May 1, 2002

Baltimore, MD - Johns Hopkins senior attacker Erin Wellner (East Williston, NY/Sacred Heart Academy) recorded four goals and two assists and senior attacker Jamie Larrimore (Chestertown, MD/Kent County) added four goals and an assist to lead the No. 18 Blue Jays to a 15-6 win over Towson in women's lacrosse action Wednesday evening at Homewood Field.

Junior attacker Meghan Burnett (Auburn, NY/Auburn) scored a goal and assisted on three others for Hopkins, which improved to 10-6 on the season. Freshman attacker Erin Riordan (Brightwaters, NY/Bay Shore), who entered the game with two career goals, recorded a hat trick as the Blue Jays reached the double-digit win mark for the ninth straight season. Kat Brady scored two goals for Towson, which fell to 6-9 on the season and lost its fifth in a row.

The Blue Jays led 6-3 at halftime and the Tigers cut the advantage to two on a goal by Abigail Giancola just 1:36 into the second half, but Hopkins responded with a 6-0 run over the ensuing 14 minutes to put the game away. Wellner began the spurt with an unassisted goal at the 26:45 mark, and six minutes later Burnett scored on a free position shot. Burnett then assisted on goals by Wellner and Larrimore just 54 seconds apart to make it a 10-4 game, and freshman midfielder Kristen Miller (Baltimore, MD/Notre Dame Prep) increased the lead to seven with a free position goal with 15:52 remaining. Wellner ended the run with an unassisted goal exactly one minute later to put Hopkins ahead, 12-4.

Martha Dwyer scored an unassisted goal at the 11:49 mark, but sophomore midfielder Heidi Pearce (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's) answered with a goal off a Wellner assist with 9:14 to play. Riordan then scored two straight goals off assists from senior midfielder Christy Peterson (Fallston, MD/Fallston) and Burnett before Brady scored a free position goal with 20 seconds left.

Junior goalkeeper Jen McDonald (Garden City, NY/Garden City) stopped seven shots and allowed just five goals for the Blue Jays, while freshman Catherine Sawyer (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central Regional) made one save in relief.

Hopkins got on the board first, as Larrimore scored off an assist from Wellner just 1:35 into the game, and Riordan scored her first goal off a Pearce assist 2:40 later. Pearce then scored an unassisted goal at the 19:50 mark, but Erin Cayea scored a free position goal and assisted on Brady's first tally to cut the lead to 3-2 with 15:48 remaining in the half. Larrimore answered with an unassisted goal for the Blue Jays, but Amy Middleton again made it a one-goal game with a free position goal at the 11:21 mark. Larrimore then scored a free position goal with 9:38 left and assisted on a Wellner goal with 3:00 to play to give Hopkins a three-goal halftime lead.

The Blue Jays conclude their regular season Saturday when Hopkins hosts No. 6 Cornell at Homewood Field at 12 noon.

Towson (6-9) 3 3 -6
#18 Johns Hopkins (10-6) 6 9 -15

GOALS: JHU- Larrimore 4, Wellner 4, Riordan 3, Pearce 2, Burnett, K. Miller; TU- Brady 2, Cayea, Middleton, Giancola, Dwyer. ASSISTS: JHU- Burnett 3, Wellner 2, Pearce, Larrimore, Peterson; TU- Cayea. SAVES: JHU- McDonald (7 sv, 5 GA), Sawyer (1 sv, 1 GA); TU- O'Connell (10 sv, 15 GA).

NO. 18 JOHNS HOPKINS VS. TOWSONWOMEN'S LACROSSE SCORING SUMMARYWEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002 o HOMEWOOD FIELD o BALTIMORE, MD
HALF    TEAM    TIME    SCORE   GOAL    ASSIST1   JHU 28:25   1-0 #5 Jamie Larrimore    #18 Erin Wellner    JHU 25:45   2-0 #2 Erin Riordan  #12 Heidi Pearce    JHU 19:50   3-0 #12 Heidi Pearce ---    TU  17:18   3-1 #7 Erin Cayea   ---    TU  15:48   3-2 #11 Kat Brady   #7 Erin Cayea    JHU 12:56   4-2 #5 Jamie Larrimore -2 ---    TU  11:21   4-3 #2 Amy Middleton    ---    JHU 9:38    5-3 #5 Jamie Larrimore -3 ---    JHU 3:00    6-3 #18 Erin Wellner #5 Jamie Larrimore
2   TU  28:24   6-4 #9 Abigail Giancola ---    JHU 26:45   7-4 #18 Erin Wellner -2  ---    JHU 20:39   8-4 #4 Meghan Burnett  ---    JHU 18:13   9-4 #18 Erin Wellner -3  #4 Meghan Burnett    JHU 17:19   10-4    #5 Jamie Larrimore -4 #4 Meghan Burnett -2    JHU 15:52   11-4    #33 Kristen Miller ---    JHU 14:52   12-4    #18 Erin Wellner -4  ---    TU  11:49   12-5    #15 Martha Dwyer    ---    JHU 9:14    13-5    #12 Heidi Pearce -2  #18 Erin Wellner -2    JHU 7:19    14-5    #2 Erin Riordan -2   #11 Christy Peterson    JHU :37 15-5    #2 Erin Riordan -3   #4 Meghan Burnett -3    TU  :20 15-6    #11 Kat Brady -2    ---