The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse team will wrap up regular season Patriot League action on Friday, as the Greyhounds travel to face Navy at 6:00 PM.
- The Greyhounds are coming off of a 14-1 win over Lafayette on Senior day last Saturday, while Navy is coming off of a 15-11 loss to Army. .
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 at home on Saturday, as the Greyhounds hosted Lafayette.
- The Greyhounds scored 13 of their 14 goals in the first half, as
Georgia Latch led the way with four goals and two assists.
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Emily Wills added three goals and two assists in the first half, while
Sydni Black also had a hat-trick.
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Jillian Wilson Broke Taylor VanThof's regular season draw control record in the first quarter, as Wilson had 11 draw controls on the afternoon, while also added two goals and an assist.
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Lauren Spence did not allow a goal in her three quarters of game time, as she added five saves on the afternoon.
- With the Greyhounds win and Army's win over Navy, the Greyhounds clinched the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Championships.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 12-3, with the first matchup in the series coming in 2014, where the Greyhounds won 11-6.
- The teams did not play until the Greyhounds joined the Patriot League in 2014. In their 15 matchups, six have come in the Patriot League Championships, with the Greyhounds going 4-2.
Scouting Navy
- The Midshipmen come into the matchup with a 12-4 (6-2) record on the season.
- They are coming off of a 15-11 loss to No. 16 Army last Saturday.
- Emily Messinese leads the team with 41 goals on the season, while Ava Yovino and Leelee Denton have 39 and 36 goals respectively.
- Yovino leads the team with 46 assists on the season. She is fourth in the country in assists per game this season.
- Alyssa Daley leads the Midshipmen in draw controls with 60 this season.
- Emma Richardell started all 16 games in goal for the Midshipmen, tallying 107 saves on the season with an .417 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 71.4% of their draw controls. In big part to -
Jillian Wilson, who ranks second in the country in draw controls per game.
- Despite ranking 29th in the country in shots per game, the Greyhounds are one of the most efficient teams in the country, as they are eighth in goals per game and third in shooting percentage.
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Jillian Wilson,
Meg Hillman, and
Chase Boyle 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 6.75 goals per game.
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Lauren Spence ranks second in the country in goals against average, and fifth in the country in save percentage in goal.
- The Greyhounds also are averaging 8.7 assists per game, which is good for fifth in the country.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the two wins over Bucknell and Lafayette, the Greyhounds are ranked 10th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 9th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- Navy is ranked 25th in the IWLCA Poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has seven teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (2nd), Florida (8th), Penn (14th), Army (15th), Johns Hopkins (16th), Penn State (18th), and Navy (25th).
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 four-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.
