The Patriot League’s twin powers collide for the conference tournament title and an automatic NCAA tourney bid as Navy visits Loyola Maryland
No. 7 Loyola Maryland (16-2) rolled to a 9-0 record in Patriot League play. On Saturday, the Greyhounds host 20th-ranked Navy (15-3) in the Patriot Lague tournament championship game at Loyola’s Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore. The Midshipmen finished 8-1 in Patriot League play and come into Saturday’s matchup with nine consecutive victories. The Greyhounds have won their last three after a non-conference loss at then-No. 14 Penn on April 17. Loyola hunts for its third straight NCAA tournament bid and second consecutive conference tourney title. Navy last played in the NCAA tourney in 2019 and reached its lone Final Four in 2017. The Greyhounds boast seven Final Four trips, but none since 2003.
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Navy earned a bye to the tournament semifinals and clubbed fourth-seeded Holy Cross 19-5 on Thursday in Baltimore. Tori DiCarlo netted two of her four goals in the first period as the Middies broke out to a 5-1 lead before erupting for eight goals in the second quarter. Emily Messinese also scored four goals.
Loyola blanked sixth-seeded Lehigh 18-0 in its semifinal on Thursday after the Mountain Hawks upset third-seeded Army on the road in overtime in the quarterfinal. Lauren Spence made eight saves to record the shutout while Sydni Black scored five goals and Georgia Latch added four.
Black owns a team-high 96 points for the Greyhounds, including 69 goals. Chase Boyle leads the squad with 76 tallies and Latch checks in with 56. Messinese paces Navy with 63 goals and 81 points with DiCarlo adding 58 goals. Loyola won the regular-season meeting 17-12 at home on March 20.
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