Box Score

The Basics
• Score: Denison 2, Johns Hopkins 1
• Records: JHU (2-2), DU (2-2)
• Location: Granville, OH • Deeds Field-Piper Stadium
• The Short Story: Denison scored a pair of goals in the game's opening six minutes to defeat the visiting Johns Hopkins field hockey team, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays fall to 2-2 while the Big Red improve to 2-2.

Key Plays
• Jen Durbin gave the hosts the early lead, when she collected the rebound off her own shot, and fired into the lower left corner at the 3:00-mark.
• Just over two minutes later, Britta Marden doubled the Big Red's lead. She took a pass from Elsie Humes, curled around her defender and slipped a shot under sophomore Greta Helvie.
• Mardent nearly got her second goal of the afternoon at 31:28 but junior Shannon Cogrove made a defensive save.
• Hopkins cut the lead in half 4:42 into the second half as sophomore Princess Sutherland took a through ball from freshman Megan Ophel and shot into an open goal.
• Senior Shannon Parker kept the score at 2-1 three minutes later, as she made a defensive save on Marden.

What it Means
• Johns Hopkins is now 0-2 all-time versus Denison.

Inside the Box Score
• Sophomore Princess Sutherland scored her second goal of the season and now has eight in her career - most on the team.
• Johns Hopkins outshot Denison, 10-8, while the Big Red had one more corner (5-4) than the Blue Jays.

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins stays in Granville to take on Oberlin in a neutral site contest on Sunday. The game is slated for an 11 am start.