Johns Hopkins-Penn Game Notes

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Opening Draw 
Johns Hopkins is back at Homewood Field for its second straight game against a ranked opponent. The Blue Jays have won two in a row to open the season and are coming off a 13-11 upset of the then ninth-ranked Loyola Greyhounds last Saturday. Penn opened its season with a dominating 15-4 win at Delaware. 
 
Last Time Out 
Johns Hopkins got a game and career-best four goals from sophomore Shelby Harrison in a 13-11 win over ninth-ranked Loyola Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the game's first 12 minutes. Harrison's first goal of the afternoon sparked an 8-2 Blue Jay run that spanned the final 17:10 of the half and put Hopkins up 10-7 at the break. Loyola pulled within one twice in the second half, but the Hopkins' defense held the 'Hounds off the board for the final 17:57 to take the win.  
 
Season Openers 
Hopkins is 19-7 (.730) in season openers under head coach Janine Tucker and 30-13-1 (.693) all-time. The Blue Jays have won 11 straight and 15 of the last 16 opening day games. 
 
In February 
Hopkins is 33-14 (.702) under head coach Janine Tucker in the month of February. Now in their 44th season, the Blue Jays did not play a game in the month of February until 2002. Hopkins, then in just its fourth season as a Division I program, lost to Vanderbilt, 7-4, on February 24.
 
Hats Off 
Sophomore Keegan Barger notched her first career hat trick in Sunday's win at Drexel. In fact, it was the first three goals of her career as she was a defensive midfielder last season. Barger made the transition to a true two-way middie in the offseason and the move paid off in the first game.  
 
Century Club 
Senior Ellie McNulty tallied a game-best five points at Drexel, including the 100th of her career. The midfielder transferred from Princeton, where she totaled 95 points (72g, 23a) in 55 games for the Tigers. She now has 102 career points and joins senior Miranda Ibello (124 points) and junior Maggie Schneidereith (109) in the 100-point club. 
 
Oh Captain, My Captain 
Seniors Nicole DeMase and Haley Crosson have been selected in a vote of their teammates as captains for the 2019 season.
 
B1G Lacrosse 
Johns Hopkins was picked to finish fourth in the 2019 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll of the league's seven head coaches, it was announced January 28. Defending champion Maryland was the unanimous pick to win the 2019 title, followed by Northwestern, Penn State, and Hopkins. Michigan (5th), Ohio State (6th) and Rutgers (7th) round out the poll. 
 
B1G Players to Watch 
Junior Mackenzie Heldberg and sophomores Shelby Harrison and Jeanne Kachris were named Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch.
 
Harrison and Kachris return after earning All-Big Ten honors a year ago. Harrison led the Blue Jays and set a school freshmen record with 91 draw controls. Her 91 draws are also the second most in school single-season history and ranked second in the Big Ten. Kachris started all 19 games on a defense that ranked second in the Big Ten in scoring defense (10.53) and caused turnovers (8.68). She led the Blue Jays in caused turnovers (22) and ranked fourth in ground balls (32). Heldberg had a breakout sophomore campaign, scoring a team and career-best 41 goals. She also ranked third on the team in points (52) and ninth in the Big Ten in goals. 
 
Poll Position 
Hopkins jumped six spots in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll and is ranked 17th with 231 points. The Blue Jays are ranked 16th in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll and 14th in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Eight of the Blue Jays' 2019 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including five teams in the top 10 (Maryland, Northwestern, Stony Brook and Penn State). 
 
Climbing the Ranks 
Several Blue Jays are making their move up the Johns Hopkins Division I record book. Here's a look at where they rank:
 
Haley Crosson (Jr. • GK):
• Needs 9 saves to rank 7th (has 188)
 
Nicole DeMase (Jr. • M):
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 9th (has 21)
 
Shelby Harrison (Fr. • M):
• Needs 3 draws to rank 8th and 23 to rank 7th (has 99)
• Needs 1 draw to reach 100 for her career (has 99)
 
Miranda Ibello (Jr. • A):
• Needs 3 points to rank 15th and 11 to rank 14th  (has 124)
• Needs 21 assists to rank 3rd (has 70)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Needs 4 points to rank 19th (has 109)
• Needs 2 assists to rank 11th and 3 to rank 10th (has 44)
 
Lending a Hand 
Senior Miranda Ibello led the Blue Jays in points (64) and assists (40) last season. Her point and assist totals were the most by a Blue Jay since Taylor D'Amore put up 105 points and 53 assists in 2014. In addition, her 40 assists are the fifth most in school Division I history and sixth most all-time at JHU. Ibello ranks fourth in school DI history, and seventh overall, with 70 career assists. She needs 30 assists to become just the fifth player in the 44-year history of the program to total 100 helpers.
 
At the Draw 
Sophomore Shelby Harrison made an immediate impact for the Blue Jays in 2018 as she led the team and ranked second in the Big Ten with 91 draws on the season. That total is the most in school history by a freshman and the second most by any player in school single-season history. In fact, Harrison already ranks ninth in JHU DI history, and 11th all-time at Hopkins, in career draws with 99. She needs just one to become only the 11th player, in 44 years, to total 100 career draws. She also holds the school single-game record with 11 draws, which she did twice last year.
 
Sophomore Keegan Barger was also a threat on the draw circle last year, as she ranked second on the team with 54. Her 54 draws are the fourth most by a freshman in school history and are tied for 12th in school Division I history.
 
