Johns Hopkins-Northwestern Game Notes 

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Opening Draw 
Johns Hopkins returns to Homewood Field to take on fourth-ranked Northwestern in a key Big Ten match-up Saturday on ESPNU. The Blue Jays are coming off a 10-3 win over the host Towson Tigers Tuesday night.  
 
Last Time Out 
With the game tied at one with 22:04 to play in the first half, sophomore Aurora Cordingley scored to ignite an 8-1 run that spanned more than 50 minutes. Hopkins would go on to beat host Towson, 10-3, on Tuesday night in a defensive battle between the local rivals. Cordingley, juniors Maggie Schneidereith and Lexi Souder and senior Nicole DeMase notched a pair of goals to lead the offense. On the other side of the ball, sophomore Keegan Barger set a school-record with seven caused turnovers while senior Morgayne Rix tied her career-high with three. 
 
Takeaways 
Hopkins caused 19 turnovers in the win at Towson on Tuesday, 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. Senior Morgayne Rix tied her career-high with three takeaways. 
 
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 seven hat tricks, while sophomore Aurora Cordingley and redshirt senior Ellie McNulty have four each. 
 
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 123 career points and joins senior Miranda Ibello (153 points) and junior Maggie Schneidereith (152) in the 100-point club. 
 
Century Club - Part II
Senior Nicole DeMase and junior Maggie Schneidereith are both chasing milestones. DeMase needs eigth points to become the 24th player in school Division I history to notch 100 career points. While Schneidereith needs just seven goals to score 100 for her career. She would be only the 13th player in school DI history, and 27th overall to reach the milestone.  
 
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 one spot to 19th in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll with 184 points. The Blue Jays are also ranked 15th in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll and 16th in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Eight of the Blue Jays' 2019 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including four teams in the top 10 (Maryland, Northwestern, Michigan and Penn). 
 
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 1 draw to rank 11th, 2 to rank 10th and 9 to rank 9th (has 93)
 
Haley Crosson (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 34 saves to rank 5th (has 259)
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • M):
• Needs 8 points to reach 100 for her career (has 92)
• Needs 2 free position goals to rank 5th (has 23)
 
Kathleen Garvey (So. • GK):
• Needs 6 saves to rank 11th and 107 to rank 10th (has 13)
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Needs 6 draws to rank 5th (has 147)
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 18th and 2 to rank 15th (has 14)
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Needs 6 points to rank 9th (has 153)
• Needs 3 assists to rank 3rd and 61 to rank 2nd (has 88)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Jr. • A):
• Needs 1 point to rank 10th and 7 points to rank 9th (has 152)
• Needs 2 goals to rank 15th and 4 to rank 14th (has 93)
• Needs 7 goals to reach 100 for her career (has 93)
• Needs 3 assists to rank 5th (has 59)
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Needs 5 draws to rank 16th (has 80)
 
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 88 career assists. She needs 12 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 and it was her fourth game this season with at least three 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 sixth all-time at Hopkins, in career draws with 147. 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. She now ranks 14th in school history with 93 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 158 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 138 of the team's 168 (.821) draws on the season. 
 
Against the Wildcats 
Hopkins and Northwestern meet for the 18th time in a series that began in 2002. The Wildcats lead the series, 13-4, and have won the last two meetings. The last three meetings have been decided by just one goal, including a pair of overtime decisions.  
 
Scouting the Wildcats 
Northwestern boasts the most potent offense in the nation as the Wildcats are scoring 18.91 goals per game on a shooting percentage of 54.2. NU is averaging 7.73 assists per game, which ranks 11th in the nation. The 'Cats also lead the nation in points per game (26.64) and rank fifth in draws per game (17.36).
 
Selena Lasota leads Northwestern and ranks sixth in the nation in goals per game (4.20) and seventh in points per game (5.50). Brennan Dwyer ranks sixth in the nation with 7.73 draws per game, while Izzy Scane is averaging 4.10 per game. Lasota and Scane were honored on Tuesday by the Big Ten for their play last week. Lasota tallied 12 goals and 13 points in two games to earn her seventh career Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award. She also became the fourth player in Northwestern history to reach 300 career points. Scane earned her third consecutive Freshman of the Week award after contributing eight goals, five assists, two ground balls, seven draw controls and two caused turnovers in the two wins. 
  
We're Streaking!
Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Saturday's game versus Northwestern. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 16 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 9 straight games
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • A/M):
• Has at least one point in 4 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 straight games
 
Shelby Harrison (So. • M):
• Has at least one point in 8 straight games
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 10 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 6 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 21 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 17 straight games
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 4 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 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 290-156 (.650), including a 222-140 (.613) 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 440-277-4 (.613) and a 222-140(.613) 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 133-62 (.682) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 41-15 (.732) 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 is back in action on Tuesday as the Blue Jays host the 20th-ranked Stony Brook Seawolves. Opening draw is slated for 6:00 pm at Homewood Field.