The Matchup
The Greyhounds will continue non-conference play as they are back at home on Thursday as they host George Washington.
This will be the sixth matchup between the two programs, with George Washington holding a edge in the series, 3-1-1. The last matchup was on August 29, 2014 when George Washington won 3-0.
Quick Hits
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Baylee DeSmit is coming off of a big 2023 season, where she was named as the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year.
- DeSmit led the league in goals (10) and points (28), while finishing in second with 8 assists.
- The Greyhounds lost five starters from last years team, including First Team All-League selection
Alex Searing. They also lost
Paige Sim,
Chloe Kuminkoski,
Delaney DeMartino, and
Kelly Hutton.
- However, the Greyhounds will return a big portion of their roster, as they return 18 players from the 2024 roster.
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 19-11-5 record at home, and are 3-2 in their last five home openers.
- Last season the Greyhounds outscored their opponents 22-5 in their 11 home games. This includes outscoring their opponents 19-2 in their seven-game home win streak.
- Nine wins at home 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 Play
- The Greyhounds start the season against Dayton, who finished the season 13-2-5 on the season before losing in the A-10 Semifinals to La Salle.
- Loyola will then hit the road to face Longwood on Sunday, before returning home to play George Washington on August 22.
- On August 29 Loyola heads down to Blacksburg to face the Virginia Tech Hokies, before starting a five-game homestand against Northern Colorado on September 1.
- Of their non-conference opponents, Loyola only played Dayton and Longwood last season, going 1-1 in those games.
- Loyola will matchup for the first time against Northern Colorado and Wagner this season, having played against the other non-conferece foes at least once.
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Baylee DeSmit will look to continue her fast start to seasons, as she has scored a goal in each of the last two season openers.
- In seven non-conference games in 2023, Loyola shutout their opponents in four of those games.
Scouting George Washington
- The Revolutionaries come into the matchup with a 0-1-1 record on the season.
- They tied their season opener against American 1-1, before falling to Binghamton 3-2 on Sunday, with both games coming at home.
- Through two games, the Revolutionaries have three goal scorers on the season: Rose Vigran, Selah Koleth, and Lauren Prentice.
- Vigran and Alex Caldwell both have one assist so far this season.
- In goal, Ainsley Lumpe has played every minute through two games so far, tallying 5 saves, a .556 save percentage, and a 2.00 goals against average.
- In the Atlantic-10 Preseason Poll, George Washington was picked to finish in 14th of 15 teams, as they finished just above Davidson in the poll.
Quick Notes
- The 2024 season will be the 14th season the Greyhounds have been in the Patriot League, going 31-43-22 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 34-28-14.
- The Greyhounds have gone 60-44-18 at home since the opening of Ridley Athletic Complex.
- Dating back to the beginning of the 2022 season, the Greyhounds have recorded 18 shutouts in 36 games.
Recipe for Success
- The Greyhounds recorded a shutout in 8 of their 11 wins during the 2023 season.
- Ten different players scored a goal duirng the season, contributing to a balanced scoring effort, as
Baylee DeSmit led the team with ten goals.
- The Greyhounds have won 22 of the last 25 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 24-2-3 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 1-12-0 when their opponent scored first.