Harrison and Barger picked up right where they left off at the end of last season. Harrison had six draws while Barger had four in Hopkins' season opener at Drexel on Sunday. In addition, red-shirt senior transfer Ellie McNulty tied Harrison with a game-high six draws versus the Dragons. McNulty ranked second at Princeton last year with 59 draws and she ranks fourth all-time with 115 career draws. The trio of Harrison, McNulty and Barger combined for 16 of the team's 18 draws at Drexel and have 22 of the team's 26 draws on the season. 
 
Welcome to Homewood 
Head coach Janine Tucker welcomes 11 freshmen and a transfer to the Blue Jays this season. Joining Hopkins are Georgia Esmond, Mia Farnella, Carli Freeman, Kylie Kempe, Sam Leva, Annika Meyer, Claire Mills, Kaitlyn Pham, Nadiya Roy, Rachel Scheinberg, Caroline Somerville and Ellie McNulty. 
 
Against the Alma Mater 
Head coach Janine Tucker and associate head coach Tara Singleton faced off against their alma mater last Saturday. Tucker is a 1989 graduate of Loyola while Singleton graduated in 2004 and both earned Second Team All-America honors as seniors. Since the series resumed in 2012, the Tucker and Singleton are 5-3 against the Greyhounds. 
 
Against the Quakers 
Hopkins and Penn meet for the 13th time since the series began in 2001. The series is tied at 6-6, with the Quakers winning the last two meetings. In fact, Penn has won six of the last seven meetings. 
 
Scouting the Quakers 
Penn opened the season in dominating fashion, beating host Delaware, 15-4, last Saturday. Three players had five-point outings for the Quakers, led by Erin Barry, who had four goals and one helper. Zoe Belodeau added three goals, two assists and a team-best three caused turnovers while Gabby Rosenzweig had a game-best three assists to go with two goals. Mikaila Cheeseman made nine saves in 46 minutes of action. 
 
Barry, Belodeau, Rosenzweig and junior Katy Junior all earned Preseason All-America honors from Inside Lacrosse. Last season, Belodeau set school freshmen records with 80 points, 45 goals and 35 assists, in addition to an all-time school record of 103 draws. Rosenzweig tied the school record with 85 points a year ago and led both Penn and the Ivy League with 36 asssists. Barry is the third point of the Quakers' potent offensive trio. She led the team in goals (51) and ground balls (44) and ranked second in caused turnovers (24). 
 
We're Streaking!
Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Saturday's game versus Penn. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 6 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • A/M):
• Has at least one assist in 2 straight games
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Has at least one point in 4 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Mackenzie Heldberg (Jr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 17 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 12 straight games
 
Ellie McNulty (R-Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 11 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 7 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 3 straight games
 
At the Helm
Janine Tucker is now in her 26th season at Homewood. The winningest coach in program history, she sports a record of 283-153 (.649), including a 215-137 (.610) mark in Division I. Tucker took over the Blue Jay women's lacrosse program in August 1993 and coached five seasons in Division III before successfully guiding the program's transition to Division I in 1999. A 1989 graduate of Loyola (MD) and a member of the Greyhound Athletic Hall of Fame, Tucker has led the Blue Jays to double-digit win totals in 20 of her 24 years on the bench. She has also guided Hopkins to six NCAA Division I Tournament appearances, three ECAC Division I championship games, and four NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. Tucker became the 14th coach in NCAA history to reach 250 wins on February 12, 2016 and she currently ranks eighth in NCAA Division I history in wins. She coached her 400th career game at Loyola on February 22, 2017.
 
A Save for Each Season
Junior goalie Robyn Lipschultz made her first career appearance for the Blue Jays on March 3, 2018 versus Furman and made one save. With that save, she became the first goalie in 21 years to register a save in multiple sports in the same academic year. Lipschultz is also a member of the Johns Hopkins women's soccer team and made 14 saves in 10 games in the fall of 2017. The last to do so was Kelly Hoffman, who turned the same trick for both the field hockey and women's lacrosse teams in 1996-97. Lipschultz is just the second to do so for both women's soccer and women's lacrosse, joining Amanda Miller (1992-93). This past fall, Lipschultz started 17 games for head coach Leo Weil's Blue Jays, making 55 saves and posting a 0.775 save percentage.
 
For the Record
This marks the 44th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 433-274-4 (.612) and a 215-137 (.610) record as a Division I program. The Blue Jays have posted 32 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, including seven in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018). Last year was the 22nd double-digit win season under head coach Janine Tucker and the 28th all-time. 
 
Home Sweet Home(wood)
Under head coach Janine Tucker, the Blue Jays are 128-60 (.681) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 35-13 (.729) at home since the start of the 2014 season. Hopkins will play 10 of its 17 regular season games, including five straight from February 16 to March 6, at Homewood this spring.  
 
Family Affair
Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair as a pair of Blue Jays have followed in their fathers' footsteps at the Homewood campus while two more are following in their sisters' footsteps.
 
Junior Miranda Ibello is not only following in the cleats of her sister, Paige '10, but also of her brother-in-law, Max Venker '10, who was a four-year standout on the JHU men's soccer team. Junior Shannon Logan joined the Blue Jays and played alongside her older sister, Holly, for two seasons. The Logans are the 11th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black and the first to do so at the same time since Sam and Megan Schrum played together in 2009. 
 
One of Four
Junior Maggie Schneidereith will not be playing alongside her sister or sisters for that matter, in  her collegiate career. Schneidereith, who hails from nearby Towson, is a quadruplet and all four sisters are playing Division I lacrosse. Midfielders Jamie and Lucy are playing at Drexel while goalie Georgia is playing for Albany.
 
On Tap
Hopkins is back at Homewood Field on Wednesday, February 23 to take on 20th-ranked Georgetown. Opening draw for the non-conference contest is slated for 3:00 pm.