RHODE ISLAND at LOYOLA CHICAGO
(11-4-1, 5-2-1 A-10) | (9-3-4, 4-2-2 A-10)
Loyola Soccer Park (Chicago, Ill.)
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RHODE ISLAND VS. LOYOLA CHICAGO - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island is back on the road Thursday for a match at Loyola Chicago.
• The game is the last road trip for the Rams in the regular season.
• Rhody won the first and only meeting against Loyola. In the first match a year ago (Oct. 24), the Rams won 1-0.
• It's URI's first trip to Chicago.
• For Rhode Island, it's another top-five battle as Loyola is fifth in the Atlantic 10 and URI is third.

SCOUTING THE RAMBLERS

• Loyola Chicago enters Thursday's match with a record of 9-3-4, with a 4-2-2 slate in Atlantic 10 play. 
• The Ramblers are coming off a 4-1 win against VCU last time out. 
• Midfielder Zoe Hevey leads Loyola Chicago with 14 points on four goals and six assists. 
• Goalkeeper Allison Deardorff has spent all 16 games between the posts, collecting 72 saves and eight shutouts. 
• The Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week belongs to Loyola's Emily Rossi after registering six points in the Ramblers' 2-0 week.  
• The Ramblers are 4-1-2 on home turf this season. 

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

• Rhode Island is back on the road after a 4-1 loss on Oct. 19 to Saint Louis at the URI Soccer Complex. 
• It's the final regular season contest on the road for the Rams.
• This was the team's first loss since a 1-0 loss to La Salle on Sept. 25. It snapped a five-game unbeaten streak.
• The Rams are 6-1-1 away from Kingston this year, their best showing on the road since the 2007 season. 
• URI has not lost on the road since the match at Brown Aug. 25 (3-2). 
• A win Thursday would be just the second time in program history the Rams have collected seven wins on the road. In 1999, Rhody won seven games away from Kingston.

SYLVESTER STAYS HOT

• Last time out against Saint Louis, senior McKenna Sylvester scored her team-high eighth goal of the season.
• Sylvester paces the team with 19 points on the season.
• In addition to her finding the back of the net, Sylvester has handed out three assists.
• Her eight goals rank third in the Atlantic 10, behind Fordham's Liina Tervo (10) and Duquesne's Maya Matesa (14).
• Tervo (24) and Matesa (32) are also ahead of her in the A-10 standings in points.
• Sylvester is having herself a breakout senior season, starting the year with her first career goal in Rhody's win over Le Moyne.
• Before the score, Sylvester had one point during her three years in Kingston - an assist a season ago at UMass Lowell.