The Basics 
• Score: #6 Johns Hopkins – 0 • #5 Messiah - 3
• Records: Hopkins (2-1-0) • Messiah (3-0-0)
• Location: Grantham, PA
• The Short Story: In a matchup of top-10 teams, it was fifth-ranked Messiah that came away with the 3-0 victory over the sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins women's soccer team on Wednesday night.

How it Happened
• The Falcons struck first with a goal off a corner kick by Sunny Gelnovatch. The ball deflected off the crossbar and found Barb Foster for the goal at 2:05.
• Mizuho Obayashi applied nice pressure throughout the first half, helping to keep the score close even with many potential scoring chances for the home team.
• In the 30^th minute, Robyn Lipschultz came out of the net and made a great diving save on the shot by Maddie Kohl.
• Messiah increased its lead to 2-0 at 17:48 as Kohl's shot went off the post and came right back to Emily Lockwood who put the ball past the diving Lipschultz.
• Lilly Shover took a shot off a corner kick at 43:37 and Katie Whittington made a great defensive save to keep the score 2-0 in favor of Messiah.
• The Blue Jay offense got going in the second half, getting multiple shots off within the first ten minutes of the second half. The best JHU opportunity came off a free kick from Maggie Coulson, but her shot was turned away from Falcons' keeper, Sarah Yunez.
• Messiah got its third goal of the game at 77:30 as Emily D'Amico took a pass from Brooke Firestone and put the ball past Lipschultz as the Falcons took the contest, 3-0.

What it Means
• JHU is 3-11-2 all-time against the Falcons.

Inside the Box Score
• Messiah outshot JHU 22-6, putting 15 shots on net compared to the four by Hopkins.
• Lipschultz made many impressive saves in net as the junior made 11 saves in net.
• Yunez stopped all four shots she faced for her third shutout victory of the season.

Up Next
• Hopkins returns to the pitch on Friday, September 7 as they will take on No. 24 Virginia Wesleyan at the Captains Classic in Newport Beach, VA. The match is slated to begin at 7 pm.