The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse continues conference play on Wednesday, as the Greyhounds will host American.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of their best defensive performance of the season, as the Greyhounds held Boston to just one goal in their 15-1 win. The Eagles are coming off of a 12-7 win at Holy Cross.
- In 23 matchups between the two programs, the Eagles have yet to beat the Greyhounds.
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 traveled to face the Boston Terriers on Saturday afternoon.
- The Greyhounds dominated from start to finish, as they scored the first nine goals of the game.
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Chase Boyle,
Sydni Black,
Jillian Wilson, and
Georgia Latch all had three-points in the win.
- One goal is the fewest goals allowed in the program since the Greyhounds shut out Cincinnati on March 24, 2013. The last time they allowed just one goal was on April 4, 2001 against George Mason.
Looking Ahead
- The Greyhounds will continue conference play on Wednesday, when they host American at Ridley Athletic Complex at 6:00 PM.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 23-0, with their first matchup coming in 1992.
- The Greyhounds have all eight matchups since joining the Patriot League.
- The Greyhounds have held the Eagles to single-digit goals in every matchup in the series history. In their last five matchups, the Eagles are averaging 6.4 goals.
Scouting American
- The Eagles come into the matchup with an 6-3 (2-0) record on the season. The Eagles loses came against Georgetown, Mercer, and UC Davis.
- The Eagles are one of just four teams to start conference play with a 2-0 record in the Patriot League, joining Loyola, Army West Point, and Navy.
- Maddy Spratt and Hannah Spease lead the team with 19 goals each so far this season. Annabelle Jackson and Kellie Linehan have 18 and 16 goals respectively on the season.
- Spratt is the lone Eagle with double-digit assists, as she has 11 assists on the season.
- Mary Alice Collins has started eight of nine games in goal for the Eagles, tallying 69 saves and an .469 save percentage.
Where We Rank in the Country
- The Greyhounds have dominated the possession this season, in big part to their draw control, which ranks first in the country, as the Greyhounds win 70.6% of their draw controls. In big part to
Jillian Wilson, who ranks sixth in the country in draw controls per game.
- The Greyhounds defense has also been dominant, as they are fourth in the country in goals allowed average, allowing just 7.67 goals per game.
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Lauren Spence ranks second in the country in goals against average, and eighth in the country in save percentage in goal.
- The Greyhounds are also one of the best passing teams in the country, as they are averaging 7.4 assists per game, which is good for 14th in the country.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the win to against Boston, the Greyhounds are ranked 9th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 10th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- American is not ranked in the poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has seven teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (1st), Florida (8th), Army (13th), Princeton (17th), Penn State (18th), Penn (23rd) and Navy (24th) appeared in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll. Johns Hopkins and Towson received votes in this weeks poll.
Patriot League 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.
- Following the Greyhounds games against Syracuse and Lehigh,
Katie Detwiler was named Patriot League defensive player of the week for a record-tying 12th time.
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 nine games.
- Black has tallied a team-high 35 points in nine games, including two career-high games.
- She has been named the Patriot League Attacker of the Week twice this season.
- Black has already surpassed her assist total from last season, and is on pace to surpass her goal and point total from last season.
