THE BASICS
Rhode Island (1-4-2, 0-0-0) vs. Loyola Chicago (2-2-3, 0-0-0)
Kickoff: Saturday, Sept. 20, 12:00 p.m. EST
Live Stats 

RHODE ISLAND VS. LOYOLA CHICAGO - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island leads Loyola Chicago in the all-time series, 1-0-2.
• The teams are meeting for the fourth consecutive season.
• They did not play each other before the Ramblers joined the Atlantic 10 in 2022.
• Saturday will be Rhode Island's second conference game, but it is the first A-10 contest for Loyola Chicago.
• Rhody won last season's meeting, 1-0, in Chicago.
• Íñigo Etxegarai scored the lone goal in the game.
• The Rams won the match despite being outshot 23-7.
• Each of the other two matches in the series ended in ties. It was 1-1 in 2022 and 0-0 in 2023, the only time Loyola Chicago has played in Kingston.
• Rhode Island is looking for its first Atlantic 10 win since it beat Loyola Chicago last season on Oct. 5, 2024.

A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT 

• Antonio Pinto leads the Atlantic 10 with four goals, which ranks 26th nationally.
• The freshman has scored in four of his seven matches played.
• Six other Ramblers have scored once this season.
• Keeper Gabe Velasco ranks fourth in the Atlantic 10 with a .727 save percentage. 

DEFENSE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT   

• Rhode Island has allowed just one goal in each of its last three matches.
• The Rams allowed 10 goals in the first four matches of the season, or 2.5 per match.
• URI goalies Lenno Schmidt and Caleb McNeil have combined to average 4.43 saves per match, which ranks second in the Atlantic 10 and 34th in the country.
• Graduate transfer and defenseman Joel Bona has played a team-high 620 minutes.
• He has started all seven matches and played all but 10 minutes on the season.
• After allowing 15.3 shots per game through the first four matches, Rhode Island has lowered that to 9.7 per match over the last three games.
• Only 18 of the 29 shots allowed in the last three matches have been on goal.