Crucial Friday Night Matchup on Tap for Women's Soccer as they Host Army

Match Information
Opponent	vs Army West Point Black Knights
Date	Friday, October 11, 2024
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. \| Ridley Athletic Complex
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The Matchup

The Greyhounds will continue Patriot League play on Friday evening, with a big matchup against the Army West Point Black Knights.
This will be the 12th matchup between the two teams, with Army holding a 6-2-3 record over the Greyhounds.
Loyola has not won over Army since the 2018 season, but three of their last five meetings have either been ties or gone into overtime.

Quick Hits

Baylee DeSmit has continued her run of play from 2023 into 2024, as she has nine goals and three assists in twelve games this season.
Their tie vs Hofstra was the Greyhounds first tie since October 12, 2022, where they tied with Bucknell, 0-0.
Since the beginning of September, the Greyhounds are 2-1-5, with the lone loss coming against Navy.

Greyhounds at Home

The Greyhounds were dominant at home during the 2023 season, tallying a 9-2 record at Ridley last season.
Over the last four seasons, Loyola has a 20-11-7 record at home, and are 3-1-3 at home this season.
So far this season, Loyola has gone 3-1-3 at home, outscoring opponents 8-6 this season. Loyola has scored at least one goal in every home game this season, including a season-high three goals against Northern Colorado.
Nine wins at home last season is tied for the second most wins at home in a single-season, tying with 2005 when they finished 9-0 at home. The most wins at home came in 1996 when the Greyhounds went 11-0-1 at home.

Non-Conference Recap

The Greyhounds finished a tough non-conference schedule with a 4-2-2 record, as they begin conference play against Boston.
Loyola began the season with a tough 2-1 loss against Dayton, before bouncing back with two 1-0 wins against Longwood and George Washington.
The Greyhounds then battled to a 1-0 loss to a top-ten regionally ranked Virginia Tech team on the road. Loyola kept them scoreless until the last ten minutes.
After a bounce-back 3-1 win over Northern Colorado, the Greyhounds battled to back-to-back 1-1 draws against Hofstra and Wagner.
Loyola finished non-conference play on a high note, as they gave Monmouth their first loss of the season, as they won 1-0. Coming into the game, Monmouth was ranked No. 10 in the East Region rankings according to the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
Through non-conference play, Baylee DeSmit had six goals and two assists to lead the team in goals and points. Malia Tarazon leads the team with three assists.

Scouting Army West Point

The Black Knights come into the matchup with a 9-3 (2-1) record on the season, and are coming off of a 1-0 win over Lehigh on Saturday.
Army comes into the matchup as the second highest scoring team in the Patriot League, but have scored just two goals over their last three games, including a 1-0 loss to Holy Cross.
This will be Army's fourth away game of the season, posting a 2-1 record in those games.
Brigid Duffy, Bella Conti, and Kaelan Bradley are tied for the team lead in goals this season, with four goals each.
Kaelan, Keira Vesy, Bella Cooke and Cami Silvestro are tied for the team lead with three assists.
In goal, Sage Strohman has played all but 13 mintues in goal this season, tallying 63 saves, a .829 save percentage, and a 1.10 goals against average.

Quick Notes

The 2024 season will be the 14th season the Greyhounds have been in the Patriot League, going 31-44-23 during that span, reaching the Patriot League Championships in five straight seasons, which includes two trips to the Patriot League Semifinals.
This is Head Coach Joe Mallia's second stint at the helm with the Greyhounds. During his first stint, Mallia went 87-45-9 (54-4-5, MAAC), Winning the MAAC Regular-Season Championship four times, and the MAAC Tournament Championship three times.
In his four season's back at the helm, Mallia has gone 37-30-18.
The Greyhounds have gone 63-44-20 at home since the opening of Ridley Athletic Complex.
Five ties this season ties a program high, which happened in 2007 and 2015.

Recipe for Success

The Greyhounds are 4-1-3 this season when they score the first goal.
Seven different players have recorded at least one assist so far this season, including three players with at least three assists each.
The Greyhounds have won 23 of the last 27 games in which they have scored two goals or more, which dates back to Sept. 6, 2018. Loyola was 8-0-0 when scoring multiple goals last season.
The Greyhounds are 26-2-5 when scoring first and 18-1-1 when leading at halftime since the beginning of the 2021 season.
Since the beginning of the 2022 season, the Greyhounds are 1-13-1 when their opponent scored first.

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