Homestand Continues for Women's Soccer, with Thursday Night Game Against Wagner

Match Information
Opponent	vs Wagner Seahawks
Date	Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time	7:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. \| Ridley Athletic Complex
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The Matchup

The Greyhounds will continue non-conference play and their five game homestand, as they host Wagner on Thursday evening.
This will be the first matchup between the two programs on Thursday. Loyola is coming off of a 1-1 tie against Hofstra, while Wagner is coming off of a 4-0 loss against Binghamton.

Quick Hits

Baylee DeSmit is coming off of a big 2023 season, where she was named as the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year.
She has continued her run of play from 2023 to start 2024, as she has five goals and a assist in six games this season.
Their tie vs Hofstra was the Greyhounds first tie since October 12, 2022, where they tied with Bucknell, 0-0.
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 20-11-6 record at home, and are 2-1-1 at home this season.
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-conference foes at least once.
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 Wagner

The Seahawks come into the matchup with a 1-3-3 record on the season and are coming off of a 4-0 loss to Binghamton. Prior to that, they won 3-2 over NJIT.
Four players are tied for the team lead in goals, with one each this season. Izzy Gomez leads the team in points, with three points (one goal, one assist) this season.
In goal, Sam Hughes has started in all seven games this season, totaling 35 saves, a .686 save percentage, and a 2.39 goal against average.
Wagner is coming off of a 8-8-4 record in 2023 and a trip to the NEC Championship game, where they lost in penalty kicks, 4-3.
In the NEC Preseason Poll, Wagner was picked to finish in fourth place, behind preseason favorites CCSU, followed by FDU and Howard.

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 36-29-15.
The Greyhounds have gone 62-44-18 at home since the opening of Ridley Athletic Complex.
Dating back to the beginning of the 2022 season, the Greyhounds have recorded 19 shutouts in 39 games.

Recipe for Success

The Greyhounds are 3-1-1 this season when they score the first goal.
Six different players have recorded at least one assist so far this season, including two players with two assists each.
The Greyhounds have won 23 of the last 26 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 25-2-4 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.

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