Get out and support the Greyhounds

Now that school is back in session, it is time to support the Greyhounds. The women's soccer program got Loyola off to a great start with a victory over the Mount, 1-0. The excitement of one last season at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field and the IAC on the horizon have made the expectations for all the teams extremely high.

Loyola students get in free to all home games. The public is welcome and the tickets are very inexpensive and the games are very family friendly.

Why not get out there and support the Hounds!

LOYOLA UP 3-0 IN 2ND HALF AT HIGH POINT

Women's Soccer Continues Road Trip With Three Matches

The Greyhounds play a pair on contests in North Carolina before taking on intra-state foe Maryland

Aug. 27, 2009

High Point Live Stats

Loyola's women's soccer team got its 2009 season started on the right foot Sunday evening with a 1-0 victory at Mount St. Mary's.

Getting an initial victory in the first of four road matches to begin the season, starts things off positively for the Greyhounds.

"It was good to open with a win, and we want to carry some of that momentum to our next few games," Head Coach Katherine Vettori said.

Loyola plays at High Point this Friday, August 28, at 7 p.m., before facing a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference teams on their home turf. Wake Forest, which is ranked 26th in the latest NSCAA/adidas poll, hosts the Greyhounds on Sunday, August 30, at 1 p.m., and Loyola then plays at Maryland on Tuesday, September 1, at 7 p.m.

"With the games against High Point, Wake Forest and Maryland, we are going into one of the toughest stretches on our schedule," Vettori said. "But, we're looking forward to the challenges and opportunities to play."

Loyola outshot The Mount, 21-5, but small adjustments to their shots will benefit the offense down the road.

"(Mount's) goalkeeper had a great game, but we also just missed on some shots," Vettori said. "We know that we have to get better at finishing opportunities because we are getting them, but not completing them with the shots we need."

Freshman Tessa McClenahan came off the bench to score the Greyhounds' goal against the Mountaineers.

Graduate student Theresa Ferraina took the ball endline on the right side and fed a pass to a waiting McClenahan who finished for her first collegiate goal.

Loyola's defense held the line from that point. Of The Mount's five shots, just three were on goal, and senior Brittany Henderson made saves on all of those. Loyola also allowed the Mountaineers limited opportunities for set pieces, giving up just two corner kicks in the match.

High Point opened its season last weekend, as well, losing to a pair of ACC schools. The Panthers fell, 5-0, at

Wake Forest and, 2-0, at Virginia Tech

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In addition to the win over High Point, the Demon Deacons were 2-1 winners at UNC Greensboro.

Loyola and Maryland will meet for the first time since September 12, 2006, when the Greyhounds won in College Park, 1-0. The Terrapins opened their 2009 schedule with a 3-0 win at Army and a 2-1 victory at Fordham. Maryland plays Seton Hall on Friday before facing Loyola.

Women's Soccer Set to Start New Season

This is the preview for women's soccer written by the Athletic Communications Staff at Loyola University Maryland...

Loyola University Maryland Women's Soccer Preview

Loyola Greyhounds are now University material

The Loyola College Athletic Program shut down on August 19th, forever. Not exactly, but the school has made a bold statement and its athletic programs will be given the task of being university material from now on. Loyola University Maryland is the name and the Greyhounds are ready to role.

The College Soccer page on ESPN has praised the Greyhounds as one of the best small schools in the nation. The team will be a force in the newly energized MAAC conference, which now sends two teams to the post-season on a regular basis.

The Greyhounds will play their final season at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in 2009. They will be moving into a state-of-the-art stadium to be called the Harold Ridley Intercollegiate Athletic Complex. Rumor has it that the first game will be against ACC-power Maryland. To see more about the IAC and to get more information about Loyola Soccer visit the the website - loyolagreyhounds.com

The Hounds start the 2009 season on September 1st taking on Big-East Villanova. This should be a great test of the young Greyhounds, who are replacing All-American GK Milos Kocic, now with DC United. They do have a trio of highly touted players on the Hermann Trophy Watch List. Only Creighton has as many picked to this exclusive list.

If you live in Baltimore, don't miss out on the opportunity to see a great college soccer program in action. Tickets are very family friendly at only $5.00. Come on out and root for the Greyhounds. You can also watch all the home games on the internet via Greyhounds All-Access.

