The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse continues conference play on Saturday, as the Greyhounds will travel to face Colgate. .
- The Greyhounds are coming off of their best offensive performance of the season, as they beat Holy Cross 20-7.
Since joining the Patriot League, the Greyhounds are 9-0 against the Raiders, having limited them to single-digit goals in seven of the nine games.
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 a win over Colgate, Adams would reach 200 career wins as the head coach at Loyola.
- Adams will become the 19th active Division I head coach with 200 career wins.
Last Time Out
- Loyola University Maryland were back at Ridley on Saturday, as the Greyhounds hosted Holy Cross in a Patriot League matchup.
- The Greyhounds had another big first quarter against the Crusaders, scoring nine goals in the first quarter.
- Seven different players scored in the first quarter, led by
Chase Boyle and
Georgia Latch who both had two goals each.
Katie Detwiler also scored her first goal of the season late in the quarter.
- The offense continued to click in the second quarter, adding another six goals. Latch, Boyle and
Jillian Wilson all had hat-tricks in the first half, as Latch also had a hat-trick of assists in the first half.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 11-0, with the first matchup in the series coming in 1981.
- The teams have faced off nine times since joining the Patriot League, including three times in the Patriot League tournament, with the Greyhounds winning each matchup.
- In last year's matchup, the Greyhounds won 22-9.
Scouting Colgate
- The Raiders come into the matchup with an 2-8 (1-3) record on the season, with their wins coming against Niagara and Bucknell.
- Outside of siimilar conference foes, the Raiders and Greyhounds both faced Florida this year, with the Raiders losing 18-5.
- Caroline Panzier leads the team with 22 goals on the season, while Kait Henning has 15 goals and Molly Krestinski has 13 goals.
- Kyra Lucey is the lone player with double-digit assists with 20 assists on the season.
- Helena Morrison has started nine games in goal for the Raiders on the season, tallying 69 saves on the season for a 14.39 GAA on the season. Catie Lang has started one game and appeared in four games, tallying 20 saves and having an 12.39 GAA.
- The Raiders were picked to finish in fifth place in the Patriot League's preseason poll.
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 to
Jillian Wilson, who ranks third in the country in draw controls per game.
- The Greyhounds defense has also been dominant, as they are third in the country in goals allowed average, allowing just 7.5 goals per game.
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Lauren Spence ranks second in the country in goals against average, and 19th 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 7.9 assists per game, which is good for seventh in the country.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the win to against American and Boston, the Greyhounds are ranked 11th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 11th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- Colgate is not ranked in either poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has seven teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (1st), Florida (9th), Army (14th), Penn State (17th), Princeton (18th), and Navy (20th), and Penn (22nd) appeared in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll. Johns Hopkins and Towson received votes in this weeks poll.
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 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.
- Following the wins over American and Holy Cross,
Jillian Wilson and
Georgia Latch were named Players of 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.
Mid-Season All-Americans
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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.
