When Last We Saw Them: Johns Hopkins (6-2) picked up its fifth straight win on Saturday, March 24 as the Blue Jays erased a 9-2 halftime deficit and rallied for a 15-13 win at Virginia.

In the Polls: Johns Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and sixth in the Maverik Media Poll as well. Not much separating the two teams as Rutgers is ranked 10th by the coaches and ninth by the media.

Series History: This week's game between Johns Hopkins and Rutgers will be the 39th in a series that dates to a 13-0 Johns Hopkins victory in 1920. The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 32-6; detailed series information can be found on page 14.

These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Rutgers with an all-time record of 977-331-15 (.744). The Blue Jays own nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 44 national championships.

The Nation's Toughest Schedule: The perception of which team plays the nation's toughest schedule may be in the eye of the beholder, but a case can certainly be made that in 2018 that team is Johns Hopkins. Consider:

• Johns Hopkins' 13 regular season opponents currently have a combined record of 63-39 (.618). That's the seventh-highest opponent winning percentage in the nation.
• The Blue Jays' five remaining opponents currently boast a combined record of 32-12 (.727) - that's the third-highest opponent winning percentage among a team's remaining games.
• The Blue Jays' 13 regular-season opponents combined to post a 135-73 (.649) record in 2017.
• Johns Hopkins will play three teams that advanced to at least the NCAA Semifinals last season and seven that played in the NCAA Tournament.

A Difficult Road: Johns Hopkins will play six of its 13 regular season games away from Homewood Field in 2018. The Blue Jays' six road opponents combined to post a remarkable 61-30 (.670) record last season. Take away each of their games against Johns Hopkins, and they were a combined 60-25 (.705).

Comeback Kids: Johns Hopkins erased a 9-2 halftime deficit with a 13-4 second-half surge to knock off Virginia, 15-13, last weekend.
There is no record of Johns Hopkins previously overcoming a seven-goal deficit to win a game (this is not to say it hasn't happened, but there are no records indicating such a comeback).
Johns Hopkins had twice overcome a six-goal deficit to win a game under head coach Dave Pietramala (@ Syracuse-2005, vs. Virginia-2017). Prior to those two six-goal rallies, the Blue Jays had knocked off Princeton, 12-11, in the 1999 season opener after trailing 9-3.
The Blue Jays did erase a 7-0 deficit against Princeton in 2015 and led the Tigers 15-13 before falling 16-15 in overtime.
So, in the last 20 years, the Blue Jays have three rallies from six-goal deficits to win and, now, one from a seven-goal hole.

In the Big Ten: This week's game against Rutgers opens a five-week run of Big Ten games for the Blue Jays (and all six teams in the league). Since the league debuted in 2015, Johns Hopkins is 10-5 in B1G regular season games.

All-Time Big Ten Regular Season Records (2015-)
Maryland (13-2)
Johns Hopkins (10-5)
Ohio State (8-7)
Penn State (7-8)
Rutgers (6-9)
Michigan (1-14)

B1G Offense: The 182 goals and 12.1 goals per game Johns Hopkins has averaged in its 15 all-time Big Ten regular season games are the most in league history.

Extra-Extra: Johns Hopkins has converted on 10-of-28 (.357) extra-man chances on the year and the Blue Jays are ranked 29th nationally in extra-man offense.

13+: Johns Hopkins has scored 13 or more goals in each of the last five games. This is the longest such streak for JHU since late in the 2015 season, when the Blue Jays reached the mark in six straight.

Opponent Droughts: The Johns Hopkins defense held UMBC scoreless for a stretch of 38:05 from late in the first quarter through the middle of the fourth. That's the longest JHU has held an opponent scoreless since the Jays held Mount St. Mary's off the board for a run of 44:56 on April 14, 2014.

More Droughts: In the last four games (wins over Syracuse, UMBC, Delaware and Virginia), the Blue Jay defense has held the opposition scoreless for stretches of 38:05 (UMBC), 16:03 (Delaware), 15:50 (SU), 14:33 (Delaware), 14:00 (UVA), 13:01 (SU), 13:00 (UVA) and 9:02 (SU).

Second-Half Surge: Johns Hopkins outscored Virginia 13-4 after halftime last week to secure the 15-13 come-from-behind victory against the Cavaliers.
The second-half run is nothing new for the Blue Jays, who have outscored the opposition 53-21 after halftime during their five-game winning streak. JHU has scored at least nine goals in the second half of each of its last five games.

Stanwick Among Career Leaders: With 87 goals and 99 assists for 186 points to his credit, senior attackman Shack Stanwick enters this week's game tied for seventh in school history in assists and 13th in school history in points. He passed Paul Rabil (2005-08) and Brian Wood (1984-87) on the points list in the 14-8 win over Delaware.

