Women's Soccer Welcomes Hofstra to Ridley on Sunday Afternoon

Match Information
Opponent	vs Hofstra Pride
Date	Sunday, September 8, 2024
Time	2:00 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 Hofstra on Sunday afternoon.
This will be the second matchup between the two programs and the first in over 30 years. The Greyhounds won the first matchu, 4-3, back in 1993.

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.
DeSmit led the league in goals (10) and points (28), while finishing in second with 8 assists.
She has continued her run of play from 2023 to start 2024, as she has four goals and a assist in five games this season.
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 20-11-5 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.
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 Hofstra

The Pride come into the matchup with a 1-0-3 record on the season, with their lone win coming against Yale, where they won 2-1.
They have tied against Quinnipiac, Columbia, and Brown.
Through four games, the Pride have four players who have scored a goal this season, while Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir leads the team with two assists this season.
In goal, Mackenzie Sullivan has started in three games this season, totaling 5 saves, a .714 save percentage, and a .67 goals against average. Synne Danielsen has started a lone game in goal, tallying one save, a .500 save percentage, and a 1.00 goals against average.
Hofstra is coming off of a 12-5-1 record in 2023, where they won the CAA Regular Season Championship, before losing to Monmouth in the CAA Semifinals, 2-1.

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 36-29-14.
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 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 25-2-3 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.

Players Mentioned