The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse begins conference play on Saturday, as the Greyhounds host Lehigh.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of back-to-back top-ten matchups, in which they lost to No. 10 Florida and No. 2 Syracuse.
- Lehigh is coming off of a 15-3 win over rival-Lafayette last Saturday.
- The Greyhounds have not lost to the Mountain Hawks since joining the Patriot League.
Quick Hits
- The Greyhounds return seven of their top 10 scorers from the 2022 season, led by four players who scored 25 or more goals:
Jillian Wilson (48),
Sydni Black (39),
Georgia Latch (38), and
Chase Boyle (25).
- Latch also finished second on the team in 2022 with 38 assists, good for second most by a freshman in program history.
Last Time Out
- Loyola University Maryland hosted the No. 2 Syracuse Orange on Wednesday evening.
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Chase Boyle scored late in the third quarter off of an assist from
Jillian Wilson to take a lead heading into the fourth quarter.
- The Orange, however, scored the final three goals of the game in the fourth quarter, to rally to beat the Greyhounds 9-7.
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Anna Ruby tallied a career-high four goals for the Greyhounds.
- The Greyhounds defense held the third ranked scoring offense to just nine goals, which is a season low for the Orange. They also held the Orange, who were ranked first in assists per game, to one assist in the game.
Looking Ahead
The Greyhounds will continue conference play next Saturday when they travel to face Boston.
Series History
Loyola leads the series 17-4, with their first matchup coming in 1982.
The Greyhounds have won the last 14 matchups in the series, with the Mountain Hawks last win coming in 1988.
Both teams have faced off in the Patriot League tournament four times since Loyola joined the league for the 2014 season.
The Greyhounds have held the Mountain Hawks to under ten goals in five of their last six matchups.
Scouting Lehigh
- The Mountain Hawks come into the matchup with an 6-1 (1-0) record.
- They started the season with a loss at Delaware, but have followed it up with six straight wins, including a win against Lafayette in their Patriot League opener.
- Katia Carnevale leads the team with 22 goals on the season. Olivia Memeger has 19 goals, while Gabby Schneider has 17 goals on the season.
- Memeger leads the team with 15 assists and Schneider has 12 assists on the season.
- Hayley Hunt was voted the the Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year. Hunt has tallied 48 saves on the season while tallying an 7.91 GAA.
Big Shoes to Fill
- The Greyhounds will have big shoes to fill this season, as
Livy Rosenzweig wrapped up her illustrious playing career in 2022.
- Rosenzweig finished as the Loyola career leader in points and assists, among several single season records. She also finished her career with the third-most assists and 4th most points in NCAA history.
- The Greyhounds will also have to replace the goal contributions from
Sam Fiedler and Ellie Kluegel. Fiedler sits at ninth all-time in Loyola in goals, while Kluegel is at 11th all-time.
- Loyola also has a new face in goal, as they said goodbye to All-American
Kaitlyn Larsson after last season. Larsson finished her career in the top-10 in career saves for the Greyhounds.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the loss to No. 10 Florida, the Greyhounds are ranked 9th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 12th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has six teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (2nd), Florida (8th), Army (13th), Princeton (14th), Penn (23rd) and Penn State (25th) appeared in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll. Navy and Johns Hopkins received votes in this weeks poll.
Patriot Players of the Week
- Two games into the season, and the Greyhounds have already earned two Patriot League Player of the Week Awards.
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Jillian Wilson was named the Patriot League Midfielder of the Week following the Greyhounds win over Johns Hopkins.
- Wilson scored three goals while also adding an assist. She added five draw controls in the game as the Greyhounds won 12-10.
- Following her career-day against Towson,
Sydni Black was named Patriot League Attacker of the Week.
- Black scored a career-high five goals and had a high of seven points in the Greyhounds 16-5 win over the Tigers.
- Black also won Attacker of the Week for the following week, after she put up another career week.
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Lauren Spence was named Goalkeeper of the Week following the wins over Penn and Penn State for compiling 20 saves over the week.
Latch, Wilson, and Detwiler Earn Preseason PL Awards
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Georgia Latch was named the Patriot League Preseason Attacker of the Year by conference coaches.
- The sophomore out of Austrailia is coming off of one of the best freshmen seasons in program history, as she was second on the team with 76 points, as tallied 38 goals and 38 assists.
- Graduate student
Jillian Wilson was named the Patriot League Preseason Midfielder of the Year.
- Wilson is the reigning Patriot League Midfielder of the Year after tallying a career best 48 goals and the second most draw controls in a season in program history (133).
- Graduate student
Katie Detwiler was named the Patriot League Preseason Defender of the Year.
- Detwiler is the two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year in the Patriot League. She tallied a career-high 20 caused turnovers and 53 draw controls in 2022, as she led the Greyhounds stellar defense.
Black on Fire
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Sydni Black has been on a tear over the Greyhounds first seven games.
- Black has tallied 29 points in seven games, including two career-high games.
- In the Greyhounds game at Towson, Black set a career-high with five goals and seven points in the Greyhounds win.
- Black has been named the Patriot League Attacker of the Week twice this season.
- In the game against Penn, Black scored four goals, to go along with a career-high four assists and a career-high eight points.
- Black has been efficient this season, posting a .485 shooting percentage on the year.
