ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's lacrosse team (15-4) will take on top seed No. 7 Loyola (17-1) in the title game of the Patriot League Championship on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore, Md. Opening draw between the Midshipmen and Greyhounds is slated for 2:00 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
 
Patriot League Championship
Navy is making its 14th appearance in the Patriot League Tournament. The Midshipmen have qualified for the conference tournament each season since joining the Patriot League in 2008. After defeating second-seeded Army, 16-6, in the semifinals, the Mids are 19-7 (.731) in the tournament all-time with six conference titles.
 
Navy continues the 2022 Patriot League Championship at the Ridley Athletic Complex against No. 7 Loyola. It is the sixth time the two teams will meet in the conference tournament – all in championship game. Loyola holds a 3-2 (.600) advantage against Navy in the Patriot League Tournament. The Midshipmen are the only Patriot League team to defeat the Greyhounds since Loyola entered the conference in 2014.
 
Navy is 6-4 (.600) all-time in the Patriot League Championship title game. Navy or Loyola has claimed the conference tournament title the last 11 seasons with the Midshipmen claiming six and the Greyhounds earning five.
 
Navy is 8-4 (.667) all-time in the Patriot League Championship Tournament at the Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
Offensively, Navy has tallied 363 points on 261 goals and 102 assists in 19 games. Of the 19 players who have scored points, 11 have been upperclassmen (juniors / seniors) and eight have been underclassmen (freshmen / sophomores). Through 19 games, the upperclassmen have registered 168 goals, accounting for 64.4% of the goals scored, while the underclassmen have tallied 93 scores. The upperclassmen have accounted for 65.6% of the total points scored with 68.6% of the team's assists.
 
The Mids are led by Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.), Gil Eby (Towson, Md.), Kasey Dietzel (Warrington, Pa.), Leelee Denton (Nashville, Tenn.), Charlotte Ryan (Tully, N.Y.), and Lindsay Beardmore (Annapolis, Md.).
 
Roelofs paces the offense with a team-high 69 points on a team-best 51 goals with 18 assists. Eby is next with 46 points on 39 goals and eight assists, while Dietzel is third with 42 points on 26 goals with 16 assists. Denton (32g 6a), Ryan (28g 9a), and Beardmore (17g 17a) round out Navy's 30-point scorers with 38, 37, and 34, respectively.
 
The Mids have picked up 376 ground balls, won 297 draw controls, caused 153 turnovers, and tallied 160 saves in 19 games played.
 
Christine Fiore (Darian, Conn.) has grabbed a team-high 42 ground balls, while Grace Loughery (Perkasie, Pa.) added 40. Eby and Jo Torres (Prince Frederick, Md.) have picked up 33 and 31 GBs.
 
Roelofs leads the team with 116 draw controls. With 10 draws in the PL Quarterfinals against American, she recorded the ninth 100-draw season in school history. The senior had 146 draws as freshman and just missed the 100-draw plateau last season, finishing with 94. Dietzel is second on the squad with 80 draws, while Eby has chipped in 31.
 
Alexis Bell (Johns Creek, Ga.) leads the team with 24 caused turnovers, while Loughery, Erin Carson (New Albany, Ohio), and Fiore follow with 23, 18, and 16 CTs.
 
Torres leads the team with 147 of Navy's 160 saves in 1,058 minutes of action. Torres has earned 14 victories with a 48.7 save percentage and 8.79 goals against average.
 
Scouting the Opponent
Loyola enters the final week of the regular season 17-1 overall with a 9-0 mark in the Patriot League to earn the No. 1 seed. The Greyhounds enter the game on an 8-game winning streak, including a 19-5 victory over Lehigh in the Patriot League Championship semifinal.
 
Since joining the Patriot League for the 2014 season, the Greyhounds have posted an unblemished 66-0 record in regular-season conference contests. Loyola is 79-3 (.963) against Patriot League opponents since joining the conference. Navy is the only Patriot League school to defeat Loyola, besting the Greyhounds in the conference tournament twice (2017, '18) and NCAA Tournament once (2018). All three victories for Navy occurred at Loyola.
 
Livy Rosenzweig scored her 200th career goal vs. Lehigh and is now eight points away from her 100th point of the season. She leads Loyola with 59 goals, 33 assists and 92 points. Georgia Latch is second on the team in assists (30) and points (58). Sam Fiedler is close behind with 57 points, as she's scored 30 goals and assisted 27 others, while Elli Kluegel and Jillian Wilson are tied for second on the team with 37 goals apiece.
 
In goal, Kaitlyn Larsson ranks second in the NCAA with a 7.78 goals-against average, while her .494 save percentage ranks 10th nationally.
 
Loyola head coach Jen Adams (Maryland '01) played collegiate lacrosse at the University of Maryland for current Navy head coach Cindy Timchal. Under Timchal's direction, Adams and the Terrapins went 83-4 (.954) in four seasons with two perfect seasons and four National Championships. Adams was the first recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2001.
 
All-Time Series
The game marks the 15th meeting between the two teams in women's lacrosse. Loyola holds a 11-3 advantage in the series.
 
Navy is the only Patriot League team to post a victory against Loyola, defeating the Greyhounds three times.
 
The Midshipmen picked up a win over Loyola in the 2017 PL Championship (W, 15-5), snapping the Greyhounds' 41-game winning streak against conference opponents.
 
The Mids followed the 2017 PL Championship win with a second win in 2018 (W, 17-10), while also defeating the Greyhounds in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (W, 19-15) the same year.
 
Navy or Loyola has claimed the Patriot League Tournament title the last 11 seasons with the Midshipmen claiming six and the Greyhounds earning five.
 
