OPENING DRAW
• Johns Hopkins hits the road on Thursday to wrap up the regular season at 19th-ranked Penn State.
• This is the third straight year that Hopkins faces Penn State in its regular season finale. JHU was also slated to play PSU in the 2020 regular season finale - before the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The Blue Jays are coming off a 13-9 loss to sixth-ranked Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The loss dropped JHU's record to 10-5 overall and 2-3 in the Big Ten.
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
• With one game left, Hopkins sits in fifth place in the Big Ten standings. The Blue Jays are currently one game behind the Nittany Lions, who are 3-2.
• All seven teams qualify for the Big Ten Tournament, with the top team in the standings earning a bye into the semifinals. The teams that finish second, third and fourth will host quarterfinal games on Saturday, April 27. Northwestern will host the semifinals (May 2) and finals (May 4)
• Hopkins would earn the four seed in the B1G Tournament with a win over Penn State. If Penn State wins, Hopkins would be the five seed and its match-up would be dependent on the outcome of Sunday's Michigan-Northwestern game. A Michigan win would mean a quarterfinal trip to fourth-seeded Maryland for the Blue Jays. A Northwestern win, would send Hopkins to fourth-seeded Michigan.
IN APRIL
• The Blue Jays are 231-165-2 (.583) all-time in the month of April, including 5-4 under head coach Tim McCormack.
• JHU is 79-67 (.541) in April since moving to Division I in 1999.
POLL POSITION
• Hopkins is ranked 11th in this week's IL Women/IWLCA Poll with 328 points. JHU is also ranked ninth in the USA Lacrosse Poll this week.
• JHU has been ranked in each of the last 17 IL Women/IWLCA polls and 26 of the last 30 polls.
• Ten of the Blue Jays' 2024 opponents are ranked in the IL Women/IWLCA poll, including four of the top-10 (Northwestern, Michigan, Loyola, Maryland).
• Hopkins boasts the toughest schedule in the nation as the Blue Jays' 2024 opponents sport a combined win percentage of .690 (147-66). JHU is also eighth in the nation in RPI (.662).
LAST TIME OUT
• Sixth-ranked Michigan outscored Johns Hopkins, 9-1, in the second half to beat the eight-ranked Blue Jays, 13-9, on Sunday.
•Hopkins jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening 12 minutes before a late Michigan goal made it 4-2 after one. Bailey Cheetham struck first, scoring while going to the ground after a failed Wolverine clear at 11:49. Just 32 seconds later, Jane Fetterolf tied the game with an unassisted tally. Abbey Hurlbrink put the Blue Jays back on top when she dodged across the top of the fan and rifled a right-hander to the far post at 10:38. Maeve Barker then curled around the back of the crease, took a pass from Cheetham and scored on the doorstep. Ashley Mackin put JHU up by three at 3:10 when she buried a feed from Marielle McAteer.
• Jill Smith ended the first-quarter scoring with a shot on the run at the 2:09-mark. Campbell Case opened the second quarter with a quick-stick off a Cheetham helper at 12:02. Just 28 seconds later, Ava Angello scored off a pick-and-roll with Hurlbrink to make it 6-2 Blue Jays. Smith got one back for the Wolverines at the 7:56-mark, to cut the lead in half. Hurlbrink and Case answered with back-to-back advantage goals in a 39-second span to stake Hopkins to an 8-3 lead.
• Smith answered again, scoring on a free position shot with 1:01 left in the half to make it 8-4 at the break. That goal sparked a seven-goal Michigan run that spanned more than 18 minutes and saw the Wolverines take a 10-8 lead early in the fourth. Cheetham halted the run with an eight-meter goal at 10:36 to pull the Blue Jays back within one. Michigan closed out the game with three unanswered goals to take the 13-9 win.
• Cheetham and Hurlbrink led the Blue Jays with a pair of two-goal, two-assist performances. Case also had a multi-goal game as she finished with two scores. Reagan O'Brien had a game-high four caused turnovers and Jordan Carr had three takeaways and four ground balls. Carr also controlled four draws and Jennifer Barry had a game-high eight draws. Madison Doucette finished with nine saves and a pair of ground balls.
SIX-POINT OUTINGS
• Sophom*ore Ava Angello turned in her third six-point performance of the season versus Maryland. She finished with a game-high five goals and six points against the Terps.
