The Blue Jays 

« Johns Hopkins will appear in its 10th ever Sweet 16 after 1st and 2nd round victories over Penn State Berks and Christopher Newport this past weekend. 

The Facts 

« This is the 28th season of Johns Hopkins women's soccer. Coach Weil has been at the helm for all 28 seasons. 
« The Blue Jays are appearing in their 12th-straight and 18th overall NCAA Tournament. 

Quite a Decade 

« Johns Hopkins has had the majority of its NCAA Tournament success in the 2010s. Eight of the 10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances have come since the start of the decade. 
« The Blue Jays have won at least one NCAA Tournament game in nine of the last 10 seasons. 
« JHU has an opportunity to reach the Elite Eight for the seventh time in school history this weekend. Hopkins made its first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2009 and last made it to the Quarterfinal round in 2017. 

NCAA Nuggets 

« The Blue Jays are 28-16-3 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a superb 22-2-0 record at the friendly confines of Homewood Field. 
« Johns Hopkins is searching for its first true road victory in the NCAA Tournament. JHU has an 0-10-1 record in true road games, only advancing in the Sweet 16 in PK's at Carnegie Mellon in 2014. JHU is 6-4-2 in neutral site contests.
« Leo Weil's program is 5-3-1 overall in Sweet Sixteen games, last advancing to the Elite Eight in 2017 with a 2-0 win over SUNY Geneseo at Williams College. The last four times the Blue Jays reached the Sweet Sixteen, they've advanced. JHU's last loss in the Round of 16 was in 2011 to Amherst (0-2). 

A Familiar Foe 

« JHU & Dickinson will meet for the third time this season. Despite a long history, this will be the first time the Blue Jays and the Red Devils will meet three times in one campaign. 
« In the first meeting on October 8th, the two teams played to a 2-2 draw. Rachel Jackson gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead in the 66th minute, but Meg Tate got behind the defense in the 89th minute, receiving a long ball from Charlotte Glancey to tie it at 2-2. 
« A late-season loss by Hopkins opened the door for the Red Devils to host the Centennial Conference Tournament. The teams met again in the Centennial Finals, as the Blue Jays defeated Dickinson 2-0 to earn their 12th Centennial Tournament title. Emily Maheras scored on a PK and Maggie Coulson scored on a free-kick for Johns Hopkins. 
« The meeting will be the 35th all-time between the Red Devils and the Blue Jays. JHU is 23-6-5 in the all-time series. 
« If Hopkins advances, it will meet the winner of Stevens and William Smith. The Blue Jays met Stevens earlier in the 2019 season, playing to a 2-2 draw at the Engineering Cup back in September. JHU has played William Smith twice in program history, losing both all-time meetings. 

In Case We Meet 

« If the Blue Jays move on, they will meet the hottest team in the country, regardless of who wins the matchup between Stevens and William Smith. 
« The Ducks presently own the longest win streak in the country, winning 15 straight after starting the season 2-3-1. Stevens also holds the second-longest conference win streak in the nation, winning 22 straight. 
« If William Smith earns a victory on Saturday, it will overtake the Ducks for the nation's longest winning streak, as they sit at 14 wins in-a-row. 

Dazzling Defense 

« Sophomore goalkeeper Caitlin Hendricks and the back line of the JHU defense have reached another level during postseason play. In four postseason games (Conference & NCAA), the Blue Jays have yet to allow a goal. JHU has outscored its opponents 7-0 in those four games. 

Magical Maheras 

« Senior leader Emily Maheras had had a historic season for the Blue Jays to this point. 
« Maheras became the ninth Blue Jay to earn Centennial Conference Player of the Year honors. 
« The team's leading scorer with 16 goals, Maheras became the first player in JHU history to score a goal in 6 straight games on more than one occasion. Her 16 goals are tied for 10th all-time in a single-season. 

Record Scratch 

« With 35 points on the season, Maheras has inserted herself into the top-20 all-time in points at Johns Hopkins with 64. Her 35 points in 2019 puts her in a tie for 11th in single-season points. 
« The Blue Jays have two active players on the top-20 list in career goals. Maheras comes in at 11th on the all-time list with 29 goals while Riley O'Toole sits in 19th with 24 career goals. 
« Maddy Rocks found her way into the record books with her seventh assist of the season. The assist on Sunday put her in a tie for 17th in single-season history. 

Record Scratch - Part II Defensive Edition 

« Sophomore Caitlin Hendricks has spent the bulk of the time in net for Hopkins, sitting with 75 saves on the season, good for sixth all-time in single-season history. 
« Paired with eight saves as a freshman, Hendricks sits eight saves away from the top-10 in Hopkins history. 
« Finally, Hendricks is less than six minutes from usurping Karen Guszkowski as the single-season all-time leader in minutes played. 

They Came To Play School 

« For the sixth straight season, the Blue Jays placed multiple players on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. Senior Carly Lupton-Smith, junior Alexandra Damron and sophomore Caitlin Hendricks were named to the 2019 All-District Team. After being named to the 2018 Academic All-District Team, Maggie Coulson makes it four current Blue Jays to earn the honor in their career. 

Present In The Polls 

« Dating back to 2016, Leo Weil's program has been ranked in 37 straight United Soccer Coaches polls. 
« JHU has been ranked in the top-five for nine of those 37 weeks, most recently snagging the fifth spot in the poll during the final October poll of this season. 

The 400 Club 

« Head Coach Leo Weil earned his 400th career victory back in September of this year. The 28th year head man is the lone coach in school history and currently sits at 409 career wins. 
« Weil became the 18th coach in NCAA Women's Soccer history, spanning all 3 divisions, to reach 400 wins. Weil is 6th all-time in Division III Women's Soccer wins. 

Battle Tested 

« In 2019, Johns Hopkins played the toughest schedule in the country by opponent's win percentage. Through the regular season, Blue Jays opponents were a combined 231-92-21, good for a winning percentage of .702, 10 points higher than second-place Chicago.