Loyola University Maryland Athletics

1971-72

 - First year of women at Loyola
 - Women’s basketball begins play with a four-game schedule in the winter

1972

 - Fall: Volleyball defeats Notre Dame (Md.) for the first victory by a Loyola women’s athletic program



1973

 - Women’s tennis begins its first season as a varsity program
 - February 7: Women’s basketball defeats Goucher by a 56-29 final for the first victory in program history
 - April 28: Women’s lacrosse travels to UMBC for the first game in program history



1974

 - Women are added to Loyola’s swimming and diving roster for the first time. Women’s swimming and diving would become an official varsity sport during the 1977-78 academic year.



1975

 - April 5: Women’s lacrosse defeats Essex C.C. by a 10-5 final for the first victory in program history.

1977

 - Loyola’s women’s programs begin competing in the AIAW (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women).
 - In the first season under Loyola Hall of Famer Anne McCloskey, women’s basketball ends the year with an overall record of 18-5. That .783 winning percentage is the highest in program history (minimum 20 games).
 - Feb. 21: Women’s swimming and diving earns its first dual victory with a 62-59 win over Goucher.
 

1981

 - Volleyball posts the first 20-win season in program history, finishing the year with an overall record of 22-10-4 and a third-place finish in the MAIAW standings.

1982

 - Volleyball follows up on its previous year’s success with its first postseason appearance, advancing to the EAIAW tournament and finishing with a record of 23-11.

1982-83

 - Loyola begins its first year competing as an NCAA Division I member.

1983

 - May 11: Women’s lacrosse competes in its first NCAA tournament game at Penn.

1985

 - Women’s tennis begins a stretch of 34 winning seasons out of 35 which continues to this day.
 - Women’s swimming and diving sets a new program best with a 10-3 dual record, Marcia Blick becomes the team’s first Tri-State champion after winning the 200 IM, and Lisa Lenhoff qualifies for the NCAA regional meet in the 1 and 3-meter dive.

1986

 - Women’s cross country begins its first season as a varsity program.
 - Rita Ciletti becomes the first women’s lacrosse player to earn first team IWLCA All-America accolades.
 

1987

 - Feb. 10: Women’s swimming and diving defeats Towson, Goucher and Washington College to claim the program’s first Maryland State Championship.
 - April 19: Women’s lacrosse tops Old Dominion in the SALC title game to win the program’s first of 15 conference championships.

1988

 - Mary Beth Akre and Kathleen O’Halloran become Loyola’s first two women’s inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
 - Rick McClure is named head coach of the women’s tennis program in the fall. During his 33 seasons leading the Greyhounds, Loyola ranks 14th in Division I in total victories (436) and 12th nationally in win percentage (73.5%, 436-157).
 - February: Women’s swimming and diving wins four individual events and claims its first Tri-State Championship.
 - Sept. 28: Carolyn Thompson becomes cross country’s first race champion, as she takes first place in a dual against Johns Hopkins.
 

1990

 - Women’s tennis begins a stretch of eight MAAC Championships during a 13-season period through 2002, with the last four MAAC titles earning the Greyhounds a spot in the NCAA tournament.
 - Volleyball knocks off La Salle in straight sets to claim the program’s first MAAC Championship.
 - May 12: Women’s lacrosse earns its first NCAA tournament victory with a 13-7 win at Virginia in the Quarterfinals.
 

1992

 - Volleyball repeats as MAAC Champions after finishing with a program-best record of 25-15. Tara Vinje, a 2018 inductee into the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame, wraps up a career in which she totaled over 300 blocks and 1,000 kills, was named MAAC Player of the Year and earned two MAAC Tournament MVP awards.
 - Mia Vendlinski leads the women’s tennis program to a 19-2 record, the most team wins in a season at the time. A 1997 inductee into the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame, Vendlinski led the Greyhounds to two MAAC titles and ended her career with a 64-16 singles record and a 51-7 doubles mark.
 - Sept. 9: Competing in its first season as a varsity program, women’s soccer earns its first victory with a 6-1 win at Towson. The Greyhounds finish 11-6-2 overall on the year and advance to the MAAC Championship game.



1993

 - February: Women’s swimming and diving wins the first of four-straight MAAC Championships, with the Greyhounds’ 636-point total finishing well above Niagara (474) in second place.