• Angello (6g, 2a) and graduate student Maeve Barker (4g, 2a) each had six-point performances in the win over James Madison. It is the first time that two Blue Jays had at least six points in a game since March 7, 2023 when Angello (6g) and Barker (3g, 3a) had six points each at Monmouth.
• Since JHU moved to Division I in 1999, there have been 16 games, out of 442, in which two Blue Jays have had six-point performances. In fact, in two of those games (Denver 2012, Furman 2019), Hopkins had three players with at least six points.
• Angello also had six points (3g, 3a) in the win at Siena on opening weekend. Four Blue Jays have combined for six six-point outings this season. In addition to Barker and Angello (3 games), Ashley Mackin and Abbey Hurlbrink have also had a game with at least six points this season.
FIVE GOAL, FIVE ASSIST GAMES
• Ava Angello's six goals and Bailey Cheetham's five assists against James Madison was the first time since April 29, 2023, and the 13th time overall, that Hopkins had a player with five goals (or more) and a player with five assists in the same game.
• Mary Key is the only player in program Division I history to have at least five goals and five assists in the same game. She accomplished the feat on March 24, 2007 versus Orgeon.
CENTURY CLUB
• Sophom*ore Ava Angello tallied the 100th point of her career with her assist on Bailey Cheetham's overtime winner at Rutgers. She did so in her 31st career game, making her the seventh fastest player in program history to reach the milestone.
• Angello is the 47th player in school history, and 29th since the program moved to Division I, to score 100 career points.
• Senior Abbey Hurlbrink notched the 100th point of her career in the win over James Madison on March 30. The milestone came with her assist on Angello's goal with 7:32 left in the second quarter.
• Angello now boasts 81 goals and 26 assists in 33 career games. Hurlbrink has 71 goals and 36 assists in 67 career games. The pair join graduate student Maeve Barker (145 career points), as current members of the 100-point club.
• Graduate student Bailey Cheetham needs just three points to become the third player this season to reach 100 career points.
• This is the 13th time in program history that there have been at least three active 100-point scorers. There have been only two times with four 100-point scorers on the same team. The last came in 2001-02 with Jamie Larrimore, Erin Wellner, Meghan Burnett and Heidi Pearce.
HALL OF FAMER
• Johns Hopkins University will induct nine new members into its Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024. The nine-member class will be the 25th inducted since the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame was formed in 1994 and raises the total number of members to 203.
• Among the nine inductees is Dawn Nee, a 1991 graduate of the University and a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team. Nee is the 20th women's lacrosse player to be inducted into the JHU Athletic Hall of Fame.
• In 1991, Nee became just the second defender in program history to earn First Team All-America honors. She also earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference honors as a senior. Nee totaled nine goals, two assists, 39 ground balls and 23 draw controls over her final two seasons.
• Nee helped Johns Hopkins to a four-year record of 47-16 with four MAC West titles and two MAC Tournament Championships. She also helped the Blue Jays to three appearances in the NCAA Tournament with the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Semifinals in 1988.
IL MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS
• Four Blue Jays were named to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America team on March 28.
• Junior Ashley Mackin was named to the Second Team while graduate students Jennifer Barry and Madison Doucette and senior Jordan Carr were named Honorable Mention.
• Mackin ranks second on the team with 36 goals and 49 points and is third with 13 assists. Barry has a team-high 101 draw controls and leads the Big Ten with 6.73 draws per game. Doucette has started all 15 games in the cage and leads the B1G with 143 saves and 9.43 saves per game. Carr leads the conference with career-highs in caused turnovers (38) and ground balls (41).
ON THE OFFENSIVE
• Junior Ashley Mackin, senior Abbey Hurlbrink and sophom*ore Ava Angello reached double-digit points just three games into the season. Last year, it took Mackin until the sixth game of the year to reach that mark and it took Hurlbrink until the 14th game. Angello meanwhile, needed just four games into her freshman campaign to reach the double-digit mark.
• Angello leads JHU with 54 points and ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 3.60 points per game. Mackin ranks second on the team with 49 points and is eighth in the conference in points per game (3.50). Graduate student Bailey Cheetham is third with 40 points and senior Campbell Case is fourth with 38 points. Hurlbrink is right behind them with 37 points. Angello, Mackin, Cheetham and Hurlbrink have all posted career-highs in points this season.
• Nine Blue Jays have now reached double digits in points, with six of those eclipsing the 30-point mark this season.
