Match Information
Opponent	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Date	Sunday, September 5, 2021
Time	6:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
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Game Notes	Loyola

The Matchup

• Loyola women's soccer looks to remain unbeaten at Ridley Athletic Complex on Sunday night, as the Greyhounds host FDU in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
• This is the sixth of eight games against non-conference opponents prior to Loyola's Patriot League opener against Colgate on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Last Time Out

• Shayla Smart scored all three goals, and Wake Forest kept Loyola 's offense in check throughout to secure a 3-0 victory over the Greyhounds on Thursday night.
• Smart, who leads the Demon Deacons (5-0-0) with six goals overall on the year, scored in the 11th, 12th and 58th minutes for the home side. 
• Wake Forest limited Loyola to a pair of shots on goal while picking up its fifth clean sheet in as many games to begin the year.
• Paige Sim made six saves in goal for the Greyhounds, giving her six or more saves in four of Loyola's five games so far this season.
• This was the first meeting between the two sides since 2011, and just the fifth meeting overall. Wake Forest improved to 4-1-0 lifetime in the series.

Series History

• This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
• The Greyhounds have won their last two meetings against Northeast Conference opponents, earning 1-0 victories over both St. Francis (Pa.) and Mount St. Mary's during the 2018 season.
• Fairleigh Dickinson last faced a Patriot League opponent back in 2019, playing to a 1-1 draw with Lehigh on August 29.

• Last Sunday's win was the 99th at Loyola for head coach Joe Mallia. He is now 99-57-15 across 10 seasons at Loyola (1998-2004, 2019-pres.) and 149-91-26 in 15 seasons overall, leaving him one victory away from reaching a pair of milestone figures.
• Loyola's four second-half goals came within a span of 24 minutes. Olivia Quaranta began the run after heading in a Nicole Rivas corner in the 52nd minute.
• Shea Carroll and Lois Edwards each picked up their first collegiate assists during the second half scoring run.
• Loyola's last five-goal performance came in a 5-1 home win over Delaware State on Oct. 1, 2018. 
• The Greyhounds scored multiple goals for a second time in their last 16 contests dating back to October, 2019. Their other multi-goal effort during that span was a 2-1 win over Colgate to open up the 2021 spring season.

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 announcedin August, 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 a career record of 11-7-6 with a 0.77 GAA and .828 save percentage. She has recorded shutouts in nine of her 22 career starts in goal.
• A first team All-Patriot League honoree, Tempert scored two of Loyola's four goals last spring and 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 are back for the Greyhounds this season, including six former All-Patriot League players in Paige Sim, Ada Clare 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.
• 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.