The Game
« Johns Hopkins (0-1) welcomes second-ranked Loyola Maryland (1-0) to Homewood Field for the Blue Jays' home opener.
« Johns Hopkins is coming off a 17-8 loss at Towson in its season opener last Saturday (Feb. 9), while Loyola topped Virginia, 17-9, in its opener at home that day.
The Facts
« This is the 132nd season of Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse. JHU first fielded a team in 1883.
« Johns Hopkins enters this week's game with an all-time record of 983-335-15.
« JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 35 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.
Home Openers
« The Blue Jays are 16-2 in home openers under head coach Dave Pietramala.
« Johns Hopkins has won two straight home openers and 10 of its last 11.
« Johns Hopkins has scored at least 10 goals in each of its last 11 home openers and has averaged 13.1 goals per game in its last 11 home openers dating back to 2008.
In February
« This week's game against Loyola will be the 39th all-time for Johns Hopkins in the month of February.
« JHU is 27-11 (.711) all-time in games played in the month of February.
« Johns Hopkins played its first game in the month of February in 1998, didn't play again in February until 2004 and has now played at least one game in the opening month of the season every year since 2006.
Honoring The Ultimate Sacrifice
« For the 100th year, Johns Hopkins will have its annual pregame flag ceremony before the home opener.
« The captains on the team - Danny Jones, Kyle Marr and Forry Smith - will hang one flag in each goal to commemorate the 11 former Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse players who died in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War.
« On one flag are three gold stars for the three men who died in WWI. On the other flag are eight gold stars for the seven who died in WWII and one who died in Vietnam.
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked 15th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 17th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. These are the two official in-season polls conducted throughout the regular season.
« Loyola is ranked second in both polls.
« Johns Hopkins has won its last three games against teams ranked number two in the nation at the time of the game: Virginia (2011 - W/12-11), Maryland (2015 - W/15-12), Maryland (2018 / 13-10).
Series History
« This week's game will be the 56th between Johns Hopkins and Loyola. The series dates to a 20-1 Blue Jay victory in 1939.
« JHU leads the all-time series 48-7, including a 14-13 overtime victory at Homewood Field in 2017.]
« The home team has won the last five games in the series.
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Johns Hopkins-Loyola Ties
« Johns Hopkins associate head coach Bill Dwan is the older brother of Loyola assistant coach Matt Dwan.]
« Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola under the direction of former Greyhound coach Dave Cottle.
On This Date
« This week's game against Loyola will be the second all-time for Johns Hopkins on February 16. The Blue Jays topped Towson, 12-6, in 2013 in their only other game played on this date.
Against the Patriot League
« This week's game against Loyola will be the 252nd all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the Patriot League.
« Johns Hopkins is 192-58-1 (.767) all-time against current Patriot League members.
« 214 of the 251 games the Blue Jays have played against Patriot League members have come against Army (69), Loyola (55) and Navy (90).
State of Affairs
« This week's game against Loyola will be the 97th for Johns Hopkins against a team from the state of Maryland since head coach Dave Pietramala took over in 2001.
« Johns Hopkins is 78-18 (.813) all-time against in-state rivals under Pietramala's direction.• JHU was 3-2 against Maryland-based teams in 2018. The Blue Jays beat Towson (14-6), fell to Loyola (12-5), topped UMBC (13-6) and split with Maryland (lost 8-7, won 13-10).
In Case We Get There
« Johns Hopkins is 27-16 (.628) in overtime under the direction of head coach Dave Pietramala. JHU's last overtime game came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, when the Blue Jays topped Georgetown, 10-9.
]« Johns Hopkins has won seven of its last 10 overtime games.
One-Goal Wonders
« Including the 10-9 overtime win against Georgetown in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Johns Hopkins is 55-26 (.679) in one-goal games under head coach Dave Pietramala.
« The Blue Jays were 4-1 in one-goal games in 2018.
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