Six Tabbed All-Patriot League for Navy Women's Lacrosse
Six members of the Navy women's lacrosse team were named to the 2022 All-Patriot League Team announced Monday afternoon by the conference office. Four of Navy's six all-league selections were named to the first team.
 
Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.), Gil Eby (Towson, Md.), Alexis Bell (Johns Creek, Ga.), and Christine Fiore (Darien, Conn.) were selected to the first team, while Kasey Dietzel (Warrington, Pa.) and Jo Torres (Prince Frederick, Md.) were named Second Team All-Patriot League.
 
Overall, 34 student-athletes were selected to the two All-Patriot League teams with 17 voted onto the first team and 17 more earning a spot on the second team due to ties in voting.
 
Loyola led the way with nine All-League selections. Navy placed six student-athletes on the two All-League teams with four on the first team, while Army and Lehigh had five selections apiece. American received three All-Patriot League accolades with Bucknell and Colgate collecting two apiece and Boston University and Holy Cross receiving one.
 
Roelofs Selected to Academic All-Patriot League Team
Navy women's lacrosse senior Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) was named to the Academic All-Patriot League team on Wednesday as announced by the conference office. With Roelofs' selection, the Midshipmen have had at least one student-athlete selected to the All-Academic team each year there was a team since 2011 when the team was founded.
 
Majoring in operations research, Roelofs is a two-time All-Patriot League selection, claiming first-team accolades as a senior and second-team honors as a junior. In the classroom, she is a two-time member of the Superintendent's List, while being named to the Commandant's List six times and the Dean's List four times. Roelofs earned IWLCA All-Academic Honor Roll in 2021, while earning Patriot League Academic Honor Roll each season.
 
The Navy offensive captain led the team in goals (47), points (63), and draw controls (109). She ranked in the Top 15 this season in the Patriot League in Draw Controls Per Game (4th), Goals (5th), Goals Per Game (5th), Points (8th), Points Per Game (8th), and Assists (15th), as well as, shots (4th) and shots on goal (3rd). Roelofs tallied 10 hat tricks in 17 games played with 14 total multi-goal games, including a career high six goals in Navy's 23-13 victory in the Patriot League Quarterfinals against American. In addition, she is the Navy school record holder in draw controls per game (6.71), while ranking second in program history with 376 career draw controls.
 
Bell Selected as YRL Unsung Hero Award Finalist for Second Consecutive Year
Navy women's lacrosse senior Alexis Bell (Johns Creek, Ga.) was named a finalist for the prestigious 2022 Yeardley Reynolds Love (YRL) Unsung Hero Award, the One Love Foundation announced on Tuesday. It is the second consecutive season that Bell has been a finalist for the award.
 
Bell is one of six finalists among NCAA Division I, joining Caitlynn Mossman (Boston College), Carsin Gronbach (Bryant), Cara Scanio (Hofstra), Maren Geiger (Niagara), and Elizabeth Pawlak (Villanova).
 
The Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award recognizes the accomplishments of six student-athletes (two from each division) who help their teams achieve success in ways that may not be measured in goals, saves or ground balls. This honor places value on kindness and generosity, characteristics that are often undervalued in the competitively charged environment of college lacrosse.
 
The award recognizes the athlete who makes a significant contribution to the team while also bringing joy to teammates. The award recipients exhibit leadership as a positive role model and are involved in community service. The recipients are awarded a sum of money from the One Love Foundation to be given to their favorite charity.
 
Last Time Out: Navy 16, Army 6 (May 5, 2022)
Navy advanced to the Patriot League Championship final with a 16-6 victory over rival Army on Thursday night at Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore, Md. The Midshipmen will play top seed No. 7 Loyola (17-1) in the championship on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
 
With the win, every Navy varsity sport that played Army this year (24 teams) won at least one game against its rival. The Midshipmen are 27-9 overall against the Black Knights this season, including a 20-4 mark in the overall Army-Navy Star Series, presented by USAA.
 
In addition, the win was head coach Cindy Timchal's 550th career victory.
 
The Midshipmen advanced to the conference title game for the 11th time in program history. The Mids have won six championships, notching a 6-4 (.600) record in the finals.
 
Navy was able to score 16 goals on 31 shots, including 25 shots on goal. The Mids added six assists for 22 total points in the game. Navy was led by Reagan Roelofs (Apple Valley, Minn.) who tallied four goals and two helpers for six points. In addition, Roelofs won seven of Navy 14 draws on the night. Lola Leone (Bay Shore, N.Y.) and Charlotte Ryan (Tully, N.Y.) added hat tricks on the night, finishing with three goals apiece. It was the second hat trick of Leone's career and the fifth for Ryan. Gil Eby (Towson, Md.) and Christine Fiore (Darien, Conn.) added two scores each, while Leelee Denton (Nashville, Tenn.) and Bobbie Haney (Woodbine, Md.) scored once.
 
Defensively, the Midshipmen caused 11 of the Black Knights' 15 turnovers, including a career high four caused turnovers by Grace Loughery (Perkasie, Pa.). Erin Carson (New Albany, Ohio) and Eby added two CTs apiece, while Leone, Fiore, and Athena Corroon (Greenwich, Conn.) also notched caused turnovers. Corroon led the way with six ground balls, while Loughery added four.
 
Jo Torres (Prince Frederick, Md.) earned the victory at goal. The sophomore turned away five shots, while picking up a ground ball with just six goals allowed. Torres and the Navy defense allowed single digit goals for the 10th time this season and for the seventh time against a Patriot League opponent.