1994

 - March 6: Women’s basketball defeats Fairfield by a 72-66 final in the MAAC Championship game, clinching the program’s first appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Greyhounds went 18-11 (12-2 MAAC) that winter, matching a program record with nine-straight victories from Feb. 13 – March 6.
 - April: Women’s lacrosse is ranked No. 1 in the Division I national poll for the first time following an 11-10 win over Harvard on April 9.
 - Nov. 6: Women’s soccer tops Canisius by a 2-1 final for its first of 10 MAAC championships.



1995

 - March 5: Women’s basketball clinches its first 20-win season and makes it back-to-back MAAC Championships with a 67-51 victory over Fairfield in the MAAC title game. The Greyhounds end the season with an overall record of 20-9.

1996

 - February: Women’s swimming and diving captures its fourth-straight MAAC Championship. Amy Cole, a 2016 inductee into Loyola’s Athletics Hall of Fame, wins the last of three-consecutive MAAC Most Outstanding Female Swimmer awards.

1997

 - May 17: Women’s lacrosse advances to the NCAA Championship game for the first time in program history following a 10-8 win over North Carolina in the Final Four.



1998

 - Women’s rowing earns its first gold at the prestigious Dad Vails meet in the women’s Varsity Lightweight Four. The Greyhounds would begin their first year as a varsity program that fall.



1999

 - Feb. 26: Women’s basketball defeats Iona in the MAAC semifinals, setting a new program record with 21 victories on the year. The Greyhounds would end the year with a record of 21-9 (13-5 MAAC).

2000

 - Oct. 29: Women’s soccer defeats Fairfield by a 2-1 final in overtime, winning the first of five-straight MAAC championships and earning the program’s first trip to the NCAA tournament.

2002

 - Women’s tennis wins the last of four-straight MAAC Championships after finishing the season with a program-best record of 23-4. Nancy Turnblacer, a 2014 inductee into the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame, wraps up a stellar career at No. 1 singles. A two-time MAAC MVP, the Greyhounds went 83-14 overall during Turnblacer’s four years with the program.
 - Nov. 1: Jackie Truncellito takes first place at the MAAC Cross Country Championships, becoming the first woman in program history to win an individual conference title.



2003

 - Women’s lacrosse, in the final season under legendary head coach Diane Geppi-Aikens, spends 14 weeks as the No. 1 team in the country and advances to the NCAA Semifinals. The Greyhounds ultimately finished the year with a record of 17-2, with Suzanne Eyler recognized as the program’s first finalist for the Tewaaraton Award.
 - Patty Stoffey ’95, the greatest player in women’s basketball program history, is inducted into Loyola’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Stoffey graduated with 2,467 points (902 more than any other player), 1,025 rebounds and 146 blocks while leading the Greyhounds to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in the mid-90’s.
 - Oct. 31: Women’s cross country wins the program’s first conference championship after topping the MAAC standings with 46 points at the conference meet.

2004

 - Nov. 7: Women’s soccer defeats Rider 2-0 in the MAAC championship game, culminating a program-record 13-game winning streak to send the Greyhounds to the NCAA tournament for a fifth-straight year. Loyola ends the season with a program-best 16 victories (16-4-0, 9-0-0 MAAC).
 - Women’s rowing earns its first MAAC Championship. The Greyhounds would repeat as conference champions the following year.
 - Women’s track and field begins its first season as a varsity program.

2005

 - May 9: Andrea Rovegno reaches two milestones for the women’s track and field program. She becomes Loyola’s first individual conference champion after winning the 5,000-meters at the MAAC Championships, and she becomes the program’s first NCAA regional qualifier.
 - Oct. 28: Caitlin Dunne becomes cross country’s second individual MAAC Champion in a four-year span after winning the conference’s 6K race in a time of 21:32.20.
 

2006

 - Feb. 18: Andrea Rovegno becomes the first indoor conference champion for the women’s track and field after taking first in the mile at the MAAC Championships.

2009

 - Women’s rowing earns another gold at Dad Vails, as the crew of Kim Winiarzcyk, Julie Roccuzzo, Maggie Ajello, Leslie Perez and coxswain Katherine Griffin tops the field in the Novice Four competition.

2010

 - Women’s rowing wins its second-straight MAAC Championships, claiming its fourth conference title in a span of seven years.



2011

 - March 16: Making its first appearance in the WNIT tournament, women’s basketball defeats Old Dominion by a 67-65 final to match a program record with 21 victories on the year. Loyola ended the year with an overall record of 21-13 (15-3 MAAC).
 - May 7: Women’s lacrosse defeats Notre Dame by a 12-10 final for the first of back-to-back Big East conference championships.
 - Nov. 12: Women’s cross country finishes a program-best 10th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meet, with all five scoring runners placing in the top 80 individually.

