Women's Lax Welcomes Johns Hopkins for 23rd Battle of Charles Street

Game Information
Opponent	vs #10 Johns Hopkins
Date	Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Time	6:00 p.m.
Location	Baltimore, Md. \| Ridley Athletic Complex
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Opening Draw

Loyola returns to Ridley on Tuesday as they host Johns Hopkins for the 23rd meeting of the Battle of Charles Street.
The Greyhounds have won each of their last four home openers, and are 8-3 in their last 10 home openers.
This will be the 23rd meeting between the two teams, with Loyola holding the 17-5 edge.
In the Preseason Patriot League Poll, American was picked to finish in 6th place.
Georgia Latch, Chase Boyle, Lily Osborne, and Lauren Spence all won Preseason major awards from the Patriot League, as they won Preseason Attacker, Midfielder, Defensive Player and Goalkeeper of the Year respectively.
Chase Boyle became the third Greyhound to be named as a Tewaaraton finalist. Joining Grace Gavin and Suzanne Eyler.
Jen Adams is back for her 17th season at the helm of the Greyhounds, as they have compiled a 57-9 record since the beginning of the 2022 season, including five NCAA Tournament wins.

Patriot League Preseason honors

The Greyhounds were picked to repeat as Patriot League Champions, as Loyola has won a NCAA Division I record 84 straight regular season conference games.
Loyola also swept the Preseason Major Awards, as Georgia Latch, Chase Boyle, Lily Osborne, and Lauren Spence were all named as the Preseason Attacker, Midfielder, Defensive Player, and Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively.

Greyhounds at Home

The Greyhounds have thrived at home, as they have posted a 57-2 record at home since the beginning of the 2019 season.
They have gone undefeated at home in 2019, 2022, and 2024.
In Jen Adams tenure, the Greyhounds have gone 101-26 at home.

Record Tracking

Chase Boyle comes off of a 2024 season where she broke the single-season program record for goals (85) and draw controls (208)
Boyle also broke the Patriot League draw control record, that was set by Jillian Wilson's (198), in 2023.
Boyle is 57 goals shy of becoming the new program career-leader in goals, as well as 160 draw controls from the program record.
Georgia Latch is now 23 assists shy of having the second most assists in a career, behind only Rosenzweig. She is also just 44 points shy of trailing only Rosenzweig in career points.
Latch has recorded at least 38 goals and assists in each of her three seasons, and has seen increases in goals and points over the last two seasons.

Scouting Johns Hopkins

The Blue Jays come into the matchup with a 1-1 record on the season, as they are coming off of a 12-11 overtime win over Duke on Saturday.
The matchup against Loyola will be the Blue Jays third-straight ranked matchup to start the season.
They lost their season opener to Florida, 12-11, at home on February 7.
Ashley Mackin leads the Blue Jays in goals (10) and points (12) through two games this season.
Lacey Downey leads the team in assists, with four assists on the season.
In the draw cirlce, Laurel Gonzalez leads the team with 21 draw controls, as she has won 72% of the Blue Jays draws this seaosn.
In goal, Morgan Giardina has 8 saves through two games, as she has a .258 save percentage and a 11.29 goals against average.
Coming into the season, Johns Hopkins was picked to finish tied for third in the Big Ten standings, as they tied with Maryland in the Preseason Poll.
Ava Angello, Ashley Mackin, and Reagan O'Brien were each named Big Ten Players to Watch for 2025.
In last season's matchup, Chase Boyle scored six goals and Georgia Latch had four goals and a assist in the win for Loyola. Ava Angello and Ashley Mackin each had three goals for Johns Hopkins.

More on Spence

Lauren Spence enters her third season as the starting goalkeeper for the Greyhounds.
In her career, she has posted a 7.95 goals against average, a .485 save percentage, and 316 career saves.
She has also posted a 38-7 record over the past three seasons, as she enters the 2025 season with the fifth most wins in a career, as she trails the most wins in a career in program history by just 8 wins.

Dominance From The Circle

The Greyhounds ended the 2024 season as the No. 3 ranked team in NCAA Division I in draw control percentage, winning 67.5 percent of their draws.
Loyola has finished in the top-five for draw control percentage in each of the last four seasons.
Chase Boyle had a huge season from the circle in 2024, as she set the Loyola and Patriot League record with 208 draw controls. Boyle recorded more draw controls herself than all of the Greyhounds opponents combined.
Boyle finished ranked for fifth in Division I in draw controls per game, as she is averaging 9.9.
Loyola currently ranks in the top-10 in draw controls per game and draw control percentage, as Boyle also ranks in the top-10.
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.

2025 Captains

Seniors Chase Boyle, Georgia Latch, Lily Osborne, and Lauren Spence will serve as the team captains for the 2025 season.
Bewteen the four players, they enter the season having accounted for a combined 250 games played and 194 games started.

Players Mentioned