Johns Hopkins is back at Homewood Field and looking to get back in the win column against 20th-ranked Stony Brook Tuesday night. The Blue Jays dropped a tough 20-13 decision to fourth-ranked Northwestern just three days ago at Homewood Field.
  Hopkins jumped out to a 6-2 lead, fueled by two goals each by redshirt senior Ellie McNulty and junior Lexi Souder. Northwestern answered with an 11-2 run, that spanned more than 24 minutes, to grab a 13-8 lead midway through the second half and take control of the game. Junior Maggie Schneidereith notched a game-high seven points and five goals, while sophomore Aurora Cordingley tallied a hat trick. McNulty had a career-best 10 draws and senior Haley Crosson made 11 saves.
  Hopkins caused 19 turnovers in the win at Towson last 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. Barger is the Blue Jays' active leader with 39 career caused turnovers. She and sophomore Aurora Cordingley are tied for the team-lead this season with 19 caused turnovers each.
  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 eigth hat tricks, while sophomore Aurora Cordingley has five and redshirt senior Ellie McNulty has four.
  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 125 career points and joins senior Miranda Ibello (154 points) and junior Maggie Schneidereith (159) in the 100-point club.
  Senior Nicole DeMase and junior Maggie Schneidereith are both chasing milestones. DeMase needs only seven points to become the 24th player in school Division I history to notch 100 career points. While Schneidereith needs just two 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. 
  Seniors Nicole DeMase and Haley Crosson have been selected in a vote of their teammates as captains for the 2019 season.
  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.
  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.
  Hopkins remains 19th in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll with 185 points. The Blue Jays are also ranked 13th in the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll and 17th in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Eight of the Blue Jays' 2019 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including five teams in the top 10 (Maryland, Northwestern, Michigan, Penn and Loyola). Hopkins currently ranks 11th in the nation in strength of schedule.
  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 7 draws to rank 9th (has 95)
 
Haley Crosson (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 23 saves to rank 5th (has 270)
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • M):
• Needs 7 points to reach 100 for her career (has 93)
• 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 2 draws to rank 5th and 51 to rank 4th (has 151)
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 18th and 2 to rank 15th (has 14)
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Needs 5 points to rank 9th (has 154)
• Needs 2 assists to rank 3rd and 60 to rank 2nd (has 89)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Jr. • A):
• Needs 17 points to rank 8th (has 159)
• Needs 5 goals to rank 11th (has 98)
• Needs 2 goals to reach 100 for her career (has 98)
• Needs 1 assist to rank 5th and 28 to rank 4th (has 61)
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Needs 5 draws to rank 16th (has 80)
  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 89 career assists. She needs 11 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 in what was her fourth game this season with at least three assists.
  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 151. 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 is now tied for 10th in school history with 95 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 had a career-best 10 versus Northwestern, one shy of the school record, and now has 168 draws in her career. The trio of Harrison, McNulty and Barger account for 154 of the team's 184 (.837) draws on the season.
  Hopkins and Stony Brook meet for the eighth time in a series that began in 2010. The Seawolves lead the series, 4-3, and have won three straight. 
  Stony Brook picked up its third straight win and remained undefeated in America East play with a 17-2 win over Vermont on Saturday. The Seawolves scored the first nine goals of the day en route to a 13-1 lead at the half over the Catamounts.
 
Siobhan Rafferty led the Seawolves with four goals on Saturday and she has notched at least one point in every contest this season and has scored in 10 of the team's 11 games. She is second on the team with 27 goals and third with 31 points. Sara Moeller tallied seven points on two goals and five assists and now ranks second on the team in assists (15) and fourth in points (25). Ally Kennedy paces the team in goals (37), points (40) and draws (56). Anna Tesoriero has started all 11 games in the cage and boasts a 7.36 goals against average and a .484 save percentage.
  Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Tuesday's game versus Stony Brook. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 17 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 10 straight games
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • A/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 11 straight games
 
Ellie McNulty (Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 22 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 18 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 2 straight games
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 5 straight games
  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.
  Janine Tucker is now in her 26th season at Homewood. The winningest coach in program history, she sports a record of 290-157 (.648), including a 222-141 (.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.
  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.
  This marks the 44th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 440-278-4 (.612) and a 222-141 (.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.
  Under head coach Janine Tucker, the Blue Jays are 133-63 (.678) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 41-16 (.719) 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. 
  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.
  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.
  Hopkins hits the road this weekend to take on Ohio State in Big Ten play. Opening draw at Ohio Stadium is slated for 1:00 pm.