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Patriot League Opener for Women's Lacrosse as they Face Lehigh

 
Game Information
Opponent at Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Date Saturday, February 14, 2026
Time 12:00 PM
Location Bethlehem, PA | Ulrich Sports Complex
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Game Notes Loyola Maryland Women's Lacrosse Game Notes (PDF)

Opening Draw
  • Loyola is set to open Patriot League play on Saturday as they travel to face Lehigh. 
  • The Greyhounds hold the edge in the series, leading 19-4. Loyola has won every matchup since joining the Patriot League (16 games).
  • The Greyhounds have outscored Lehigh 36-4 over their last two meetings, including a 18-0 win in the Patriot League Semifinals.       
  • Senior Elisa Faklaris returns for her fourth season at Loyola, coming off of a career year for the Greyhounds, scoring 51 goals on a .638 shooting percentage on the season, as she enters the season as Loyola's top returning goal scorer.
  • Kennedy Buntrock will take the reigns in goal for Loyola, replacing three-year starter Lauren Spence in goal. Buntrock has seen action in 14 games in her career, tallying 12 saves on 41 shots faced.  
  • Jen Adams is back for her 18th season at the helm of the Greyhounds, as they have compiled a 68-16 record since the beginning of the 2022 season, which includes five NCAA Tournament wins.
Patriot League Honors
  • Loyola notched three players on the Patriot League All-Preseason Team this season, as Elisa Faklaris, Cydney Lisk, and Mim Suares-Jury were all named to the team. 
  • Faklaris was named to the Patriot League First Team, while Suares-Jury was named to the Second Team last season. 

Greyhounds In The NCAA Tournament
  • Last season was the seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament (excluding 2020) for the Greyhounds, as they have won at least one game in the tournament in six of those trips.
  • Loyola reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023, after they won their First and Second Round games at Loyola. 
  • Last season, Loyola lost to Stony Brook in the First Round. 

More on Suares-Jury
  • Mim Suares-Jury is coming off of a strong freshman campaign, as she scored 26 goals, 11 assists, 25 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers, and 17 draw controls. 
  • Suares-Jury also found success at the international level, playing with the Austrailian National Team at the The 2025 World Games, winning a bronze medal.
  • Following the Wold Lacrosse Championship in 2024, Suares-Jury was named to the All-World Team.  

2025 Captains
Scouting Lehigh
  • Lehigh comes into the matchup with a 0-1 record on the season, as they lost their season opener to Saint Josephs, 11-10. 
  • St. Joes opened the game with a 5-0 run, and led 7-1 at one point, but Lehigh used a 6-1 run to draw within one goal. After tying the game early in the fourth, St. Joes would win on a goal with two minutes remaining.
  • Shannon Nolan led the team with five goals in the game, while Molly Snow had three assists and a goal. 
  • Nolan also led the team with four ground balls in the game. 
  • Grace Martel led the team with five draw controls in the game, while Snow was second with three draws. 
  • In goal, Micaela Jennings recorded 17 saves in the game on 35 shots in the game. 
  • Molly Snow was the lone Mountain Hawk that was named to the Patriot League All-Preseason Team, as Lehigh was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason Poll.
  • Lehigh is coming off a 2025 season where they finished 6-10 (3-6), and lost to Navy in the Patriot League Quarterfinals 19-2. 

Record Tracking
  • Elisa Faklaris comes off of a career-best 2025 season. Entering the 2026 season, Faklaris is 36 goals and 27 points away from 100 career goals and points.
  • Entering the season, Faklaris has a .590 shooting percentage on 105 career shots.  

Youth Movement
  • Entering the 2026 season, Loyola's roster boasts 20 underclassmen this season. 
  • Of the 15 upperclassmen this year, Cydney Lisk leads all returners with 41 career starts. 
  • Several potential starters and key role players this year enter the season with no career starts in their career.

Dominance From The Circle
  • The Greyhounds are coming off of a 2025 season where they ranked first in draws per game (20.3) and first in draw control percentage (69.9%) in Division I.
  • Loyola's 69.9% on draw controls ranks as the best percentage in Division I since draw percentage was tracked starting in 2018-19, while their 20.6 draws per game was the most in a full season since draws became a stat in 1999 (excluding the 2020 shortened season).
  • The Greyhounds have finished with the best draw control percentage in two of the last three seasons ('25, '23), while ranking in the top three in each of the last four seasons.
  • Mae Murphy will look to follow in the footsteps of Taryn and Taylor VanThof, Livy Rosenzweig, Jillian Wilson, and Chase Boyle, who have set a history of excellence at the draw since 2011.   
  • Murphy set a freshman record with 12 draw controls in her first career game against Johns Hopkins.
  • The Greyhounds have relied on a next women up in the circle and have had great success with it, in large part due to assistant coach Dana Dobbie, who coaches the draw and was one of the top players on the draw during her career.
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Players Mentioned

Kennedy Buntrock

#36 Kennedy Buntrock

Goalkeeper
5' 7"
Junior
Elisa Faklaris

#24 Elisa Faklaris

Midfield
5' 7"
Senior
Delaney Jackson

#27 Delaney Jackson

Midfield
5' 8"
Junior
Cydney Lisk

#30 Cydney Lisk

Defense
5' 2"
Senior
Mim Suares-Jury

#21 Mim Suares-Jury

Midfield
5' 4"
Sophomore
Mae Murphy

#28 Mae Murphy

Midfield
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kennedy Buntrock

#36 Kennedy Buntrock

5' 7"
Junior
Goalkeeper
Elisa Faklaris

#24 Elisa Faklaris

5' 7"
Senior
Midfield
Delaney Jackson

#27 Delaney Jackson

5' 8"
Junior
Midfield
Cydney Lisk

#30 Cydney Lisk

5' 2"
Senior
Defense
Mim Suares-Jury

#21 Mim Suares-Jury

5' 4"
Sophomore
Midfield
Mae Murphy

#28 Mae Murphy

5' 7"
Freshman
Midfield