2012

 - Women’s tennis standout Rachel Janasek graduates with the program’s most career victories at No. 1 singles (76), finishing just shy of the overall singles record of 87 victories held by Colleen Ruane ’03. Janasek also teamed with Olivia Ott ’15 to tie the team’s most doubles victories in a season (26). Ott would ultimately set a program record with 74 overall doubles wins.
 - Nov. 4: Women’s soccer defeats Marist 2-1 in the MAAC Championship game to win its 10th MAAC title during its final year competing in the conference. Nichole Schiro is recognized as the MAAC’s Offensive Player of the Year for a third-straight season, while Didi Haracic is honored as the conference’s Goalkeeper of the Year.
 

2013

 - Sept. 21: Loyola plays its first women's sporting event as a member of the Patriot League when the Greyhounds' soccer team hosts Holy Cross.
 - Nov. 2: Kiera Harrison becomes the first Greyhound to medal at a Patriot League event after finishing as the runner-up at the conference’s Women’s Cross Country Championship meet.
 - Nov. 15: Harrison becomes the cross country program’s first All-Region performer and NCAA Championship qualifier after matching her program-best 6K time of 20:51 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meet.

2014

 - April 26: In its first year competing in the conference, women’s lacrosse rolls past Boston University by an 18-7 final to claim the first of three-straight Patriot League Championships.



2015

 - May 10: Women’s lacrosse defeats Boston College in the NCAA second round to extend its program-record winning streak to 16 games.

2016

 - March 11: Women’s basketball upsets Bucknell by a 65-53 final in the semifinals to advance to the Patriot League Championship game for the first time in program history.
 - September: Swimming and diving’s McKenzie Coan wins four medals, including three golds, at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Cortney Jordan, who earned her master’s at Loyola in 2016, adds a pair of silver medals for Team USA.

2017

 - July 17: Donna M. Woodruff begins her tenure as Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics, becoming the first woman in Loyola’s history to lead the athletic department. A 1990 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Woodruff joined the Greyhounds after 13 years as a senior administrator at Stony Brook.

2018

 - Nov. 11: Volleyball wins in four sets at Colgate on the final day of the regular season to advance to the Patriot League tournament for the first time in program history as the No. 3 seed.

2019

 - Feb. 17: Senna Ohlsson becomes the track and field program’s first Patriot League champion after taking first in the indoor 800m. She would add an outdoor title in the 800m later during the spring semester.
 - Feb. 28: Emma Schouten becomes the first female Loyola swimmer to earn first team All-Patriot League accolades after posting three top-10 finishes at the conference championships, including a runner-up performance in the 200 breaststroke.
 - June 22: Senna Ohlsson becomes the first Greyhound to compete at a USATF Championships event, finishing 10th overall in the 800m.
 - Nov. 5: Hannah Hoefs provides the game-winner in double overtime, as women’s soccer defeats Lafayette 1-0 to earn its first Patriot League tournament win in the quarterfinals.
 - Nov. 30: Stephanie Karcz sets a new women’s basketball program record for steals with the sixth of her seven thefts vs. Wright State. Karcz would go on to become the program’s first NCAA statistical champion after leading Division I with 5.17 steals per game for the season. Her 461 career steals rank ninth all-time in Division I.
 - Dec. 10: Katie Forsythe becomes the first member of the volleyball program to earn AVCA All-Region accolades after setting Loyola and Patriot League records with 753 digs for the season.



2020

 - Feb. 21: Devin Cronin becomes Loyola’s first female Patriot League champion at the Swimming and Diving Championships after taking first place in the 100 breaststroke.
 - Aug. 16: Senna Ohlsson becomes the track and field program’s first National Team medalist, as she earns bronze in the 800m at the Swedish National Championships.



2021

 - May 8: Livy Rosenzweig contributes five points while breaking the program’s all-time scoring record, and women’s lacrosse tops Lehigh by an 11-6 final to win its fifth Patriot League Championship in the past seven years.
 - May 20: Senna Ohlsson becomes the first track and field member to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships under the current format. She would ultimately break her own school record while advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinals in the 800m.
 - August: Swimming and diving alum McKenzie Coan ’18 wins her fourth-career gold medal in the 400 freestyle S7, and adds a silver in the 100 free S7 for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.