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Women's Lacrosse 3/21/2025 2:47:00 PM

Colgate Hosts Women's Lax on Saturday Afternoon

Game Information
Opponent	at Colgate Raiders
Date	Saturday, March 22, 2025
Time	12:00 PM
Location	Hamilton, NY \| Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
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Game Notes	Loyola Maryland Women's Lacrosse Game Notes (PDF)

Opening Draw

Loyola continues Patriot League play on Saturday, as the Greyhounds travel up to New York to face Colgate.
This will be the 14th meeting between the two programs, with the Greyhounds holding a 13-0 record.
Loyola has hit the 20-goal mark in each of the last three matchups in the series.
In the Preseason Patriot League Poll, Loyola was picked to repeat as Patriot League Champions.
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 61-13 record since the beginning of the 2022 season, which includes 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 85 straight regular season conference games.
Loyola also swept the Preseason Major Awards, as Georgia Latch, Chase Boyle, Lily Osborne, and Lauren Spence all won their respective positioinal award.

Greyhounds at Home

The Greyhounds have thrived at home, as they have posted a 60-4 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 103-28 at home.
Prior to the loss to Penn, Loyola won 22-straight home games.

More on Spence

Lauren Spence enters her third season as the starting goalkeeper for the Greyhounds.
In her career, she has posted a 8.44 goals against average, a .484 save percentage, and 383 career saves.
She has also posted a 42-10 record over the past three seasons, as she enters the 2025 season with the fifth most wins in a career, as she is five wins away from the most wins in a career.
Spence has recorded double-digit saves in six of her last seven games, her longest streak of double-digit goals in her career.
She is coming off of a career-best 14 saves, while tying a career-best six ground balls, and three caused turnovers against Army.
Spence ranks ninth in career saves in program history (396).

Scouting Colgate

Colgate comes into the matchup with a 4-5 (02) record on the season, as they are coming off of a 14-11 win over Siena on Tuesday.
In their first two Patriot League games, the Raiders lost to Holy Cross and Navy, as Colgate was held to single-digit goals in each game.
Caroline Panzirer leads the team in goals (26), assists (16) and points (42) on the season.
From the circle, Lucy Licata leads the team, as she has 79 draws on the season. Licata also has 16 goals on the season.
In goal, Lauren Solis has started in each game this season, posting a .386 save percentage, a 12.52 goals against average, and 64 total saves.
Through nine games, the Raiders are averaging 12.1 goals per game on the season, while posting a .413 shot percentage.
Colgate is a perfect 3-0 at home on the season, picking up wins over Monmouth, Le Moyne, and Siena.
Licata was named to the Patriot League Preseason All-League team, while Colgate was piced to finish in 8th place in the Preseason Poll.
Colgate has not reached the Patriot League Championships since 2022, where they lost to Lehigh in the Quarterfinal.
In last years matchup, Loyola scored 17 goals in the first half, as they used the big half for the 20-6 win.

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 30 goals shy of becoming the new program career-leader in goals, as well as 83 draw controls from the program record.
Georgia Latch now sits at second in program history in assists, with 154, trailing only Livy Rosenzweig, who finished with 230. She also now sits in second in career points, trailing only Rosenzweig in career points. She currently sits in third with 317 career points.
In the Greyhounds win over Georgetown, Latch set a new program record with nine assists in the win.

Dominance From The Circle

Loyola enters the game having won the draw battle in each game so far this season.
The Greyhounds rank third in draws per game (18.0) and second in draw control percentage (66.1%) in Division I..
Chase Boyle ranks 9th in the country in draw controls per game, as she has led the Greyhounds on the draw this season. .
Boyle has more draws than the Greyhounds opponents this season, as she has 86 draws this season, compared to 93 draws by opposing teams.
Loyola has ranked in the top-ten in draw controls over the past five seasons.
Boyle follows in the footsteps of Taryn and Taylor VanThof, Livy Rosenzweig, and Jillian Wilson, who have set a history of excellance at the draw since 2011.
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.

Players Mentioned