• Angello also leads the team with a career-high 41 goals and ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 2.73 goals per game. Mackin ranks second with 36 goals and is 10th in the conference with 2.57 goals per game. Her 36 goals are already a career high, as she matched her 2023 total of 19 (13 games) just five games into the season. Mackin's 19 goals in the first five games are the most by a Blue Jay through the first five games since 2006. That year, Mary Key scored 21 goals in the first five games of the season.
• Case is third on the team with a career-high 26 goals, while graduate student Maeve Barker is fourth (23) and Hurlbrink is fifth (17). Seven Blue Jays have reached double digits in goals through 14 games. In addition, 17 players have scored at least one goal and nine of the 17 have at least seven goals.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten, and 32nd in the nation, in scoring offense with 13.67 goals per game. The Blue Jays' 13.67 goals per game are the second best single-season mark in school Division I history. The 1999 squad holds the record with 13.79 goals per game (14 games).
• In addition, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 20th in the nation with 22.07 points per game. The Blue Jays 331 points so far this season are the sixth most in school Division I history. The 22.07 points per game is currently the best in school Division I history and is second all-time in program history. The 1994 team averaged 23.65 points per game (402 points in 17 games).
40 AND 40
• Ava Angello reached the 40-goal mark against Maryland and she now has 41 goals on the season. This is her second straight season with at least 40 goals, as she scored 40 goals last season.
• Angello is the first Blue Jays with consecutive 40-goal seasons since Dene DiMartino accomplished the feat in three consecutive seasons from 2014-2016.
• Since the program moved to Division I in 1999, Angello is just the seventh player with consecutive 40-goal seasons. In the 49-year history of the program, she is the 12th player with consecutive 40-goal seasons.
LENDING A HAND
• Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks ninth in the nation with 8.40 assists per game. Last season, JHU ranked second in the conference and 19th in the nation with 6.72 assists per game. Right now, the 8.40 assists per game would be the best average in program history.
• Hopkins broke the program's Division I single-season record for assists on Sunday versus Michigan with 126. The Blue Jays are also just four shy of tying the all-time school record of 130, set in 1994 (17 games).
• The Blue Jays have turned in four double-digit assist performances this season, including a school-record 16 assists in the win over James Madison.
• Hopkins is assisting on 61.14 percent of its goals (205g, 126a) through 15 games this season. That is the highest assist-to-goal ratio in the nation and is the best in program history.
• Sixteen Blue Jays have notched at least one assist this season, led by Bailey Cheetham (28), Abbey Hurlbrink (20), Ashley Mackin (13), Ava Angello (13), Campbell Case (12) and Maeve Barker (10). Cheetham ranks third in the Big Ten with 2.15 assists per game and Hurlbrink ranks eighth (1.33).
• Cheetham's 28 assists are a career high and are tied for the 11th most in school single-season history. She is also tied for ninth in program history with 56 career assists.
• JHU notched 121 assists and assisted on 53.5 percent of its goals in 2023. The 121 assists are now third most in school Division I history, while the 6.72 assists per game and assist-to-goal ratio of 53.5 are the third best per game average.
• Barker led the team with 21 assists last season and is JHU's active career leader with 55 career assists. She is tied for 11th in school Division I history in career assists. Case and Cheetham were tied for second with 19 assists each in 2023.
• Angello (13), Hurlbrink (13) and Mackin (10) also reached double digits in assists last season.
• Cheetham has totaled 56 career assists, the most by a midfielder in school Division I history. Hurlbrink is fifth with 36 career assists by a midfielder. Her 20 assists this season are a career high, surpassing her total (11) from last year (18 games).
IN THE CIRCLE - PART I
• Hopkins got stronger in the center circle this summer with the addition of graduate student and draw specialist Jennifer Barry. She came to Baltimore from Boston University, where she earned All-Patriot League honors in each of her last three seasons. She earned IWLCA Northeast Region Second Team honors in 2022 and 2023 and was named a Third Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse in 2022. A three-year starter, Barry totaled 57 goals and 35 assists to go with 378 draws, 55 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers. She holds the BU record for draws in a game (18), season (156) and career (378). In 2023, she ranked second in the Patriot League and eighth in the nation with 7.72 draws per game and in 2022, she led the league and was fourth nationally with 9.18 draws per game.
