Match Information
Opponent	Colgate Raiders
Date	Saturday, October 1, 2022
Time	1:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
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The Matchup
- Loyola men's soccer continues their Patriot League regular season and postseason championship defense as they will host Colgate on Saturday.
- This will be the 11th meeting between the two teams, with their most recent matchup coming last season in Hamilton, NY as the Greyhounds won 3-0.

Lockdown Defense
- The Greyhounds defense has picked up where they left off last season, as they have posted shutouts in 4 of thier 9 games this season.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Bobocea was in net for all four shutouts this season.
- Loyola's defense was a major part of them reaching the NCAA tournament last season, as they tallied 11 shutouts on the year, the program's most in a season since 2008, and the Greyhounds allowed one goal or fewer in 15 of 20 contests during the 2021 season.
- Loyola is currently tied for second in the Patriot League in opponent goals per game, as they are allowing .89 goals per game. 
- Bobocea is also third in the Patriot Leaague with a .807 goals against average. 

Returners and Newcomers
- The Greyhounds will return 21 players from the 2021 team. Key returners include Jordy Luchies who was the only player to start all 20 games, leading goalscorer Kelan Swales, Daniel Tshiani, Matthew Lala, Albert Kang, and Jake Mayer. 
- The Greyhounds have also brought in a deep and talented freshman class that includes 9 players in total. 
- They also brought in two transfers in goalkeeper Konstantinos Parisis who transferred to Loyola from Wilmington University. They also brought in transfer defender Thomas Gray, who comes to Loyola from William Carey University, also brought in Richie Nichols, who transferred from Maryland, and lastly transfer defender Milan Miric, who comes from Dayton.

Scouting Colgate
- The Raiders come into the matchup with an 5-2-2 (2-0-1) record on the season. 
- Their two conference win s come against Boston and Holy Cross. 
- Max Edelstein leads the team with 3 goals and 7 points on the season. 
- Cason Stafford leads the team with 3 assists on the season. 
- The Raiders have had two players start in goal this season; Andrew Cooke has started 6 games, and has 16 saves with an 1.08 GAA. Oliver Townend has 9 saves in 3 starts, and an 1.20 GAA. 
- In the Patriot League Preseason Poll, Colgate was picked to finish in last place, after receiving 19 votes. 
- The Raiders finished the 2021 season lwith an 0-18 (0-9) record. 

Quick Notes 
- The Greyhounds are 38-9-5 in the Patriot League since the beginning of the 2016 season. 
- The Greyhounds were 8-0-1 last season when scoring multiple goals. They are also 8-0 when leading at halftime and 8-2-2 when they outshot opponents since the beginning of last season.
- The Greyhounds have four shutouts on the season thus far.
- So far this season, the Greyhounds have outshot their opponents by a total of 111-84 this year. 
- The Greyhounds play an aggreesive style of play, one of which has resulted in them leading the country in yellow cards, with 34 on the season. 
- Following the wins over Delaware and Old Dominion, four Greyhounds were named Patriot League Players of the Week: Kelan Swales (Offensive Player of the Week), Albert Kang (Midfielder of the Week), Jordy Luchies (Defensive Player of the Week), and Alex Bobocea (Goalkeeper of the Week). Matthew Lala also earned Defensive Player of the Week honors on September 26th. 
- Of the 21 returners, 13 of them started in at least one game during the 2021 season, with 5 of them tallying at least 14 starts. 

Swales and Luchies Earn Preseason Patriot League Awards
- Loyola's Kelan Swales (Offensive Player of the Year) and Jordy Luchies (Defensive Player of the Year) recieved Preseason Patriot League Awards. Along with Swales and Luchies, Albert Kang also was named to the Preaseason All-Patriot League team. 
- The Greyhounds lead the Patriot League with three nominees on the All-Patriot League team, as they also recieved all possible first place votes (18) to repeat as Patriot League Champions during the 2022 season. 
- Steve Nichols, whose staff includes assistants Jamie Darvill, Jesse Haislip and Matt Little, was voted by his peers as the conference's Coach of the Year for a fourth time after he was previously recognized three-straight seasons from 2016-18.

More on Swales and Luchies
- The Leeds, England native, Swales is a two-time First Team All-Patriot League nominee. Swales has also been named to the United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Atlantic Region, as well as the Academic All-Patriot League Team. 
- Swales has tallied 8 goals and 8 assists in two seasons for the Greyhounds, including 3 game winning goals during the 2021 season. 
- Swales comes into the 2022 season with the most points from any returners. 
- The Emmen, Netherlands native, Luchies comes into his sophomore season after being named to the 2021 First Team All-Patriot League team. 
- Luchies was an anchor on the back line for the Greyhounds and was a crucial part of the Greyhounds defense.
- Luchies also tallied 1 assist during the 2021 season, and was the lone Greyhound to start in all 20 games. 


Last Time Out
- The Greyhounds traveled to face the American Eagles on Wednesday evening in a rematch of the 2021 Patriot League Championship. 
- The Greyhounds got the scoring started in the 32nd minute, as Daniel Tshiani scored his first goal of the season on a Penalty Kick. 
- The Eagles managed to respond with 22 seconds left in the first half as the teams were tied up 1-1 going into halftime. 
- In the second half, each team had four shots, but could not find the go ahead goal, as the teams finished in a 1-1 tie.
- The Greyhounds now currently sit at 3-3-3.