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No. 9 Princeton, Women's Lax Set for Ranked Matchup at Ridley on Saturday

Game Information
Opponent vs No. 9 Princeton
Date Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time 12:00 p.m.
Location Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
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Opening Draw
  • Loyola returns to Ridley athletic complex, as they host No. 9 Princeton on Saturday afternoon.
  • Princeton holds the series edge 13-8, but Loyola has won three of the last four meetings and are 5-4 in games at Ridley Athletic Complex.
  • The Tigers won the matchup 16-14 at Princeton last season. Suares-Jury and Faklaris both accounted for three points each in the loss.
  • 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 69-17 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. 
  • Mae Murphy was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week following a week were she had 29 draw controls, as she leads Division I in draws per game. 

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 Princeton
  • Princeton will open their 2026 season on Saturday with a ranked matchup at Loyola. 
  • The Tigers will be the last Division I team to have their season opener this season.
  • The Tigers enter the season after receiving a No. 6 ranking in the IWLCA/ILWomen polls and being named the Ivy League Preseason Favorites. 
  • Princeton returns nine starts from a season ago, led by Haven Dora, Jami MacDonald, and Dylan Allen, who were all named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List. Dora (89 points) and MacDonald (92 points) are coming off of big seasons last year. 
  • Last season, Princeton averaged 15.4 goals per game while allowing 11.6 goals per game. They also were just under 50 percent from the draw cirlce a season ago. 
  • Princeton is coming off of a 2025 season where they went 16-4, where they won games over UMass and Johns Hopkins in the First and Second round of the NCAA tournament, before falling to eventual champion UNC in the Elite Eight.

Record Tracking
  • Elisa Faklaris comes off of a career-best 2025 season. Entering the 2026 season, Faklaris is 32 goals and 23 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 44 career starts. 
  • Several potential starters and key role players this year enter the season with no career starts.

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 17 draw controls in the Greyhounds win over Lehigh.
  • The Greyhounds have boasted one of the top draw units over the past 10 seasons, 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

Chase Boyle

#5 Chase Boyle

Midfield
5' 10"
Senior
Lauren Spence

#37 Lauren Spence

Goalkeeper
5' 6"
Senior
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

Chase Boyle

#5 Chase Boyle

5' 10"
Senior
Midfield
Lauren Spence

#37 Lauren Spence

5' 6"
Senior
Goalkeeper
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