The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse team will continue Patriot League action on Saturday, as the Greyhounds will host Lafayette for Senior Day.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of a 21-5 win over Bucknell, while the Leopards are coming off of a 15-11 loss to Colgate last Saturday.
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.
- Following the win against American, Head Coach
Jen Adams became the all-time wins leader at Loyola, tallying her 198th career win. With the win over Colgate, Adams reached 200 career wins as the head coach at Loyola.
- Adams become the 19th active Division I head coach with 200 career wins.
Last Time Out
- Loyola Maryland was on the road on Wednesday, as the Greyhounds traveled to face off against Bucknell.
- The offense continued to click, as
Sydni Black tallied a first quarter hat-trick.
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Georgia Latch continued her hot play as of late, as she tallied eight points on the day, tallying five goals and three assists.
- Black finished with four goals and a assist, while
Chase Boyle,
Meg Hillman and
Anna Ruby all tallied two goals each.
Katie Detwiler added her second goal of the season, as she scored with under a second remaining in the first quarter.
- The Greyhounds defense held the Bison to no goals in the third quarter, as they held them to just six shots in the quarter.
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Lauren Spence tallied eight saves in goal on the day.
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Jillian Wilson tallied nine draw controls, while Black added five draw controls.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 15-6, with the first matchup in the series coming in 1982, where the Greyhounds won 11-7.
- Since the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2014, they have won all seven matchups. Since 2014, the Leopards have scored double-digit goals once.
Scouting Lafayette
- The Bison come into the matchup with an 2-13 (1-6) record on the season, with their wins coming against Canisius and Boston.
- Sarah Bennett and Katie Chiasson are the lone Leopards with 20-plus goals, with 25 and 20 goals respectively this season.
- Charlotte Edwards leads the team with 14 assists, while Bennett and Meghan McLachlan both have 11 assists on the season.
- In goal, Lexie Coldiron has started in all 15 games this season, tallying 168 saves on a 44.8% save percentage. She ranks fifth in the country in saves per game, as she averages 11.0 saves per game.
- Lidsay Geiger leads the team in draw controls, with 50 on the season.
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 71.1% of their draw controls. In big part due to
Jillian Wilson, who ranks third in the country in draw controls per game.
- Despite ranking 32nd in the country in shots per game, the Greyhounds are one of the most efficient teams in the country, as they are seventh in goals per game and second in shooting percentage.
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Jillian Wilson,
Meg Hillman,
Chase Boyle, and
Sydni Black all have a .500 shooting percentage or better.
- The Greyhounds defense has also been dominant, as they are second in the country in goals allowed average, allowing just 7.13 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 8.7 assists per game, which is good for fourth in the country.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the two ranked wins against Princeton and Army, the Greyhounds are ranked 10th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 9th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- Lafayette is not ranked in either poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has eight teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (1st), Florida (8th), Penn State (14th), Penn (15th), Army (16th), Johns Hopkins (22nd), Navy (23rd), and Princeton (24th).
Patriot League Players of the Week
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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 twice during the 2023 season.
- 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.
- Following the wins over American and Holy Cross,
Jillian Wilson and
Georgia Latch were named Players of the Week.
- Wilson has now won Midfielder of the Week for three-straight weeks..
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.
Tewaaraton Semi-Finalists
- The semifinalists were named for the Tewaaraton Award, and
Jillian Wilson and
Katie Detwiler were named on the 25-player list.
- For Detwiler, this is her second time being named a semifinalist, and is one of eight defenders honored.
- For Wilson, this is her first time being named a semifinalist, and is one of four midfielders honored.
