• William & Mary leads 17-8-6 in a series which dates back to 1978.
• This will be the third meeting between the two sides since 2011. They played to a scoreless draw on Sept. 1, 2017, while the Tribe earned a 2-0 home win in the most-recent matchup on Sept. 24, 2019.
• Loyola's last win in the series was a 1-0 road triumph on Oct. 7, 1998. 
• The last home victory for the Greyhounds was a 1-0 decision on Oct. 30, 1993. William & Mary is 3-0-1 in Baltimore since that date.
• Each of the last eight meetings in the series have been decided by two goals or fewer.

Quick Notes Entering the Weekend

• Loyola's last victory against a CAA opponent was a 3-2 triumph over Drexel on Oct. 20, 2015.
• Chase Vosvick has held opponents to one goal or fewer in 24 of his 27 collegiate starts at Ridley Athletic Complex. He is 2-2-1 on the year with a 0.58 goals-against average and .857 save percentage.
• Vosvick ranks 12th in Division I in save percentage, and he is 21st nationally in GAA.
• Justin Ingram leads the Greyhounds with six points (2 G, 2 A) in the season's first seven games. He has six career games with 3+ points at Loyola.
• Kevin Medrano ranks tied for fourth in the Patriot League in both total assists (3) and assists per game (0.43).
• Kelan Swales had the game-winning goal in the 53rd minute of Loyola's 2-1 victory at Lehigh on Sept. 18. Swales, who led the Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally in assists per game (0.67) last spring, now has seven points (1 G, 5 A) in his first 13 games at Loyola.
• Nineteen different Loyola players, including seven of the program's 12 new additions to the roster for 2021, have started at least one game this season.
• Seven different players have factored in Loyola's seven goals, with Ingram and Matthew Lala (2 G) leading the offense. Lala secured a 2-2 draw at Penn on Sept. 13 with a late equalizing goal in the 75th minute.
• Sean Graham, Jordy Luchies and Daniel Tshiani are the only three Greyhounds to start each of the season's first seven games.

Greyhounds Earn Draw at No. 5 West Virginia

• Chase Vosvick matched a career-high with seven saves, including several highlight-reel efforts, and Loyola was even in shots with nationally-ranked West Virginia for the final 65 minutes of a 0-0 draw between the two sides on Sept. 6.
• West Virginia was coming off back-to-back victories over No. 3 Pittsburgh (2-1) and No. 17 Penn State (3-1), but was held off the scoresheet for the first time this season.
• Shots were even at 6-6 after halftime, including a 5-4 edge for Loyola in the second half. Alex Bobocea played the final 1:05 in goal after Vosvick left due to injury.
• Loyola was playing its first ranked opponent since earning a 1-1 draw at then-No. 2 Wake Forest back on Oct. 22, 2019.

Loyola Tops Patriot League Preseason Poll

• For a fourth time in the past five seasons, Loyola has been projected to finish atop the Patriot League standings, as the Greyhounds (149 points, 10 first-place votes) edged American (137, 7) for the top spot in the conference's preseason poll.
• Loyola returns all primary starters from the 2021 spring campaign, including the Patriot League's Offensive Player (Sam Brown), Midfielder (Justin Ingram) and Goalkeeper (Chase Vosvick) of the Year.
• The Greyhounds are 31-12-5 overall against Patriot League opponents in the last five years under head coach Steve Nichols.