90-100: Shack Stanwick needs three goals and one assist to become the third player in school history to record 90 or more goals and 100 or more assists. Only Jack Thomas (103g, 121a from 1972-74) and Richie Hirsch (101g, 103a from 1974-77) have turned that trick in JHU history.

Streaking: Senior attackman Shack Stanwick will carry a 56-game point-scoring streak into this week's game. He has registered at least one point in every game of his career and his 56-game run is the third-longest active streak in the nation. He has totaled 87 goals and 99 assists for 186 points during his run.

More Streaking: Shack Stanwick's 56-game point-scoring streak is tied for the longest in school history as he matched Terry Riordan's mark with one goal and one assist last week at Virginia. Riordan registered at least one point in all 56 games he played at Johns Hopkins from 1992-95.

Williams Nets 18 in Last Six Games: Sophomore attackman Cole Williams scored three goals against North Carolina on February 23 and came back with four goals against Princeton on March 3. He followed those performances with a four-goal, one-assist effort at Syracuse and matching two-goal, and one-assist efforts against UMBC and Delaware before a three-goal effort at Virginia to boost his season totals to a team-high 19 goals and four assists for 23 points. The four hat tricks are the first four of his career and he is the first JHU player with three straight hat tricks since Ryan Brown did it late in the 2016 season. Since scoring on just one of his first 10 shots this season, Williams has scored on 18 of 51 (.353) in the last six games.

DeSimone Records Second Hat Trick: Freshman Connor DeSimone punched home the second hat trick of his career to fuel the 15-13 come-from-behind win at Virginia. After scoring once in the first half he scored twice in the fourth quarter as JHU outscored the Cavaliers 6-2 in the final 15 minutes; DeSimone was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his efforts.

DeSimone scored once against UNC, twice against Princeton and added his first career hat trick at Syracuse. He followed that with two goals against UMBC and now has 11 goals on the year with all 11 coming in the last six games. He is the first freshman middie at Johns Hopkins to score three goals in a game since Joel Tinney did it at Virginia in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Marr Second in Scoring: Junior attackman Kyle Marr enters this week's game at Rutgers ranked second on the team in scoring with 28 points on 18 goals and 10 assists.

He totaled four goals and two assists for six points in the season-opening win against Towson. This marked his fifth career hat trick and fourth career game with five or more points. At one point, he scored four consecutive Johns Hopkins goals and all six of his points came in the first half as the Blue Jays built an 11-2 halftime lead.

Marr added two assists in the game against North Carolina, two goals and three assists against Princeton, three goals at Syracuse, two more goals against UMBC and three goals and two assists against Delaware.

He then fueled the 15-13 come-from-behind win at Virginia with a four-goal, one-assist effort that saw him score all four of his goals after halftime, when JHU outscored the Cavaliers 13-4. He will carry career totals of 56 goals and 33 assists for 89 points into the game against Rutgers.

Tinney Closing on 100: Senior midfielder Joel Tinney enters this week's game at Rutgers just seven points shy of 100 for his career as he has 56 goals and 37 assists to his credit.

Tinney earned a spot on the USILA Team of the Week after last week's 15-13 come-from-behind win at Virginia as he totaled two goals and a career-high-tying four assists for a personal best six points.
Tinney scored his 50th career goal against North Carolina and added one goal and a career-high four assists against Princeton. He matched that four-assist effort against Syracuse, added one goal and two assists against UMBC and two goals and one assist against Delaware. Tinney is now third on the team in points (27) and ranks first in assists (18).

The 2017 Second Team USILA All-American has started all 41 games in his career and also has 84 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers.

Moreland Among National Leaders: Senior Hunter Moreland continued his recent roll with strong efforts against Syracuse, UMBC and Delaware as he won 17-of-26 faceoffs and grabbed six ground balls at SU, came back with a 12-of-15 showing at the dot and eight more ground balls to fuel the victory over the Retrievers and was 20-of-25 with 12 GBs against Delaware.

He was instrumental in last week's 15-13 come-from-behind win at Virginia as he won 15-of-29 faceoffs with seven ground balls and one goal; he won 12 of his last 20 faceoffs.

Earlier this season against Princeton, he was 20-of-25 with a career-high 14 ground balls to fuel a 16-9 victory. The 20 faceoff wins against Princeton and Delaware are also a career-high and he is the first Johns Hopkins player to win 20 or more faceoffs in a game since Drew Kennedy won 21 against Syracuse in 2014.

In his last seven games, Moreland is now 116-of-167 (.695) with 63 ground balls (9.0/game).
On the year, Moreland is 123-of-187 (.658) with 67 ground balls to his credit. He ranks sixth in the nation in faceoff winning percentage and eighth in ground balls per game (8.38).

With his recent surge, Moreland is 410-of-702 (.584) with 178 ground balls in his career. He ranks sixth in school history in career faceoff wins and faceoff attempts.

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