The Basics 
• Score: Johns Hopkins – 5 • Washington & Lee - 1
• Records: Johns Hopkins (1-0) • Washington & Lee (0-1)
• Location: Pittsburgh, PA
• The Short Story: Maggie Coulson scored twice as the Johns Hopkins women's soccer team opened the 2018 season with a 5-1 victory over Washington & Lee on Friday afternoon at the Carnegie Mellon Tartan Cup. 

How it Happened
• The Generals got on the board early as Caroline Peters put a header past a diving Robyn Lipschultz in the eighth minute of the first half.
• The Blue Jays responded in the 22^nd minute as Maggie Coulson took a pass from Rachel Jackson and put the shot off the post and into the back of the net. The assist was Jackson's first collegiate point.
• Maddy Rocks gave JHU a 2-1 lead at 54:31 as she corralled the ball off a block from a W&L defender and put the shot past Grace Coombs.
• The Blue Jays went up 3-1 at the 59:52 mark on a penalty kick goal from Riley O'Toole.
• Just a few moments later at 60:32, Coulson netted her second goal of the game on a free kick to the far corner of the net.
• Alexandra Damron concluded the scoring for Hopkins as her free kick from 25 yards out found the back of the net in the 80^th minute to close out the 5-1 win.

What it Means
• Johns Hopkins is unbeaten in its last 13 season openers.
• The five goals are the most goals scored by the Blue Jays in a season opener since they scored five goals in the opening game of the 2013 season.

Inside the Box Score
• Hopkins outshot the Generals 17-5, including 11-1 in the second half. JHU put eight shots on net while W&L put three on goal.
• The Blue Jays totaled four corner kicks to just one for W&L.
• Lipschultz made two saves in the match while her counterpart, Coombs, made three.

Up Next
•The Blue Jays return to the field tomorrow, September 1 as JHU will take on Shenandoah at 1 pm.