Box Score

The Basics
• Score: #3 Salisbury 4, Johns Hopkins 0
• Records: JHU (4-3), SU (6-0)
• Location: Salisbury, MD • Sea Gull Stadium
• The Short Story: Host and third-ranked Salisbury scored three first half goals en route to a 4-0 win over Johns Hopkins in non-conference field hockey action Wednesday night. The Blue Jays got a career-best 14 saves from sophomore Greta Helvie in the loss.

How it Happened
• Salisbury took an early lead after Sam Johnson dribbled up field and shot the ball under a charging Greta Helvie just 4:37 into the game.
• The Sea Gulls tripled their lead just before the half, scoring a pair of goals in the final three minutes. Johnson sent a long pass across the face of the cage and Courtney Jantzen tipped it into the top part of the cage at 32:36. With nine seconds remaining in the half Jessica Crew banged home a loose ball following a scrum in front of the Blue Jay cage.
• Salisbury pushed its lead to four at the 49:12-mark as Jantzen and Johnson connected for the second time. Jantzen deflected a long pass from Johnson past Helvie.
• With less than nine minutes to go, Megan Ophel fired a shot that eluded Tressie Windsor, but Amanda Cooper was there to make the defensive save and keep the Blue Jays off the board.

What it Means
• Johns Hopkins is 5-24 all-time versus Salisbury, including 1-14 at Seagull Stadium.

Inside the Box Score
• Sophomore Greta Helvie made a career-high 14 saves for the Blue Jays.
• Amanda Cooper made a defensive save for the Sea Gulls.
• Salisbury outshot Hopkins, 25-2, and had more corners (19-6).

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins returns home and to Centennial Conference play on Saturday. Hopkins hosts Muhlenberg in a 6:00 pm contest at Homewood Field.