The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (3-3) welcomes Delaware (6-1) to Homewood Field for the second of three straight home games for the Blue Jays.
«  Johns Hopkins is coming off an 11-4 win over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday, March 12 that evened the Blue Jays' record at 3-3.

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 986-337-15.
«  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 14-5 in its last 19 games in the month of March dating back to the 2015 season.   

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.]\«  Delaware is listed as receiving votes in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  Both complete polls can be found on page 10.

Series History
«  This week's game will be the 11th game in a series that dates to a 19-6 Johns Hopkins win in 1980.
«  JHU leads the all-time series 10-0 and won last season's meeting, 14-8.
«  The Blue Jays have scored at least 14 goals in seven of the previous 10 meetings, while Delaware has scored more than eight just twice.

On This Date
«  This week's game against Delaware will be Johns Hopkins' eighth all-time game on March 16.  The Blue Jays are 5-2 all-time on March 16.
«  Included in the Blue Jays' 5-2 record on March 16 is a 9-8 come-from-behind win against then top-ranked Syracuse in 2002.  Johns Hopkins trailed the Orange 7-4 entering the fourth quarter that day, but a 5-1 game-ending run lifted JHU to the win.  The game-tying goal came with exactly two minutes remaining and was scored by current Blue Jay offensive coordinator Bobby Benson.

For What It's Worth
«  This week's game will be JHU's seventh game of the season. Including Delaware, JHU's first seven opponents are a combined 28-16 (.636) through games of March 13.

Lending a Hand
«  Through six games, 41 of Johns Hopkins' 66 goals have been assisted ... that's 62.1%.  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 66 goals and collected 41 assists for 107 points through six games with a strong balance in the scoring breakdown among the four classes.
«  Blue Jay seniors lead the way with 21 goals, while the team's juniors lead the way with 12 assists.  The contribution of the freshman class has been strong as well with 17 goals and 11 assists in six games.
«  The balance in scoring has been remarkable early in the season as each class has totaled at least 14 goals and 22 points through six 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 six games, non-offensive players  (defensemen, long & short-stick defensive middies and faceoff specialists) have accumulated eight goals and 11 assists (19 points) for the Blue Jays.
«  By comparison, in 17 games last season, the Blue Jays' non-offensive players totaled 10 goals and 7 assists (17 points).
« JHU's non-offensive players have combined for 16 points (7g, 9a) in the last four 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 CAA
«  This week's game against Delaware  will be the 88th for the Blue Jays against a current member of the CAA.
«  Johns Hopkins is 76-11 (.874) all-time against current CAA members and has played at least one game against five of the six teams in the league.

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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