PHILADELPHIA — In what was billed as a top-10 bout between All-American sisters Gabby and Livy Rosenzweig, it was the others on No. 7 Penn and No. 3 Loyola who dictated the outcome of a penalty-heavy game Saturday afternoon.

Emily Wills posted three goals and five assists for a game-high eight points, and Sam Fiedler (five goals), Elli Kluegel (four) and Jillian Wilson (four) carried the rest of the scoring load as Loyola improved to 5-0 with a 19-15 win at Penn’s historic Franklin Field.

There were a combined 60 fouls and five player-up chances.

Of course, neither Livy nor Gabby Rosenzweig were silent. With upwards of 40 family members situated near the 50-yard line wearing t-shirts split down the middle with Loyola and Penn colors, Livy of Loyola recorded two goals, two assists and six draw controls.

Penn's Gabby Rosenzweig had four goals and one assist in what was an intense back-and-forth until early in the second half. Her fourth goal of the game — a wraparound that started behind the cage — cut Penn’s deficit to 17-14, but a Loyola run earlier in the half had given the Greyhounds the insurance to withstand a late Penn push.

Loyola had enough of the seesaw affair after the Quakers knotted the score at 9 on Caitlin Cook’s player-up goal with 27:09 remaining. Having continually traded goals with Penn, Loyola responded with four unanswered goals — strikes by Fiedler and Wilson bookended a pair from Wills.

“They were giving us a run for our money there, and they continued to do that the entire way through,” Wilson said. “We came together and just told ourselves to take control of this game. It was a complete team effort.”

Erin Barry’s free position stopped the streak, but Loyola then scored two more for a 15-10 lead with 15:50 left to play. That five-goal lead proved pivotal, as Penn (4-1) hung around late in the half. But the Quakers couldn’t come closer than 17-14 down the stretch.

Part of the considerable push from Loyola was because of improved play between the pipes by Kaitlyn Larsson, who made just three saves in the opening half before racking up nine in the second half.

Penn’s goalie combination of Krissy Kowalski and Kelly Van Hoesen combined for just six saves (all by Kowalski).

Loyola, which thrust itself into the national spotlight after obliterating then-No. 2 Florida 17-6 on Feb. 22, has carried on its winning ways behind a star-studded offense and sound draw group overseen by Dana Dobbie.

Loyola head coach Jen Adams said that she’s focused on getting her team to be more consistent this season.

“Going into every season, you’re unsure,” Adams said. “Every team in the nation is good now. There’s parity between any team in the top 20 and really a little bit deeper than that. Consistency has been a real plague of ours throughout the years, and that’s been a real focus of ours.”

Though few teams look truly untouchable in the landscape of women’s lacrosse in 2020, Loyola is one of the few still without a loss. There’s a bit of relief in the schedule for the next few weeks until April 1 against Syracuse at Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore, so Loyola could still be riding high until that marquee matchup.

For now, the Greyhounds are focused on taking each game one at a time and making sure Loyola comes out on top of each one.

“I went back to my high school on Monday and one of my old teachers asked me what it’s like to be on a team with a bunch of superstars,” Wills said, “and I said, ‘I don’t really think about it like that.’ Their goals are the team’s goals, and we all think the same way. It’s just a really selfless team.”

And “selfless” seems to be the buzzword around the team.

“Everybody plays their individual games very strong and is very accountable, but then we back it up with a team game,” Adams said. “It’s that selflessness. They’ve really bought into that.”