The Game
« Johns Hopkins (2-3) returns home for the first time since February 16 as the Blue Jays welcome Mount St. Mary's (3-4) to Homewood. This is Johns Hopkins' only mid-week game of the season.
« Johns Hopkins is coming off a 14-10 loss at then 15th-ranked Syracuse that dropped the Blue Jays' record to 2-3 on the year.
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 985-337-15.
« JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 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 had 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.
« Prior to last week's loss at Syracuse, Johns Hopkins had won eight consecutive games in the month of March dating back to 2017.
« JHU is 13-5 in its last 18 games in the month of March dating back to the 2015 season. Â
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked 17th 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.
« Mount St. Mary's is not ranked in either poll. Both complete polls can be found on page 10.
Series History
« This week's game will be the seventh game in a series that dates to a 19-6 Johns Hopkins win in 2006.
« JHU leads the all-time series 6-0 and won the last meeting in 2014, 17-2, at the Mount.  The Blue Jays have scored at least 12 goals in each of the previous six meetings ... the Mountaineers have scored six goals or less in five of the six.
On This Date
« This week's game against Mount St. Mary's will be Johns Hopkins' eighth all-time game on March 12. The Blue Jays are 6-1 all-time on March 12 and have won three straight.
« Included in the Blue Jays' 6-1 record on March 12 is a 12-8 win at Washington College in 1988 ... one of the starting defensemen in that game for JHU was current Blue Jay head coach Dave Pietramala, while Quint Kessenich, who will be on the call for this week's game, was JHU's starting goalie that day. In addition, the Blue Jays' starting long stick middie that day was JHU associate head coach Bill Dwan.
For What It's Worth
« This week's game will be JHU's sixth game of the season. JHU's first five opponents (Towson, Loyola, North Carolina, Syracuse) are a combined 18-10 (.643) through games of March 10.
Road Warriors
« Johns Hopkins returns home this week after playing four of its first five games on the road in 2019. The Blue Jays opened at Towson (Feb. 9), returned home to play Loyola (Feb. 16) and then played at North Carolina (Feb. 23), at Princeton (Mar. 2) and at Syracuse (Mar. 9) in succession.
« The three-game road trip is nothing new for Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays also had three-game road swings in 2015, 2016 & 2017.
Lending a Hand
« Through five games, 36 of Johns Hopkins' 55 goals have been assisted ... that's 65.4%. 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%).
Class Act
« Johns Hopkins has scored 55 goals and collected 36 assists for 91 points through five games with a strong balance in the scoring breakdown among the four classes.
« Blue Jay seniors lead the way with 18 goals, while the team's juniors lead the way with 12 assists. The contribution of the freshman class has been strong as well with 14 goals and 10 assists in five games. Below is a breakdown of the team's scoring by class thus far.
Non-Offensive Scoring
« With the addition of a shot clock this season, the pace of play has quickened and has resulted in more transition lacrosse. This has resulted in more scoring for Johns Hopkins' non-offensive players.
« Through five games, non-offensive players (defensemen, long & short-stick defensive middies and faceoff specialists) have accumulated seven goals and nine assists for the Blue Jays.
« JHU's non-offensive players have combined for 13 points (6g, 7a) in the last three games. They combined for three goals and three assists in the 11-10 win at North Carolina and the group came back with two goals and three assists in the 14-12 win at Princeton.
Against the NEC
« This week's game against Mount St. Mary's will be just the 11th for the Blue Jays against a current member of the Northeast Conference.
« Johns Hopkins is 10-0 all-time against current NEC members.
Marr's Streak is Sixth-Longest in the Nation
« Johns Hopkins senior Kyle Marr will carry a 19-game goal-scoring streak into this week's game against Mount St. Mary's.
« Marr's 19-game goal-scoring streak is tied for the sixth-longest active streak in the nation.
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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