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<b>Michael Pellegrino</b> (34) and the Blue Jays celebrate their 15-12 win at Maryland in 2015 - that was the inaugural year of the The Rivalry Trophy.

Men's Lacrosse

Hopkins-Maryland: 10 to Remember

April 26, 2017

BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins and Maryland will renew the greatest rivalry in college lacrosse for the 115th time on Saturday, April 29 (8 pm • Big Ten Network) at Maryland Stadium. In advance of Saturday's game, HopkinsSports.com offers a quick look at 10 Hopkins-Maryland games to remember since 1955, when the greatest Blue Jay of them all - Bob Scott - took over as men's lacrosse coach at Homewood.

Of course, for this account, we'll go with 10 that turned out in the Blue Jays' favor, but great rivalries include landmark wins by both teams; a similar 10-game run that might appear on umterps.com would certainly offer its share of Maryland highlights. The games below are listed in chronological order.

May 18, 1957 - Bob Scott secures the first of his seven national championships as head coach of the Blue Jays with a 15-10 win at Maryland. This was also Scott's first win against the Terrapins as head coach and the hero that day was Second Team All-American midfielder Richard Steele, who scored five goals to fuel the victory.

May 14, 1970 - The fourth of four consecutive USILA National Championships for Johns Hopkins was secured with a 7-4 win against Maryland at Homewood Field in the final game of the season. The title was also the final USILA title for any team as the NCAA began sponsoring the men's lacrosse championship in 1971. The seniors on the 1970 posted a 29-3 record in their three seasons of varsity action (freshmen were still ineligible at the time), each of which ended with a national title.

June 1, 1974 - Bob Scott closed out his storied 20-year coaching career with a 17-12 victory against the Terps in the 1974 NCAA Championship game. The national title was Scott's seventh and the first of Hopkins' nine NCAA Championships to date. The Blue Jays had fallen to the Terps, 10-9 in overtime, in the 1973 NCAA Championship game. A year later, a season that started with a five-goal loss to Virginia ended with the five-goal win against Maryland. The 17 goals remain the most Hopkins has ever scored in an NCAA Championship game - Franz Wittelsberger's five goals led the way and Jack Thomas, Richie Hirsch and Rick Kowalchuk added hat tricks.

May 14, 1977 - Quick, what's the highest scoring game in Johns Hopkins history? Correct, a 21-20 Blue Jay victory at Maryland in 1977. Dave Huntley scored the 41st and what proved to be deciding goal in the win, which saw Mike O'Neill (5), Huntley (4), Bob DeSimone (4) and Richie Hirsch (3) all net hat tricks. A week later, the Blue Jays would actually score 22 goals against the Terps in the NCAA Semifinals, but the defense was much better in the rematch as a potent Maryland team was held to just 12 in a 10-goal Hopkins win.

May 26, 1979 - Is there anything sweeter than winning a road game? How about beating your biggest rival - on their field - for the NCAA Championship? That's exactly what the 1979 Blue Jays did as Jeff Cook and Dave Huntley (we think he liked playing against Maryland!) netted hat tricks to lead the way in a 15-9 win over Maryland that capped a 13-0 season and gave Hopkins the second of three straight NCAA Championships.

May 23, 1987 - Hopkins didn't win the NCAA Championship with a 13-8 win against unbeaten and top-seeded Maryland in the 1987 NCAA Tournament, but after falling to the Terps, 11-7, during the regular season, the Blue Jays rebounded with the five-goal win against the heavily favored Terrapins in the semifinals. Brian Wood scored five goals to lead the way for Johns Hopkins, which got a brilliant defensive effort that was paced by current Blue Jay coach Dave Pietramala. The game would be the last on the sideline for beloved Blue Jay assistant coach Fred Smith.

May 19, 1996 - Ironic how things work out at times. In 1995, a top-seeded and unbeaten Johns Hopkins team fell to fourth-seeded Maryland, 16-8, in the NCAA Semifinals in College Park. A year later, a second-seeded Maryland team with legitimate NCAA title hopes was stunned by a seventh-seeded Hopkins team, 9-7, in the NCAA Quarterfinals at sweltering Homewood Field. Werner Krueger scored three goals and won 11-of-17 faceoffs for the Blue Jays, who had to win their final regular season game at Loyola just to get into the NCAA Tournament.

April 17, 2004 - The 100th Hopkins-Maryland game drew a crowd of 10,555 and a live national television audience to Homewood Field and the top-ranked Blue Jays didn't disappoint in picking up 14-10 victory. Hopkins led 4-0 before Maryland had an offensive possession and built the lead to 9-1 before the Terps mounted a late rally. Kyle Barrie scored a team-high three goals for Johns Hopkins, which outshot Maryland, 53-32.

April 14, 2007 - Johns Hopkins entered the 2007 regular season game at Maryland reeling as an early-season four-game winning streak was followed by a three-game losing streak. Needing a win to jump-start a run at the post-season, the Blue Jays got an overtime goal from junior Paul Rabil to secure an 8-7 win in the pouring rain. The win ignited a season-ending nine-game winning streak that was capped by another one-goal victory - a 12-11 decision against Duke before more than 48,000 fans in the national championship game on Memorial Day.

April 25, 2015 - For the first time in rivalry history, the Blue Jays and Terrapins met as conference foes as the Big Ten made its men's lacrosse debut in 2015. Unranked and playing at second-ranked Maryland on a rainy night in College Park, the Blue Jays rode an eight-goal performance by junior Ryan Brown to a 15-12 victory against the Terrapins. JHU claimed a share of the inaugural Big Ten regular season title with the win and was the recipient of The Rivalry Trophy in the first year it was awarded.

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Ryan Brown

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5' 10"
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Players Mentioned

Ryan Brown

#4 Ryan Brown

5' 10"
Freshman
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