
  • Loyola has two of the last three Maryland Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year honorees on its roster, with Ada Clare Tempert recognized in 2019 and incoming freshman Baylee DeSmit chosen in 2020.
  • The Greyhounds have held opponents to one goal or fewer in 18-consecutive games dating back to Sept. 15, 2019.
  • Loyola is 7-4-1 at Ridley Athletic Complex since the start of the 2019 season.
Smart Hounds
  • Loyola finished the 2021 spring semester with an impressive 3.604 team GPA. A total of 17 Greyhounds recorded a semester GPA above 3.60, with Gillian Borton, Kaleigh Gallagher, Julia Gray, Chloe Kuminkoski, Sarah Mirr and Jenna Nall all posting perfect 4.0 GPA's.
  • Sarah Bayer (biology/speech pathology interdisciplinary major, 3.95 GPA) and Paige Sim (biology major, 3.94 GPA) were both Academic All-Patriot League selections, with Bayer later becoming the program's first CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree since 2012.
Looking Ahead
  • Loyola hits the road for the first time this season on Sunday, traveling to No. 7 Clemson for a matchup beginning at 7 p.m.
  • The Greyhounds will face the Tigers, who advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals last spring, for the third time in program history (first since 1995).
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Players Mentioned

Claire Beath

#4 Claire Beath

Defender
5' 4"
Senior
Sarah Bayer

#2 Sarah Bayer

Forward
5' 4"
Senior
Gillian Borton

#30 Gillian Borton

Defender
5' 2"
Senior
Kaleigh Gallagher

#27 Kaleigh Gallagher

Midfielder/Forward
5' 6"
Senior
Julia Gray

#21 Julia Gray

Defender
5' 9"
Graduate Student
Chloe Kuminkoski

#22 Chloe Kuminkoski

Defender
5' 10"
Sophomore
Sarah Mirr

#15 Sarah Mirr

Midfielder
5' 3"
Senior
Nicole Rivas

#3 Nicole Rivas

Defender/Midfielder
5' 0"
Graduate Student
Paige Sim

#1 Paige Sim

Goalkeeper
5' 4"
Junior
Ada Clare Tempert

#9 Ada Clare Tempert

Forward
5' 5"
Junior
Emma Aviles

#12 Emma Aviles

Midfielder
5' 6"
Freshman
Jess Korman

#18 Jess Korman

Defender
5' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Claire Beath

#4 Claire Beath

5' 4"
Senior
Defender
Sarah Bayer

#2 Sarah Bayer

5' 4"
Senior
Forward
Gillian Borton

#30 Gillian Borton

5' 2"
Senior
Defender
Kaleigh Gallagher

#27 Kaleigh Gallagher

5' 6"
Senior
Midfielder/Forward
Julia Gray

#21 Julia Gray

5' 9"
Graduate Student
Defender
Chloe Kuminkoski

#22 Chloe Kuminkoski

5' 10"
Sophomore
Defender
Sarah Mirr

#15 Sarah Mirr

5' 3"
Senior
Midfielder
Nicole Rivas

#3 Nicole Rivas

5' 0"
Graduate Student
Defender/Midfielder
Paige Sim

#1 Paige Sim

5' 4"
Junior
Goalkeeper
Ada Clare Tempert

#9 Ada Clare Tempert

5' 5"
Junior
Forward
Emma Aviles

#12 Emma Aviles

5' 6"
Freshman
Midfielder
Jess Korman

#18 Jess Korman

5' 2"
Freshman
Defender