The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse continues conference play on Saturday, as the Greyhounds will host Holy Cross in game one of the double-header.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of a dominant performance on Wednesday against American, where they won 19-7.
- In eight matchups between the two programs, the Crusaders 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 were back at Ridley on Wednesday, when they hosted the American Eagles in Patriot League play.
- The Greyhounds offense started the game hot, scoring eight first quarter goals to start the game.
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Sydni Black led the way in the first quarter, tallying a hat-trick within the first 5:03 of the game.
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Jillian Wilson and
Chase Boyle had career-days for the Greyhounds. Wilson scored a career-high six goals on the day, while Boyle tallied a career-high five goals.
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Georgia Latch had four assists on the game, while
Emily Wills had three assists.
Looking Ahead
- The Greyhounds will continue conference play on April 8, when they travel to face Colgate at 12:00 PM.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 8-0, with their first matchup coming in 2014.
- All eight matchups have come since Loyola joined the Patriot League, whith the Greyhounds winning all of them.
- The Greyhounds have held the Crusaders to single-digit goals in their last three matchups, including holding them to seven goals last season.
Scouting Holy Cross
- The Crusaders come into the matchup with a record of 4-7 (1-2).
- After losing to Army and American in their first two Patriot League games, the Crusaders are coming off of a 17-13 win over Boston.
- This will be the Crusaders third ranked matchup this season. They lost to then No. 25 UMass and No. 13 Army earlier in the season.
- Lauren Drillock leads the team with 27 goals on the season. Ella Kittredge has 18 goals of her own on the season.
- Isabele Miller and Drillock are the lone players with double-digit assists, with 14 and 12 assists respectively.
- Tori Cini has started 10 games in goal this season, tallying 63 saves on the season and an .391 save percentage.
- The Crusaders rank eighth in the Patriot League in Goals Against Average and seventh in goals per game.
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 70.4% of their draw controls. In big part to
Jillian Wilson, who ranks fifth 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 7.6 goals per game.
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Lauren Spence ranks second in the country in goals against average, and 14th 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 7.8 assists per game, which is good for 11th 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.
Mid-Season All-Americans
- ILWomen released their Mid-Season All-Americans, and five Greyhounds were named.
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Jillian Wilson was named first team All-American, while
Katie Detwiler was named second team All-American.
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Sydni Black,
Georgia Latch, and
Lauren Spence were all named honorable mention All-American.
