Opening Draw
- Loyola cap off the regular season on Thursday evening, as they will host Bucknell at 6:00 PM.
- This will be the 17th meeting between the two programs, with the Greyhounds winning each matchup.
- With the win, Loyola will clinch the outright regular season Patriot League Championship, for the ninth straight season
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Chase Boyle and
Sydni Black were both named as Tewaaraton Nominees, as they were each two of the 25 nominees.
- Loyola currently holds a 82-game winning streak of Patriot League opponents during the regular season, the longest streak in the country.
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Lily Osborne was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week for her performances this past week. This was Osborne's second award of the season, and she won it in back-to-back weeks.
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Jen Adams is back for her 16th season at the helm of the Greyhounds, as they have compiled a 53-7 record since the beginning of the 2022 season.
Scouting Bucknell
- The Bison come into the matchup with a 5-9 (3-5) record on the season, and are coming off of a 21-14 loss to Army on Saturday.
- Allie Boyce leads the Bison in scoring this season, as she has 30 goals on the season.
- Boyce is tied with Megan Krestinski with points, 37, on the season. Krestinski and Taylor McClain are tied for the team lead in assists, with 16 assists each on the season.
- Braeden Siverson leads the team on the circle, as she has 54 draw controls on the season.
- In goal, Colleen Kazanjian has started 12 of 14 games this season, tallying 104 saves, a .370 save percentage, and a 14.9 goals against average. Julia Dembowitz has started in the two other games, as she has tallied 8 saves, a .229 save percentage, and a 19.2 goals against average.
- Prior to the game against Army, the Bison went 2-1 in the previous three games, picking up wins against Colgate and Lafayette at home, while they lost to American on the road.
- The Bison are still in contention for the Patriot League Championships, but will need a win over the Greyhounds in order to clinch a spot.
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 after 10 games.
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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 (69.3%).
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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.
- Boyle currently is third in Division I in draw controls per game, as she is averaging 10.5.
- 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 circle 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.
Nationally Ranked
- After a loss to No. 14 Penn and a win over Holy Cross, the women's lacrosse team remained ranked in the top-10 this week.
- Loyola was ranked No. 9 in the IWLCA Poll and No. 8 in the USA Lacrosse Poll.
- The IWLCA Poll features seven opponents on the Greyhounds 2024 schedule: Syracuse (No. 4), Florida (No. 10), Penn (No. 11), Johns Hopkins (No. 15), Penn State (No. 16), Princeton (No. 18), and Navy (No. 20).
Where We Rank
- The Greyhounds posses one of the top offenses in the country, as they rank 8th in Division I in goals per game, as they are averaging 15.9 goals per game.
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Chase Boyle ranks fourth in the country in goals per game, averaging 4.25, while
Sydni Black is 16th in the country, averaging 3.75.
- Loyola also ranks third in draw control percentage, winning 67.7 percent of all draws.
- Loyola also ranks tied for last in yellow cards, as they have been called for just 11 this season.
Record Tracking
- Entering the regular season finale,
Chase Boyle draws even closer to setting new single-season Loyola records.
- The junior midfielder is four goals away from breaking the single-season goals record of 71, set by Grace Gavin ('11) and Kara Burke ('15).
- Boyle is also 32 draw controls away from breaking
Jillian Wilson's ('23) record on 198, which she set last season.
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Sydni Black is also drawing in on the single season goals record, as she is just 12 goals shy of eclipsing it.
Latch-Black-Boyle, Three Headed Attack
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Georgia Latch,
Chase Boyle and
Sydni Black are one of the best trios in the country this season.
- The trio were three of the top four point scorers for the Greyhounds last season, combining for 232 points between the two players.
- Black and Latch were one of seven duos in the country to each have at least 80 points in 2023.
- Through 16 games this season, Latch, Boyle, and Black have continued to put together dominant seasons, as they all have surpassed the 50 goal mark on the season. Black is tied for the team lead with 83 points, with 60 goals to go along with 23 assists, while Boyle leads the team with 68 goals to go along with 12 assists for 80 points. Latch has 83 points, and leads the team with 33 assists, to go along with 50 goals.
- The trio were the first trio of teammates in Division I that each have 20, 30, 40, and now 50 goals so far this season.
- They are also the only trio in the country that all rank in the top-15 in points per game.
- The trio are the lone trio of teammates to each have at least 80 points on the season.
- Black (11th), Latch (11th), and Boyle (15th) all rank in the top-15 in points per game.
