The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (6-4, 2-0 B1G) welcomes Ohio State (7-2, 0-2 B1G) to Homewood Field for the Blue Jays' final regular season home game of the 2019 season.
«  Johns Hopkins is coming off a 15-13 win over Rutgers last Saturday at Homewood Field.

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 989-338-15.
«  JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.

Honoring Our Seniors
«  This week's game will be the final regular season game in the careers of the seniors on the 2019 Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team.  The group will be honored prior to the start of Sunday's game.
«  The seniors have helped guide the Blue Jays to a 34-23 record, three trips to the NCAA Tournament and the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title.

April Reign
«  JHU is 18-7 in its last 25 games in the month of April dating back to the 2014 season.
«  Also dating back to 2014, the Blue Jays are 10-2 in their last 12 home games played in the month of April.

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is ranked 15th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 16th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  These are the two official in-season polls conducted throughout the regular season.
«  Ohio State is ranked eighth in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 12th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

Series History
«  This week's game will be the 13th game in a series that dates to a 17-8 Johns Hopkins win in 1999.
«  JHU leads the all-time series 9-3 and swept two games last season, including a 6-5 win in the Big Ten Semifinals.
«  This will be the eighth meeting since the formation of the Big Ten in 2015.

For What It's Worth
«  This week's game will be JHU's 11th game of the season. Not including their games against JHU, the Blue Jays' first 10 opponents are a combined 65-33 (.663) through games of April 10. That ranks as the third-best opponent winning percentage in the nation. 
«  Johns Hopkins' 13 regular season opponents are currently a combined 90-38 (.703).  That ranks as the highest opponent win percentage in the nation.
«  JHU's three remaining opponents are a combined 25-5 (.833) - that ranks as the toughest remaining schedule in the nation. 

Into Something B1G
«  This week's game against Ohio State is the third of five straight to close the regular season against Big Ten opponents for Johns Hopkins.
«  The Blue Jays are 15-7 (.682) in B1G regular season games since the league was formed in 2015.

Doing the Little Things
« In the last eight games, JHU is 135-of-157 (.860) on clears and has won 129-of-208 (.620) faceoffs.  This is a big improvement from the Blue Jays' first two games of the season, when they were 28-of-40 (.700) on clears and 25-of-61 (.417) on faceoffs in losses to Towson and Loyola.

Lending a Hand
«  Through 10 games, 75 of Johns Hopkins' 118 goals have been assisted ... that's 63.6%.  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%).

Spreading it Around
«  Johns Hopkins has 17 different goal-scorers and 21 different players have registered at least one point through 10 games.

Class Act
«  Johns Hopkins has scored 118 goals and collected 75 assists for 193 points through 10 games with a strong balance in the scoring breakdown among the four classes.
«  Blue Jay seniors and freshmen lead the way with 35 goals and 52 points, while the team's juniors lead the way with 22 assists.
«  The balance in scoring has been remarkable as each class has totaled at least 19 goals and 38 points through 10 games.  The freshman, junior and senior classes all have at least 51 points in 10 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 10 games, non-offensive players  (defensemen, long & short-stick defensive middies, faceoff specialists & goalies) have accumulated 11 goals and 18 assists (29 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 26 points (10g, 16a) in the last eight games.  They combined for three goals and three assists in the 11-10 win at North Carolina and two goals and three assists in the wins over Princeton and Rutgers.

Pietramala Sixth in Wins Among Active Head Coaches
«  Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala enters this week's game ranked sixth among active Division I head coaches in career victories with 226.
«  Including his time at Cornell, Pietramala sports a career record of 226-102 (.689).  His mark at Johns Hopkins currently stands a 203-85 (.705).

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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