The Game
« Johns Hopkins (1-2) hits the road for the third time on the year as the Blue Jays travel to New Jersey to take on Princeton (1-1).Â
« Johns Hopkins is coming off an 11-10 victory at then 10th-ranked North Carolina last Saturday in a game played in heavy rain on a muddy field at Kenan Stadium.
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 984-336-15.
« JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 35 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.
Flipping The Calendar to March
« This year's 1-2 record at the end of February may have Blue Jay fans thinking back to last season. After starting the 2018 season 1-2, the Blue Jays proceeded to reel off five straight wins in the month of March to turn the 1-2 mark into a 6-2 record entering April.
« Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Princeton having won seven consecutive games in the month of March dating back to 2017.
« JHU is 12-4 in its last 16 games in the month of March dating back to the 2015 season. Â
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked 18th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 18th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. These are the two official in-season polls conducted throughout the regular season.
« Princeton is receiving votes in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Both complete polls can be found on page 9.
Series History
« This week's game will be the 89th between Johns Hopkins and Princeton. The series dates to a 3-2 Princeton win in 1890.
« JHU leads the all-time series 58-30 and won last season's meeting 16-9.
« In an odd dynamic, the last three games in the series have been decided by seven goals or more.
Johns Hopkins-Princeton Ties
« Johns Hopkins defenseman Pat Foley and Princeton attackman Michael Sowers played together on the 2016 United States U-19 team that won the 2016 FIL World Championship, Both earned All-World honors in helping the team to the gold medal.
On This Date
« This week's game at Princeton will be just the fifth all-time for Johns Hopkins on March 2. JHU is 2-2 in games played on this date.
« All four previous games the Blue Jays have played on March 2 have come against Princeton with the Tigers winning the first two (1991, 1996) and JHU taking the last two (2002, 2012).
For What It's Worth
« This week's game against Princeton will be JHU's fourth game of the season. JHU's first three opponents (Towson, Loyola, North Carolina) are a combined 10-2 (.833) entering this weekend's games.
Against the Ivy League
« This week's game against Princeton will be the 220th all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team from the Ivy League.
« Johns Hopkins is 173-44-2 (.795) all-time against Ivy League schools.
« Johns Hopkins has played 12 all-time NCAA Tournament games against Ivy League teams. The Blue Jays are 6-6 all-time in the NCAAs against the Ivy League.
Lending a Hand
« Through three games, 24 of Johns Hopkins' 31 goals have been assisted ... that's 77.4%. By comparison, JHU collected assists on 62.3% of its goals last season.
« For the record, the last time Johns Hopkins assisted on better than 65% of its goals for an entire season was in 2003, when the Blue Jays totaled 151 assists on 224 goals (67.4%).
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 11-10 win at North Carolina, Johns Hopkins is 56-26 (.683) in one-goal games under head coach Dave Pietramala.
« The Blue Jays were 4-1 in one-goal games in 2018 and are 6-1 in their last seven one-goal games.
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