Opening Draw
- Loyola will continue conference play on Saturday when they host Boston for senior day.
- This will be the 17th meeting between the two programs, with the Greyhounds holding the 14-2 edge.
- Loyola was won the last 12 meetings between the two programs, and have not lost since joining the Patriot League. Boston's last win came in 2007.
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Chase Boyle and
Sydni Black are coming off two big performances against Princeton. Boyle posted a career-high 8 goals, while Black posted a career high 10 points and 5 assists.
- Loyola currently holds a 81-game winning streak of Patriot League opponents during the regular season, the longest streak in the country.
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Avery Ruhnke was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week, coming off her two-point performance against Lafayette, her first Patriot League accolade.
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Jen Adams is back for her 16th season at the helm of the Greyhounds, as they have compiled a 51-6 record since the beginning of the 2022 season.
Scouting Boston
- The Terriers come into the matchup with a 4-8 (0-5) record on the season, and are coming off of a 14-8 loss to Lehigh on Saturday.
- Boston won their first four games of the season, before losing their last 8 games, including their first five games of the Patriot League season.
- In those 8 games, the Terriers have scored double-digit goals just once, coming in their 16-13 loss at Bucknell.
- Hannah Tillier leads the team in points, with 31 and assists, 10, on the season. Elle Stevenson leads the team in goals with 24 this season.
- Tessa Geddes leads the team in draws this season, totaling 63 on the year.
- Ellen Monahan leads the team in caused turnovers on the back line, as she has caused 19 on the year.
- Natalie Aiosa has started 11 of 12 games this season, totaling 92 saves, a .342 save percentage, and a 15.89 goals against average.
- In last years' matchup, the Greyhounds held the Terriers to one goal, which came in the second quarter.
ILWomen Midseason All-Americans
- Three Greyhounds were named to ILWomen Midseason All-American teams.
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Chase Boyle was named First Team Midseason All-American, after her dominant start to the season, totaling 43 goals and 96 draw controls.
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Sydni Black and
Georgia Latch were both earned Third Team honors, as Black has 35 goals and 13 assists, while Latch has 31 goals and 21 assists through 10 games.
Dominance From The Circle
- The Greyhounds ended the 2023 season as the No. 1 team in NCAA Division I in draw control percentage, winning 69 percent of their draws.
- Loyola has picked up where they left off in 2023 in the circle, as Loyola ranks 1st in Division I in draw control percentage (69.5%).
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Chase Boyle has stepped up and filled
Jillian Wilson's shoes, as she as accounted for 56 percent of the Greyhounds draws this season, and has more draw controls than their opponents combined this season.
- Boyle currently is fourth in Division I in draw controls per game, as she is averaging 10.6.
- Boyle set a new personal-high for draws in a single-game, when she grabbed 17 in the win over Colgate.
- She already surpassed her total from the 2023 season (39), and currently is on pace to surpass
Jillian Wilson's mark of 198 draws last season.
- Boyle and the Greyhounds had a dominant performance from the draw cirlce against Lafayette, as they held the Leopards to without a draw control, as they won the edge, 21-0.
- The Greyhounds have relied on a next women up in the circle and have had success with it, in large part due to assistant coach
Dana Dobbie, who coaches the draw and is a big reason to their success.