• Barry jumped right in and made an immediate impact with eight draws in the win at UAlbany. Two other newcomers made their mark in the center circle opening weekend in freshman Kayley Kakac and graduate student Kacie Riggs. Kakac turned in a nine-draw performance in the win at Siena. At the time, her nine draws were two shy of the school record. Kakac's nine draws are also tied for third most in a game by a freshman in JHU history. Riggs controlled six draws versus the Saints in the second game.
• Barry leads all active players in the nation, and ranks 12th in NCAA Division I history, with 479 career draw controls. She is averaging 7.48 draws per game for her career, the best average among all active players. Barry's per game average ranks seventh in NCAA Division I history.
• Barry leads the Big Ten in draws (101) and draws per game (6.73). Nationally, she ranks 17th in draws per game. In fact, her 101 draws already rank second in school single-season history and she needs just two draws to tie Dene DiMartino's record of 103 (2016). In addition, Barry ranks 12th in Hopkins career history with her 101 draws.
• Abbey Hurlbrink ranks second on the team with 42 draws and Jordan Carr is third with a career-high 35 draws. Hurlbrink also ranks eighth in school history with 148 career draw controls.
IN THE CIRCLE - PART II
• As a team, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 31st in the nation in draws per game (15.13). The 15.13 draws per game is the best average in school history. Hopkins wins 54.7 percent of draw controls, which ranks fourth in the Big Ten. It is also the sixth best draw control percentage in JHU single-season history.
• Hopkins dominated the draw at Siena, outdrawing the Saints, 22-7. At the time, the 22 draws were tied for the second most in school history and were four shy of the school record. Against Vanderbilt, the Blue Jays outdrew the Commodores, 20-8, including 7-2 in the second half. On March 30, Hopkins won the draw battle against James Madison, 23-13, and a week later, JHU outdrew Rutgers, 19-9. Hopkins has had at least 22 draws in a game four times in the last two seasons.
• Last season, Hopkins ranked third in the Big Ten with 14.61 draws per game. That is the second best per game average in school Division I history. The Blue Jays won 52.1 percent of their draws, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten. In addition, Hopkins' 263 draw controls in 2023 are the second most in school history.
IN THE CREASE
• Graduate student Madison Doucette is back in the crease after taking a gap year in 2023 and its like she never left. She has started all 15 games this season for the Blue Jays and leads the Big Ten in saves (143) and saves per game (9.53). Doucette also ranks seventh in the nation in total saves and 16th in saves per game. In addition, she ranks third in the Big Ten in save percentage (.467).
• Doucette ranks 14th among active Division I goalies in career saves with 479. Just 15 games into her career in the Hopkins Blue & Black, she already ranks 11th in school Division I history in career saves. Her 143 saves this season are ninth most in school Division I single-season history.
• Doucette also ranks third in the Big Ten in ground balls with 2.40 per game.
AGAINST THE NITTANY LIONS
• Hopkins takes on Penn State for the 27th time in a series that began in 2002 with the inception of the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC). The teams have met every year since the series began, with the exception of 2020 when the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Penn State leads the series, 16-10, though Hopkins has won the last five meetings. Penn State had won the previous five. Eleven of the 26 all-time meetings have been decided by just one or two goals. Penn State is 7-4 in those games.
• Since the Blue Jays joined the Big Ten in 2017, JHU is 5-3 against PSU.
BRING BACK THE O
• Hopkins brought back more than 96 percent of its goals (218 of 226) and more than 97 percent of its assists (118 of 121) in 2024. The Blue Jays returned their top-12 goal scorers and 14 of the 17 players that scored at least one goal last season.
• JHU boasted a balanced attack in 2023 as five players scored at least 30 points. The last time the Blue Jays had five players with 30 or more points was in 2019.
• Ava Angello led the way with 53 points and 40 goals, while Maeve Barker (24g, 21a) and Campbell Case (24g, 19a) also eclipsed the 40-point mark.
• Georgie Gorelick ranked second on the team with 26 goals and added six assists for 32 points. Bailey Cheetham was tied for second on the team in assists (19) and scored 17 goals to finish with 32 points.
D GOALS
• Senior defender Jordan Carr scored a transition goal with 4:25 left in the second quarter at UAlbany in the season-opener. She scored her second goal of the season on March 6 in the win over Vanderbilt. Carr got her third of the season on March 30 against James Madison.
• This is the third straight year that a Blue Jay defender has scored a goal, as junior Quinlan O'Brien scored last year at Loyola and Jeanne Kachris scored against UMBC in 2022.
