The Matchup
- The Greyhounds begin postseason play on Sunday, as they travel to face Boston in the Patriot League Championships Quarterfinal.
- This will be the 13th meeting between the two programs, with the Terriers hold an 8-1-3 record over the Greyhounds. The teams met on October 22nd, where the Terriers won 3-1.
Last Time Out
- The Greyhounds hosted the American Eagles on Wednesday night.
- The Eagles scored early in the first half, as they found the back of the net off of a Greyhounds miss-hit.
- The Greyhounds were the aggressors offensively in the fist half, as they out-shot the Eagles 11-3 in the first half. - Despite the large number of shots, they trailed 1-0 at halftime.
- In the second half, the Greyhounds finally broke through, as
Baylee DeSmit buried a free kick to tie it at 1-1.
- Shortly after however, the Eagles took the lead once again, as they scored on a penalty kick.
- The Greyhounds had several opportunities down the stretch, but could not find the equalizer as they lost 2-1.
Key Returners and Newcomers
- The Greyhounds will return a strong core from last years team, as there will be 9 members of the team that tallied at least 10 starts last season.
- This group is led by Preseason Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year,
Paige Sim, who started all 18 games last season.
- The Greyhounds also return
Sarah Mirr,
Chloe Kuminkoski,
Alex Searing, and
Gillian Borton who all also started all 18 games last season.
- Three of the top four scorers from last years team also return in
Baylee DeSmit (4 goals, 1 assist),
Sarah Mirr (3 goals, 3 assists), and
Ada Clare Tempert (3 goals, 1 assist).
- Other notable returners for the Greyhounds are seniors
MK Barnes, Lea Kristjansdottir, and junior
Kelly Hutton.
- On top of the deep returners for the Greyhounds, they also brought in a talented freshman class, as they brought in 5 freshman to bolster their roster, and also brought in sophomore transfer Michaela Virgin, who comes to Loyola after a year at NC State.
Where They Stand In The Patriot League
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Paige Sim currently is second in the conference in saves (67), 3rd in saves per game (4.19), and is first in shutouts (8).
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Baylee DeSmit is tied for first in the conference in goals (6), first in points (19), tied for second in game-winning goals (3), and second in assists (7).
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Olivia Quaranta is tied for fourth in the league in assists (4).
Scouting Boston
- The Terriers come into the matchup with an 10-8 (6-3) record on the season. They clinced the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Championship.
- They are coming into the matchup off of a 3-2 loss to Army, who won the regular season championship.
- Morgan Fagan leads the team with 6 goals, which is tied for the conference lead.
- Abigail McNulty and Jenna Oldham are tied for the team lead with 4 assists this year.
- Celia Bruan has started 14 games in goal, and has 30 saves and an 1.13 GAA. Gretchen Bennett has played in 16 games, with 4 starts, tallying 22 saves and an 1.60 GAA.
- Giulianna Gianino was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
- Amy Thompson, Jenna Oldham, Morgan Fagan, Abby McNulty, Giulianna Gianino, and Lily Matthews all earned All Patriot League honors.
Quick Notes Entering the Weekend
- Loyola is 1 of 40 teams in the country to have at least 9 shutouts on the season, and sit in 27th place nationally in shutout percentage (.600).
- The Greyhounds have a 13-8-10 conference record dating back to the beginning of the 2019 season.
- The Greyhounds have posted 9 shutouts this season so far, including a streak of five straight games with a shutout, before it ended against Army.
- The Greyhounds had gone over 571 minutes without allowing a goal, dating back to the Columbia game, through the late goal against Army.
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Baylee DeSmit has been a key piece for the Greyhounds, as she has 6 goals and 7 assists on the season.
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Olivia Quaranta has also set a career high of 4 assists this year.
- Three players earned Patriot League Player of the Week nods this year.
Sarah Mirr earned Midfielder of the Week twice, Alex Searning was named Defensive Player of the Week, and
Paige Sim was named Goalkeeper of the Week twice.
- Loyola's eight victories last season are the program's most since the 2012 team went 12-6-4 and advanced to the NCAA tournament. The Greyhounds' 18 points in Patriot League play were also their most since joining the conference.
- 15 returning players appeared in at least 10 games during the 2021 season, including seven of them that tallied over 1,000 game minutes (
Paige Sim,
Alex Searing,
Chloe Kuminkoski,
Sarah Mirr,
MK Barnes,
Gillian Borton, and
Baylee DeSmit)
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Paige Sim was named the 2021 Goalkeeper of the Year and earned 1st Team All-Conference nods, and has followed that up as being named the Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year, as well as being named to the Preseason All-Patriot League team.
Recipes for Success
- The Greyhounds have recorded a shutout in 9 of the 17 games so far this season.
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Paige Sim has recorded 6 or more saves in 6 of the 17 games this season, including a career-high 9 against Rice.
- Seven different players have scored this season, and eleven different players have recorded an assist.
- The Greyhounds have won 14 of the last 16 games in which they have scored two goals or more, which dates back to Sept. 6, 2018. Loyola was 4-0-0 in 2021 when scoring multiple goals during the season.
- The Greyhounds are 13-0-3 when scoring first and 10-0-1 when leading at halftime since the beginning of the 2021 season.
More on Sim
- Sim has recorded 23 wins in her career, including 23 shutouts.
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Paige Sim played 1,690 out of a possible 1,701 minutes last season, and she tallied 5+ saves in nine of her 18 appearances. She led the Patriot League in goals-against average (0.96), save percentage (.809) and shutouts (7) this fall.
- Sim was a first team All-Patriot League honoree during the 2021 season, was a thrid team All-Conference selection during the 2021 spring season and she was a second team selection following her freshman season in 2019.
- For her career, Sim is 23-17-13 with a 0.92 GAA, a .805 save percentage and 23 shutouts in 52 starts.
- Sims current ranks all-time at Loyola; in 3rd in saves (215, 82 from 2nd), 1st in save percentage (.805), 3rd in goals against average (0.92, .24 from 2nd), 2nd in wins (23, 13 away from 1st), 2nd in shutouts (23, 2 away from 1st), 3rd in goalie games played (55, 11 away from 2nd) and 3rd in goalie games started (53, 10 from 3rd), and 3rd in goalie minutes played (5,101:39 minutes, 351 from 2nd).
