NCAA Championships
• The Greyhounds are playing as the NCAA Tournament's No. 6 seed.
• Loyola earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after capturing its sixth Patriot League Championships and third-straight.
• The conference title was the eighth for Loyola under head coach
Jen Adams as Loyola won back-to-back BIG EAST titles in 2011 and 2012.
• This is the Greyhounds' 10th NCAA Tournament appearance under Adams and their 23rd appearance overall.
• Loyola used a 17-5 first-round win over Mount St. Mary's and an 18-8 win over No. 10 James Madison in the second round to advance to the quarterfinal round for the first time since 2015.
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Livy Rosenzweig was named the IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week after the first round of NCAA Tournament play.
IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week
• Livy Rosenzweig was named the IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, May 17 after leading the Greyhounds back to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time since 2015.
• Rosenzweig shared game-high honors in points in both games and led an offense that put more goals on both opponents than any other team this year.
• In a 17-5 win over Mount St. Mary's in the first round, Rosenzweig tallied her 11th hat trick of the season. The 17 goals scored were the most the Mount has given up since the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
• In an 18-8 win over No. 10 James Madison in the second round, Rosenzweig assisted six goals to move her point streak to 75-straight games and help the Greyhounds score more goals against the Duke than any team since 2019.
• She also won 21 draw controls on the weekend to break Loyola's all-time career record for draws. With 401, she passed former All-American Taylor VanThof, who won 396 from 2016-19, and became just the second player in Patriot League history and the 20th in NCAA history to win at least 400 draws.
New School Record For Wins
• Loyola's having its best season in program history as it's 18th win - a 15-8 win over Navy in the Patriot League Championship - marked a new school record.
• Since then the Greyhounds have picked up a 17-5 win over Mount St. Mary's in the NCAA First Round and an 18-8 win over No. 10 James Madison in the NCAA Second Round.
• Loyola's previous best records were 17-5 in 2015, 17-3 in 2011 and 17-2 in 2003
Loyola Greyhounds (20-1, 9-0 Patriot League)
• Loyola, on an 11-game win streak, has limited its opponent to single digits in goals in 17 of 21 games, including the last 11-straight, while the offense has scored at least 12 goals in all 21 games.
• Livy Rosenzweig has put together her third 100-plus point season, as she ranks fifth nationally with 46 assists and 109 points this year. With 230 career assists, she's ranked third in NCAA history, while her 437 career points ranks fourth in NCAA history.
• Sam Fiedler and Georgia Latch are tied for second on the team with 72 points each. Fiedler has scored 40 goals and assisted 32 other and Latch, the second-ranked freshman in the NCAA in assists, has 35 goals and 37 assists.
• Jillian Wilson (47g, 13a), Elli Kluegel (45g, 8a) and Sydni Black (37g, 13a) have also reached the 50-point mark this season, with Wilson recording 60 points, Kluegel 53 and Black 50.
• Wilson and Rosenzweig are the only pair of teammates in the NCAA this season to both win 100 draw controls, as Wilson is ranked 11th with 125 draws this season and Rosenzweig is 22nd with 116 wins.
• In goal, Kaitlyn Larsson ranks third in the NCAA with a 7.68 goals-against average, while her .493 save percentage ranks 13th nationally.
• As a team, Loyola is ranked fourth nationally in scoring offense (17.50) and scoring defense (6.50), and are third in scoring margin (11.00). Loyola is also second in assists (11.00) and points (28.50), fourth in shot percentage (.530), fifth in draw controls (17.50) and draw control percentage (.636) and tied for third in clear percentage (.970).
Boston College Eagles (17-3, 6-2 ACC)
• Charlotte North, a Tewaaraton Award finalist and the NCAA's new career goals record holder, leads the Eagles with 79 goals and 99 point this season. Her 417 career points rank fifth in NCAA history.
• The Eagles have also received 87 points from Jenn Medjid (64g, 23a), 73 points from Belle Smith (46g, 27a) and 63 points from Caitlynn Mossman (37g, 26a).
• North has won a team-best 129 draws while Hollie Schleicher has 91.
• In goal, Rachel Hall is allowing 10.11 goals per game and is stopping 34.9 percent of shots faced.
Series History with Boston College
• The two programs have met twice before, with both meetings coming in the NCAA Second Round at Boston College.
• The Eagles knocked the Greyhounds out of the 2014 NCAA Tournament with an 8-3 victory, but Loyola upset Boston College the next year, 19-12, to advance to the quarterfinal round.
Up Next
• The winner will advance to the final four and face the winner of the No. 2-seed Maryland vs. No. 7-seed Florida game in the NCAA Semifinals at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field on Friday, May 27.