• Carr was a midfielder in her first three seasons before moving to defense this season. She scored 31 goals in her first three seasons with the Blue Jays.
• Carr is the 13th Hopkins' defender to score a goal since the program moved to Division I in 1999. She is the seventh that has multiple goals in their career as a defender. Her three goals this season are tied for third most by a defender.
• Lacey-Leigh Hentz is first among all JHU defenders with 12 career goals (2002-05). She was inducted into the JHU Hall of Fame in 2020.
TAKEAWAYS
• Jordan Carr made the transition from midfield to defense this season and hasn't missed a step. She totaled seven caused turnovers and two ground balls in the Blue Jays' two wins opening weekend. Through 15 games this season, she boasts 38 caused turnovers, 41 ground balls and 35 draws - all career highs. Carr leads the Big Ten and ranks seventh in the nation with 2.53 caused turnovers per game. Her 38 caused turnovers are the second most in school single-season history and she now ranks 15th in JHU history with 60 career caused turnovers.
• Reagan O'Brien made her mark on the Blue Jay defense in her freshman campaign in 2023. She notched three caused turnovers and three ground balls in her collegiate debut versus UAlbany and led the team with 25 caused turnovers. She also finished fifth with 23 ground balls in 16 games.
• Last season, O'Brien led Hopkins and ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 1.56 caused turnovers per game. This season, she is second on the team with 27 caused turnovers and ranks third in the Big Ten with 1.80 per game.
• O'Brien tied the program single-game record for caused turnovers by a freshman when she had six takeways at Loyola. Her 25 caused turnovers were fifth most by a freshman in school history.
• Paris Colgain is third in caused turnovers with 21, Kacie Riggs is fourth with 15 and Hannah Johnson is fifth with 13. Both Colgain and Johnson have posted career highs in takeways this season.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 19th in the nation with 10.13 caused turnovers per game. Last season, JHU ranked third in the Big Ten and 23rd in the nation with 9.11 caused turnovers per game.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
• Ava Angello led Hopkins with 40 goals last season becoming the first freshman to lead the Blue Jays in goals since 2009. She is just the third freshman to lead JHU in goals since the program moved to Division I in 1999.
• She ranked second in the Big Ten in points (53) by a freshman and was third in goals by a freshman.
• Angello scored three goals in her collegiate debut against UAlbany and was the first freshman to tally a hat trick in their debut since 2016. In fact, she was just the fifth freshman in school Division I history to score a hat trick in their collegiate debut.
• Angello tied the school single-game record for goals by a freshman when she scored six against Monmouth. She joined Meghan Burnett (2000) and Jamie Larrimore (1999) as the only Blue Jay freshmen with six goals in a game.
• In JHU history, Angello ranks third in points, fourth in goals and sixth in assists by a freshman. She also ranks 11th in draws (30) by a freshman.
FOR OPENERS
• Hopkins is now 34-14-1 (.698) all-time in season-openers and has won 19 of its last 21 season-openers.
• The game at UAlbany was the first time the Blue Jays opened the season on the road since 2019. In fact, it was just the ninth time since the Jays moved to Division I in 1999 (26 seasons) that they opened the season away from Homewood.
AROUND THE BIG TEN
• Johns Hopkins has been picked to finish third in the Big Ten in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches.
• Defending national champion Northwestern is the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten in 2024. Maryland was picked second in the poll, followed by Hopkins, Michigan, Penn State, Rutgers and Ohio State.
PRESEASON HONORS
• The Blue Jays piled up the honors this preseason.
• Graduate student goalie Madison Doucette, senior midfielder Abbey Hurlbrink and sophom*ore attacker Ava Angello were named to the Big Ten Player to Watch list.
• Doucette and Angello, along with graduate student draw specialist Jennifer Barry were named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team.
• In addition, Doucette was named a USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American.
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
• Graduate student midfielder Bailey Cheetham and senior midfielders Jordan Carr and Abbey Hurlbrink have been selected as captains for the 2024 season. Cheetham and Carr are both two-time captains. They are the 19th and 20th players in program history to serve as a captain twice.
• Cheetham returns after posting career highs in every statistical category last season. She finished with 17 goals, 19 assists, 24 ground balls, 14 caused turnovers and 19 draw controls. She ranked second on the team in assists and was fourth in points.