Let me know your thoughts on the upcoming season...

New Intercollegiate Athletic Complex Moving Closer to Reality

The Harold Ridley Intercollegiate Athletic Complex is one step closer to reality, following the traditional Topping Off Ceremony held at the site on Tuesday, April 28th.

Photo Gallery - click here to view the Loyola Greyhounds new home for soccer and lacrosse.

The final piece of steel was set in place by the Iron Workers Local #16.  

The project was conceived in the early 1990s and will be finished over the next several months and should be open and the home of Loyola's men's and women's soccer and lacrosse programs in January, 2010.

The facility features a 6,000 seat stadium field, a 2,000 seat practice field and a future site of a grass practice field.  The stadium field will have a full service press box and several suites for hospitality on game day.  Both the stadium and practice fields will have state of the art lighting and the next generation of artificial grass.

"The opening of the IAC, sets the bar for facilities in the area.  This, along with the designation change to University, shows the commitment that Loyola is making to be the leading comprehensive, Catholic university in the United States." commented Loyola Director of Athletics Joseph Boylan.

This opening of the IAC will also mean improvements for Loyola's Reitz Arena.  The movement of the soccer and lacrosse programs to the new facility will free up additional space for Basketball, Volleyball, Cross Country and Track.  The entire athletic program will benefit from the new complex.

In addition, the university will be able to expand its academic space by building on the current Diane Geppi-Aikens Field on the main campus.  This is just the start of many new and exciting changes for the college as it makes the move from college to university.

The excitement level is growing and the future is extremely promising for Loyola Athletics.

Loyola Greyhound Golfers Heading to Post-Season

The Loyola Men's Golf team did it again. They advanced to the NCAA regional by virtue of the MAAC automatic bid. The team recovered from a slow start on Friday to outclass the field at the Celebration Golf Course in Florida. 
The Greyhounds, carried on by the momentum of a victory at the Titans Class in Detroit a week early and after trailing by 5 strokes on day one, pulled ahead and took a day 2 lead and held on for the victory over a firey Iona Gaels team.
Loyola now waits until May 4th to find out the regional they will play in. The likely location is Galloway/Seacrest in New Jersey.
The team is lead by brothers Mike and Jay Mulieri. The chanes of advancing to the Finals is a long shot, but their is the potential for perhaps an individual to make it to the next level.

The team also picked up some other awards in addition to the team championship: 

Head Coach Tom Beidleman was named Coach of the Year - the first time since 2003 that he was honored with this award.

Jay Mulieri was name Rookie of the Year.

At the Loyola Athletic Awards Banquet on Monday night, Mike Mulieri was award the Mohler Award, awarded to the top senior student-athlete.

Kudos to Coach Beidleman and his team. They are true champions.

Tough trip to Albany

Both Loyola hoops teams ventured north to Albany and the Times Union Center for the 2009 MAAC basketball championships. Following a tough end of the season both teams were hoping to end the year on a positive note. The women advanced to the Quarterfinals after defeating higher seeded Manhattan in Thursday's first round. The women advanced to play top seed Marist. The highly favored Red Foxes lived up to their top billing and easily dispatched the Greyhounds. Hitting five consecutive three pointers, Marist pulled away and never looked back. The Hounds had a great 2nd half against Manhattan on Tuesday but just could not keep up the high level of play in the quarterfinals. Coach Logan is already preparing for next season and looks forward to welcoming back Erica DiClemente, who missed the 2008-9 season with a knee injury, and a couple of new freshman faces to the fold. Better times should return as the women's team only lose Siobhan Prior and Ashley Alexander to graduation.
The men's team was cruising along and ran into a late season wall, losing eight of their last ten games. The Hounds lost to 9th seeded Canisius in the first round and put what appeared in December to be a very promising season to bed. Coach Patsos moved right into recruiting mode following the game, thinking about what combination of returning and new players can help the Greyhounds advance in the 2010 tournament.
For everyone who is disapointed in the season on the men's side, just remember these numbers:6 5 4 1.
We will be heading back to Baltimore later today and will shift into outdoor mode for lacrosse, golf and track.
Thanks for reading and go hounds!