Annapolis --
Mim Suares-Jury dodged right and fired in a goal in the second overtime on Wednesday evening, as the Greyhounds held on for a 20-19 win over the Naval Academy in a crucial Patriot League matchup.
For the second straight matchup against Navy, the Greyhounds and Midshipmen went into overtime, with the last game coming in the 2024 Patriot League Championship game, where Loyola won 12-11 in overtime.
Entering the fourth quarter, the Greyhounds (7-5 overall, 4-0 Patriot League) lead 17-16, as Navy tied the game at 17-17 five minutes into the quarter, as Mikayla Williams scored for the Midshipmen (7-4 overall, 3-0 Patriot League).
Williams scored another goal for the Naval Academy just three minutes later, as they took a one goal lead with 7:08 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Chase Boyle dodged left and fired inside the far post, as she scored her second goal of the game with 5:04 remaining, as the game was tied 18-18.
The Greyhounds would take the lead a minute later, as
Emma Talago gave Loyola the lead with 4:08 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Navy saved a Loyola shot on the following possession, followed by a Navy turnover on their next possession, as Loyola looked to take a two-goal lead late, but
Georgia Latch was called for a yellow card to give Navy a player-up opportunity with 1:03 remaining.
On the ensuing possession, Navy turned the ball over, but Loyola turned it over right back to Navy, as Navy called a timeout with 44 seconds remaining.
After a high shot from Navy's Mikayla Williams, Taylor Miles had a free-position shot go high with 12 seconds remaining. Emily Messinese took the ball from the x and doged right, as she curled into the middle of Loyola's defense and tied the game with four seconds remaining to force overtime.
In the first overtime, Loyola's defense came up with a big stop, as they forced a shot clock violation on Navy's first possession. On Loyola's first possession,
Ava Kane drew a free position attempt, and scored, but was called for a crease violation, as we remained tied after the first three minutes of overtime.
In the second overtime,
Georgia Latch grabbed her career-best ninth draw control for Loyola. After Latch was fouled on a shot attempt, Loyola circled the ball around, as
Mim Suares-Jury dodged her defender to the right, and fired in the shot inside the far post for the game-winner.
Latch led the Greyhounds with 10 points (five goals, five assists) on the evening to tie a career-best.
Elisa Faklaris had four goals, while
Ava Kane had a career-best five points (three goals, two assists). Boyle, Talago, Suares-Jury and Stapleton each had two goals each on the night.
Tonight's matchup started as a shootout early in the first quarter, as teams combined for three goals in the first five minutes. After Loyola scored the opening goal, Navy responded with three-straight goals to take a early lead.
Goals from
Georgia Latch and
Ava Kane helped Loyola tie it at 3-3. After another Navy goal, Latch and Kane scored another pair of goals, before Navy capped off the first quarter with another goal, as the score was tied 5-5 after one quarter.
In the second quarter, Navy opened on a 3-0 run to take a 8-5 lead with 12:57 remaining in the quarter. Latch and Faklaris each scored goals to cut the deficit down to one goal, but navy added another two goals to retake a three-goal lead.
The high-scoring first half continued, as Latch scored her third goal of the half, before the Midshipmen scored another pair of goals, as they jumped out to a four-goal lead, which was their largest of the night.
The Greyhounds would score two of the last three goals of the second quarter, as they trailed 13-10 heading into halftime. Of their eight goals in the second quarter, five of them came off of the free-position for Navy.
Coming out of halftime, Loyola started fast, scoring the first three goals of the quarter to tie the game at 13-13 with 6:53 left. Mikayla Williams scored a pair of goals for Navy, as
Gabby Stapleton scored to end the Navy run.
After another goal from Williams, Loyola ended the third quarter on a 3-0 run, as they led 17-16 heading into the fourth quarter.
Loyola once again controlled the draw control battle, as they won 25-18, led by
Chase Boyle who had 10 draws on the night, while Latch had 9.
Lauren Spence had 8 saves on the night for the Greyhounds in net.
Alyssa Chung and Mikayla Williams led Navy with five goals each on the night, while Emily Messinese and Tori DiCarlo had three goals each.
Loyola and Navy combined for the most goals in their matchup history with 39 goals scored tonight.
Loyola continues Patriot League play on Saturday, as they will host Lehigh at 12:00 PM.