• Carr topped a breakout sophom*ore season with a career junior year in 2023. She started 16 games and posted career highs in goals (19), points (21) and draw controls (16). Carr also picked up 17 ground balls and casued nine turnovers.
• Hurlbrink started 15 games a year ago and finished with 14 goals and a career-high 11 assists. She also finished with career highs in ground balls (18) and draw controls (53) and had eight caused turnovers. Hurlbrink's 53 draws ranked second on the team.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
• The Blue Jays' 2024 roster includes six graduate students, nine seniors, eight juniors, seven sophom*ores and 11 freshmen.
• The 41-woman roster features players from 12 states, the District of Columbia and one Canadian province (Ontario). The Blue Jays also represent all four United States time zones.
• By state, the Blue Jays hail from New York (10), Maryland (9), New Jersey (5), Massachusetts (4), California (2), Pennsylvania (2), Oregon (2), Connecticut (1), Virginia (1), Minnesota (1), Texas (1) and Colorado (1).
WELCOME TO HOMEWOOD - PART I
• Head coach Tim McCormack welcomed three graduate student transfers - Jennifer Barry (Boston University), Madison Doucette (Northwestern) and Kacie Riggs (Cal) to Homewood this Fall.
• A 2022 IL All-American, Barry earned All-Patriot League honors three times and was a two-time IWLCA All-Northeast selection for the Terriers. She totaled 57 goals and 35 assists to go with 378 draws, 55 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers. Barry holds the BU record for draws in a game (18), seasons (156) and career (378). In 2023, she ranked second in the Patriot League and eighth in the nation with 7.72 draws per game.
• Doucette went 32-8 as a starter for the Wildcats. She boasted an 11.83 goals against average and a .407 save percentage while leading NU to the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Final Four. She ranked second in the Big Ten in saves (166) and sixth in save percentage (.422) as a senior. Doucette led the league in goals against average (11.06) as a junior.
• Riggs was a two-year starter on defense for the Bears. She totaled 84 draw controls, 35 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers in her career with the Bears. Riggs ranked second on the team, and ninth in the Pac-12 in draws (45).
WELCOME TO HOMEWOOD - PART II
• The Blue Jays welcomed 11 freshmen to campus this Fall. The group represent five states as well as Washington, DC.
• Joining Hopkins are Jaelyn Bennett, Alexa Christensen, Piper Daskalos, Samantha DiCarlo, Jane Freeman, Taylor Hoss, Kaley Kakac, Nina Palella, Heidi Rosely and Sam Tate.
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
• Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Sophom*ore midfielder Reagan O'Brien and junior defender Quinlan O'Brien are the 13th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
• Sophom*ore goalie Morgan Giardina is following in the footsteps of her father, Scott, who played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins and is a 1992 graduate of the University.
• In addition, senior Liza Regan played alongside her cousin, Caroline Somerville, for two seasons (2021, 2022) at Homewood.
2024 U20 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
• Head coach Tim McCormack joined Kelly Amonte Hiller's staff as an assistant coach of the 2024 US Women's U20 National Team it was announced last May.
• The US team will compete in the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship in Hong Kong, China this summer.
• The US women won five of the seven world championships conducted by World Lacrosse from 1995 to 2019. World Lacrosse adjusted the age groupings for this championship up to the U20 age level.
ON THE TUBE
• Hopkins is scheduled to play three nationally televised games this season. JHU will take on Maryland (April 10) and Michigan (April 14) on ESPNU. In addition, Hopkins' game at Penn State (April 18) will be shown on the Big Ten Network.
FOR THE RECORD
• This marks the 49th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 482-315-4 (.604) and a 264-178 (.597) record as a Division I program. The Blue Jays are in their 26th season of Division I after making the move in 1999.
• The game against Maryland on April 10 was the 800th game in program history. Hopkins is just the 12th program in NCAA history, across all divisions, to play 800 games.
• The Blue Jays have posted 36 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 11 in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023).
IT'S ALL ACADEMIC
• Hopkins produced 26 Academic All-Big Ten selections in 2023. In addition, thirteen Blue Jays were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
• JHU also placed 12 student-athletes on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll and the team earnedIWLCA Academic Squad honors for the 10th straight season. Hopkins posted an impressive 3.618 GPA for the 2022-23 academic year.
ON TAP
• The Big Ten Quarterfinals are set for Saturday, April 27. Hopkins' seed and opponent are still to be determined.
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