Johns Hopkins-Maryland Game Notes

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Opening Draw 
Johns Hopkins closes out the regular season on Saturday at second-ranked Maryland as the Blue Jays look to grab a berth in the Big Ten Tournament. Unfortunately for the Jays, they also need some help, in the form of a Rutgers win over Penn State. 
 
Last Time Out 
Hopkins rallied from six goals down in the second half to tie the game, but fell just short in a 16-15 loss to visiting Penn State Thursday night at Homewood Field. Trailing 13-7 with 21:48 to play in the game, the Blue Jays scored six goals in less than 11 minutes to draw even. Penn State answered with a 3-1 spurt to go up 16-14 with 1:54 to go. Senior Nicole DeMase sliced the deficit in half with 41 ticks on the clock, but that's as close as Hopkins would get.
 
Redshirt senior Ellie McNulty notched a game and career-high six points on four goals and two helpers, while DeMase had four goals and one assist. Junior Maggie Schneidereith added a goal and four assists and classmate Caroline Hoeg totaled four ground balls and four caused turnovers.  
Takeaways 
Hopkins caused 19 turnovers in the win at Towson on April 2, the most by the Blue Jays since they had 19 in a 15-4 win over George Washington on April 25, 2003. In addition, sophomore Keegan Barger broke a school record with seven caused turnovers. Barger is the Blue Jays' active leader with 41 career caused turnovers. Junior Caroline Hoeg leads Hopkins, and rank third in the Big Ten with 23 caused turnovers. Barger ranks second (21) and sophomore Aurora Cordingley is third (20).
 
Century Club - Part I
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 135 career points and joins senior Miranda Ibello (166 points) and junior Maggie Schneidereith (173) in the 100-point club. Senior Nicole DeMase needs just two points to join Ibello, Schneidereith and McNulty with 100 career points. 
 
Century Club - Part II
On April 9 versus 20th-ranked Stony Brook, junior Maggie Schneidereith scored the 100th goal of her career. She is the 13th player in school Division I history, and 27th overall, to reach the milestone. This is the third straight year that a Blue Jay has reached the mark, as Emily Kenul and Shannon Fitzgerald each did so in 2018, and Haley Schweizer hit the mark in 2017. 
 
Century Club - Part III
Senior Miranda Ibello is also chasing a milestone as she needs just seven assists to reach 100 for her career. She would be just the third player in school Division I history, and fifth overall, to reach the milestone. 
 
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. Junior Maggie Schneidereith leads the Blue Jays with 10 hat tricks, while sophomore Aurora Cordingley has six and redshirt senior Ellie McNulty has five. 
 
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 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. 
 
Maryland (first), Northwestern (second) and Michigan (third) have all secured berths in the Big Ten Tournament, hosted by Johns Hopkins. Hopkins and Penn State are battling for that fourth and final spot. It's pretty simple - Penn State is in with a win over Rutgers while Hopkins needs a win over Maryland and a Penn State loss to Rutgers.   
 
Poll Position 
Hopkins drops two spots to 2rd in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll with 69 points. The Blue Jays are also ranked 20th in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll. Eight of the Blue Jays' 2019 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including three teams in the top 10 (Maryland, Northwestern and Michigan). Hopkins currently ranks 10th in the nation in strength of schedule and is 19th in RPI. 
 
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 14 draws to rank 8th (has 108)
 
Haley Crosson (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 36 saves to rank 4th (has 301)
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • M):
• Needs 2 points to reach 100 for her career (has 98)
• Needs 2 free position goals to rank 5th (has 23)
 
Kathleen Garvey (So. • GK):
• Needs 2 saves to rank 11th and 103 to rank 10th (has 17)
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Needs 43 draws to rank 4th (has 159)
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 18th and 2 to rank 15th (has 14)
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Needs 7 points to rank 9th (has 166)
• Needs 56 assists 2nd (has 93)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Jr. • A):
• Needs 3 points to rank 8th and 13 to rank 7th (has 173)
• Needs 5 goals to rank 10th (has 105)
• Needs 23 assists to rank 3rd (has 68)
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Needs 6 draws to rank 14th (has 85)
 
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. 
 
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 third in school DI history, and fifth overall, with 93 career assists. She needs seven assists to become just the fifth player in the 44-year history of the program to total 100 helpers. Ibello handed out a season-best five assists at Michigan in what was her fourth game this season with at least three assists. She ranks second on the team and third in the Big Ten in assists (25) and assists per game (1.56). 
 
At the Draw 
Sophomore Shelby Harrison led the team and ranked second in the Big Ten with 91 draws a year ago. 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 fifth all-time at Hopkins, in career draws with 159. 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. On March 23, Harrison had more draws (9) than the entire Rutgers team (7).
 
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. Against Stony Brook, Barger joined Harrison in the 100-draw club and she now ranks ninth in school DI history with 108 career draws.
 
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 the Tigers with 115 career draws. She had a career-best 10 versus Northwestern, one shy of the school record, and now has 175 draws in her career. The trio of Harrison, McNulty and Barger account for 182 of the team's 217 (.838) draws on the season. Harrison ranks fourth in the Big Ten in draws per game (4.25), McNulty ranks eighth (3.75) and Barger ranks ninth (3.38).
 
We're Streaking!
Four Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Saturday's game at Maryland. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 20 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 14 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
 
Ellie McNulty (Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at leaste one goal in 4 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 25 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 21 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 5 straight games
 
Against the Terps 
Saturday's game marks the 19th meeting between Hopkins and Maryland, with the Terps having won all 18 match-ups.  
 
Scouting the Terps 
Maryland enters Saturday's game riding a 16-game win streak and having already locked up the number one seed in next week's Big Ten Tournament. The Terps are coming off a 17-8 win over the Georgetown Hoyas 10 days ago. Maryland trailed by four at the half, but shutout its host, 13-0, in the second half. 
  
Maryland boasts four of the 25 nominees for the 2019 Tewaaraton Award in seniors Julia Brag, Jen Giles and Megan Taylor as well as junior Kali Hartshorn. Brag anchors the Terrapin defense which is holding opponents to 6.94 goals per game game. She has 18 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers on the season. Giles leads Maryland in goals (47), assists (19) and points (66). In addition, she ranks second in the Big Ten in goals and third in points. Taylor leads the nation in save percentage (.589) and goals against average (7.37). Hartshorn boasts a team-best 106 draws, which ranks second in the Big Ten. She also ranks second on the team with 48 points (34g, 14a).  
 
Maryland's offense ranks second in the league (16.06) and seventh in the nation. Its defense meanwhile, ranks first in the Big Ten (6.94) and second in the nation. The Terps also lead the Big Ten, and rank in the top 10 nationally, in free position percentage (.529), draw percentage (.599), scoring margin (9.13) and save percentage (.602).  
 
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 291-159 (.646), including a 223-143 (.609) 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 22 of her 26 years on the bench. She has also guided Hopkins to seven 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.
 
For the Record
This marks the 44th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 441-280-4 (.611) and a 223-143 (.609) 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). This year is the 22nd double-digit win season under head coach Janine Tucker and the 29th all-time. 
 
Home Sweet Home(wood)
Under head coach Janine Tucker, the Blue Jays are 133-65 (.672) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 41-18 (.695) 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.