Johns Hopkins-Rutgers Game Notes

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Opening Draw 
Johns Hopkins is back at home to take on Rutgers in the Blue Jays' Big Ten opener. JHU is coming off a 17-7 win over UMBC four days ago and has won five of its last six. Rutgers topped Lafayette in a high-scoring affair to snap a two-game skid.    
 
Last Time Out 
Sophomore Aurora Cordingley tied her career-high with six points to lead Hopkins to a 17-7 win over UMBC Tuesday night at Homewood Field. Leading by two with 12:04 to play in the first half, the Blue Jays went on a 10-2 run that spanned nearly 26 minutes to take control of the game. Sophomore Shelby Harrison added a hat trick and four draws while classmate Keegan Barger had four caused turnovers and four draws. This is the third time that the Blue Jays have held their opponents to single digits. 
 
Hats Off 
Sophomore Keegan Barger notched her first career hat trick in the season-opening 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. Junior Maggie Schneidereith leads the Blue Jays with six hat tricks, while sophomore Aurora Cordingley has four and redshirt senior Ellie McNulty and junior Mackenzie Heldberg have three each. 
 
Century Club 
Redshirt senior Ellie McNulty tallied a game-best five points in the win 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 118 career points and joins senior Miranda Ibello (144 points) and junior Maggie Schneidereith (143) 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 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. 
 
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. 
 
Poll Position 
Hopkins dropped four spots in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll and is ranked 18th with 176 points. The Blue Jays are also ranked 16th in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll and 17th in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Nine of the Blue Jays' 2019 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including four teams in the top 10 (Maryland, Northwestern, Penn and Michigan). 
 
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:
 
Keegan Barger (So. • M):
• Needs 2 draws to rank 15th and 8 to rank 14th (has 83)
 
Haley Crosson (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 50 saves to rank 5th (has 243)
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • M):
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 9th (has 21)
 
Kathleen Garvey (So. • GK):
• Needs 6 saves to rank 11th and 107 to rank 10th (has 13)
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Needs 25 draws to rank 5th (has 128)
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 19th and 2 to to rank 18th (has 13)
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Needs 4 points to rank 12th (has 144)
• Needs 8 assists to rank 3rd (has 83)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Jr. • A):
• Needs 1 point to rank 13th and 5 to rank 12th (has 143)
• Needs 2 goals to rank 18th and 5 to rank 17th (has 87)
• Needs 6 assists to rank 5th (has 56)
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Needs 3 draws to rank 18th and 4 to rank 17th (has 73)
 
Lending a Hand 
Senior Miranda Ibello led the Blue Jays in both 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 sixth overall, with 83 career assists. She needs 17 assists to become just the fifth player in the 44-year history of the program to total 100 helpers. Ibello leads the team and ranks second in the Big Ten with 15 assists. 
 
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. 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 sixth in JHU DI history, and eighth all-time at Hopkins, in career draws with 128. Against Penn, she became only the 11th player, in 44 years, to reach 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. She now ranks 16th in school history with 83 career draw controls. 
 
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. In addition, redshirt senior 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. She now has 149 draws in her career. The trio of Harrison, McNulty and Barger combined for 16 of the team's 18 draws in the season-opener at Drexel. They had 14 of the Blue Jays' 15 draws against High Point and now account for 100 of the team's 123 (.813) draws on the season. 
 
Against the Scarlet Knights 
Hopkins and Rutgers meet for the fifth time, and third as Big Ten foes, since the series began in 2015. The Blue Jays have won all four previous meetings and are 2-0 against the Knights at Homewood Field.     
 
Scouting the Scarlet Knights 
Junior Samantha Budd scored a career-high eight goals – including the game-winner with less than a minute to go – as Rutgers defeated Lafayette, 16-15, on Tuesday. Budd has now scored three or more goals in three of her last four outings, totaling 19 scores during that span. Sophomore Taralyn Naslonski tallied three points on two goals and an assist, while senior Allie Ferrara, redshirt junior Dakota Pastore and freshman Marin Hartshorn each scored twice in the victory. 
 
Naslonski now has 46 points (31 goals, 15 assists), which is tied with Stephanie Anderson for the most points in a single season since 2012. She has nine multiple goal games this season, including seven hat tricks. Naslonski ranks second in the Big Ten in points per game (4.78), second in goals per game (3.22) and third in assists per game (1.56). After her career day on Tuesday, Budd ranks seventh in points per game with a 3.44 average. 
 
Rutgers has scored in double digits in eight of its 10 games this season, including a season-high 20 in thw win over LIU Brooklyn. Only 10th-ranked Penn and fourth-ranked James Madison have held the Scarlet Knights to single-digits. 
  
We're Streaking!
Five Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Saturday's game versus Rutgers. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 13 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 6 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 2 straight games
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 5 straight games
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 7 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
 
Ellie McNulty (R-Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 9 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 9 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 18 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 14 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 10 straight games
 
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. 
 
At the Helm
Janine Tucker is now in her 26th season at Homewood. The winningest coach in program history, she sports a record of 288-155 (.650), including a 220-139 (.612) 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 438-276-4 (.612) and a 220-139 (.612) 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 132-62 (.680) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 40-15 (.727) 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 hits the road next week, traveling to Ann Arbor to take on 10th-ranked and undefeated Michigan. Opening draw at U-M Lacrosse Stadium is slated for Noon.