Opening Draw
- Loyola begins postseason play on Thursday afternoon, as they will host Lehigh in the Patriot League Semifinals.
- This will be the 22nd meeting between the two programs, and the second meeting this season, where Loyola won the first matchup 11-5 in three quarters.
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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 84-game winning streak of Patriot League opponents during the regular season, the longest streak in the country.
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Sydni Black,
Chase Boyle, and
Lily Osborne all won major awards from the Patriot League, as they won Attacker, Midfielder, and Defensive Player of the Year respectively.
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Georgia Latch and
Logan Olmstead joined them on the first team.
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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 Lehigh
- The Mountain Hawks come into the matchup with a 8-8 (3-6) record on the season. They finished the regular season as the six seed, and are coming off of a win over three-seed, Army, 12-11, in double overtime.
- Gabby Schneider and Cassie Marte led the way with five points each for Lehigh in the win.
- Hayley Hunt was named Goalkeeper of the Year, while Schneider (First Team), Memeger (Second Team), Marte (Second Team), and Freeman (Second Team) were all named to the Patriot League All-League teams.
- Schneider leads the team in assists (29) and points (68), while Emma Eberhardt leads the team with 42 goals. Olivia Memeger also has 40 goals this season.
- Marte has led the team from the draw circle, totaling 107 draws on the season.
- In goal, Hayley Hunt has started all 16 games this season, totaling 176 saves, a 10.72 goals against average, and a .510 save percentage.
- This will be the third straight season the two teams will meet in the Patriot League semifinals, with Loyola winning all three, averaging 16.3 goals per game.
Patriot League Awards
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Sydni Black (Attack),
Chase Boyle (Midfield), and
Lily Osborne (Defense) all earned Patriot League Major Awards and First Team All-League Nods.
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Georgia Latch and
Logan Olmstead were both named to Patriot League First Team
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Lauren Spence and
Catie Corolla both earned second team All-League honors.
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.
