The Matchup
- The Loyola women's lacrosse team will host Lehigh on Thursday for the Patriot League Championship Semifinals.
- In their first matchup this season, the Greyhounds won 16-6, in a game that was played at Ridley.
Quick Hits
- The Greyhounds boast seven players with at least 20 goals entering the postseason;
Jillian Wilson (50),
Chase Boyle (42),
Sydni Black (41),
Georgia Latch (39),
Meg Hillman (27),
Emily Wills (26), and
Anna Ruby (22).
- The Greyhounds also have six player with double-digit assists heading into the postseason;
Georgia Latch (38),
Emily Wills (33),
Sydni Black (22),
Jillian Wilson (16),
Chase Boyle (10), and
Anna Ruby (10).
- Wilson broke the Loyola and Patriot League single-season draw control record, while also setting the Loyola career draw control record.
- 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.
- The Greyhounds currently have won 75 consecutive Patriot League regular season games, and 38 straight Patriot League games overall.
Last Time Out
- Loyola Maryland concluded the regular season with a road matchup against Navy on Friday evening.
- Navy scored the first goal of the game early, but the Greyhounds responded quickly, as they went on a 8-2 run over the first and second quarter to take a 8-3 halftime lead.
- They controlled the second half as well, holding Navy to just four goals in the second half.
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Jillian Wilson and
Emily Wills led the way with six points each in the 15-7 win.
Series History
- Loyola leads the series 18-4, with this being the second matchup of the 2023 season.
- This will also be the third straight season that the Greyhounds and Mountain Hawks will face off in the Patriot League Championships.
Scouting Lehigh
- The Mountain Hawks come into the matchup with an 12-5 (6-3) record on the season.
- They finished the regular season fourth in the Patriot League, and hosted Holy Cross in the quarterfinal round, where they won 20-8.
- Hayley Hunt, Gabby Schneider and Olivia Memeger were named First Team All-Patriot League, while Cassie Marte, Emma Eberhardt, and Julia DiConza were named Second Team All-Patriot League.
- Carnevale is one of four players in the Patriot League with 50 or more goals.
- Schneider and Memeger rank tied for eighth in the conference in assists 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 71.1% of their draw controls. In big part to
Jillian Wilson, who ranks second in the country in draw controls per game.
- Despite ranking 31st 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 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 6.76 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 8.5 assists per game, which is good for third in the country.
Nationally Ranked
- Following the ranked win over Navy, the Greyhounds are ranked 9th in the ILWomen/IWLCA coaches poll and 9th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
- Lehigh is not ranked in either poll.
- The Greyhounds schedule has seven teams ranked in this week's polls. Syracuse (4th), Florida (8th), Penn (14th), Army (15th), Johns Hopkins (18th), Penn State (21st), 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 five-straight weeks.
- Detwiler was named Defender of the Week following the win over Navy, for her record 14th time.
Latch, Wilson, Detwiler, and Spence Earn Major PL Awards
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Georgia Latch was named the Patriot League Attacker of the Year. Latch, who was the PL Rookie of the Year last season, led the conference with 2.78 assists and 5.44 points per game in conference games this season.
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Jillian Wilson was named the Patriot League Midfielder of the Year for the second straight season. Wilson leads the conference in draw controls and led the conference in goals per game during conference play.
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Katie Detwiler was named the Patriot League Defender of the Year for the third straight season. Detwiler has anchored the second-ranked Greyhounds defense, including limiting Army's Brigid Duffy and Navy's Ava Yovino to a combined zero points in their matchups.
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Lauren Spence was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year. The sophomore led the conference in goals against average and save percentage during the season.
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.
