CHICAGO - The Ramblers open the final week of regular season action on the road Thursday. Loyola Chicago heads to a second-place La Salle squad. Loyola looks to rebound from a loss at Dayton over the weekend, while La Salle rides a seven-match win streak into Thursday. Kickoff between the Ramblers and Explorers is 6 p.m. CT.

QUICK KICKS
• The Ramblers enter the week sitting eighth in the Atlantic 10 standings and look to keep the postseason on their schedule with two matches left to play. Loyola heads to second place La Salle on Thursday before  returning home to host ninth place VCU Sunday. Loyola needs to remain in eighth or move up in the standings to play in the A10 Tournament kicking off Oct. 27.
• It was lucky number seven last week against Richmond at home. The Ramblers tallied their seventh win and seventh shutout of the year. Naya Lipkens has all seven shutouts in goal, while Taylor Harrison's seventh goal of the year is what clinched the 1-0 win.
• Lipkens is tied second in the A10 with seven shutouts. She is just one shy of matching the league leader. With the Ramblers, she has 13 shutouts. Spanning her five-year career with SJU and Loyola, Lipkens has 29 shutouts.
• Harrison's seven goals is a season-high for the junior forward. She currently leads the Ramblers and ranks third in the A10 behind two Saint Louis players who have nine and eight goals, respectively.
• Hevey leads the Ramblers and is third in the conference with six assists. It also ranks inside the NCAA top-50 at 48th in the country. Four of her six assists have all been on Harrison goals, including two game-winners.
• Maggie Schmidt scored her first career goal and game-winner at Davidson on Oct. 8  propelling Loyola to its second A10 win of the season. Schmidt's goal came with just under two minutes left in the match and earned her Rookie of the Week honors. She is the third different Rambler Rookie to earn the award this season.
• The Rambler freshmen have stepped up big for Loyola this season with five different rookies tallying a point so far. Hevey leads the pack with 12 points on three goals and six assists. Schmidt, Ansley Cryan and Skyler Bierker have a goal each, while Jadyn Harris has an assist.
• Loyola has outshot its opponent nine times this season, including a season-high 25 shots vs. Western Illinois. The Ramblers also surpassed the 20-shot mark with 24 at DePaul. Loyola is third in the A10 with 112 total shots on goal. In league-only play, they average 7.5 sog for third in the conference
• Barry Bimbi is in his 13th season as head coach of the Ramblers. Bimbi notched his 100th career win last year and sits at 113-97-31 overall.

SCOUTING LA SALLE
The Explorers sit at 9-5-2 overall and have found success in conference play. Currently, La Salle is second in the league standings with a 7-1-0 record. The Explorers dropped the league opener to No. 24 Saint Louis, 4-0. They haven't dropped a match since and are on a seven-match win streak. La Salle has netted 30 goals this season, which is third most in the conference. Five of La Salle's league wins have been shutouts.

EXPLORERS TO WATCH
• Haley Gschrey leads the Explorers with 13 points on six goals and one assist. She is on a three-match scoring streak. Against George Mason, Gschrey tallied three points with a goal and assist. She then scored in two straight matches vs. Fordham and Duquesne.
• Elizabeth Estrada has done it all for La Salle this season with three goals and four assists. She is third on the team with 10 points. Estrada scored in back-to-back matches against George Mason and Fordham. Only one of her helpers has come in A10 action vs. George Washington.
• In goal, Michela Auguadro has started 13 matches and appeared in 14 of the 16. Auguadro has given up 17 goals and made 51 saves. She made a season-high six saves vs. Bucknell back on Sept. 3.

SERIES HISTORY
The Ramblers tied the all-time series 1-1-0 last year with a 1-0 shutout vs. the Explorers. Corissa Koontz scored the game winner off an assist from Sarah Noonan in the 71st minute.