Johns Hopkins-Florida Game Notes

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Opening Draw 
Johns Hopkins earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and will take on 19th-ranked Florida on Friday night in Chapel Hill, NC. The Blue Jays will have been idle for 13 days after missing out on the Big Ten Tournament. 
 
Going Dancin' 
The Blue Jays are making their second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and fifth in the last six years. It is Hopkins' eighth NCAA Tournament appearance since the program moved to Division I in 1999 and 
17th all-time. The Blue Jays are 2-7 in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Hopkins last win in the tournament came against Virginia (12-10) on May 13, 2016.  
 
Hopkins is no stranger to the 28-team field as eight of its 2019 opponents made the tournament, including three from the Big Ten (Maryland, Northwestern, Michigan).
 
Last Time Out 
Host and second-ranked Maryland used a five-goal run early in the first half and a four-goal spurt early in the second to take control en route to a 19-12 win over Johns Hopkins in both teams' regular season finale on April 27. Senior Miranda Ibello (3g, 2a) and sophomore Aurora Cordingley (4g, 1a) led the Blue Jays with five points each while junior Maggie Schneidereith added a goal and two assists. Sophomores Shelby Harrison and Keegan Barger had five draws apiece. 
   
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 ranks 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 6 versus fourth-ranked Northwestern, redshirt senior Ellie McNulty scored her 28th goal with the Blue Jays and 100th of her career. She scored 72 goals in her three seasons at Princeton. Just three days later, junior Maggie Schneidereith joined McNulty in the 100-goal club. 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 five 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 seven 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.
 
I'm Honored 
Hopkins placed three players on the 2019 All-Big Ten Team in redshirt senior Ellie McNulty, junior Maggie Schneidereith and sophomore Jeanne Kachris. In addition, junior Lexi Souder was named to the Big Ten's Sportsmanship Team. Hopkins has now produced nine all-conference players in just three seasons in the Big Ten. Kachris is the first Blue Jay to repeat as an All-Big Ten selection and is the first multiple all-conference selection since Taylor D'Amore, Sammy Cermack and Dene' DiMartino repeated as All-American Lacrosse Conference honorees in 2014.
 
Poll Position 
Hopkins dropped one spot to 22nd in this week's IWLCA Coaches Poll with 99 points. The Blue Jays are also receiving votes in both the Nike/Lax Magazine Poll and 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, Michigan and Loyola). Hopkins currently ranks 11th in the nation in strength of schedule and is 20th 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 9 draws to rank 8th (has 113)
 
Haley Crosson (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 27 saves to rank 4th (has 310)
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • M):
• Needs 1 point to reach 100 for her career (has 99)
• 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 38 draws to rank 4th (has 164)
• Needs 2 free position goals to rank 15th (has 14)
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Needs 5 points to rank 9th (has 171)
• Needs 54 assists 2nd (has 95)
• Needs 5 assists for 100 in her career (has 95)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Jr. • A):
• Needs 10 points to rank 7th (has 176)
• Needs 4 goals to rank 10th (has 106)
• Needs 21 assists to rank 4th (has 70)
 
Lexi Souder (Jr. • M):
• Needs 4 draws to rank 14th (has 87)
 
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 95 career assists. She needs five 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 has eight multi-assist games this season and 25 in her career. Ibello ranks second on the team and in the Big Ten in assists (27) and assists per game (1.59). 
 
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 164. 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 113 career draws.
 
Redshirt senior Ellie McNulty ranked second at Princeton last year with 59 draws and she ranks fourth all-time for the Tigers with 115 career draws. This season, 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 192 of the team's 231 (.831) draws on the season. Harrison ranks fourth in the Big Ten in draws per game (4.29), McNulty ranks seventh (3.53) and Barger ranks eighth (3.47).
 
We're Streaking!
Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Friday's game versus Florida. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 21 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
 
Nicole DeMase (Sr. • A/M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Shelby Harrison (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Miranda Ibello (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 15 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 straight games
 
Ellie McNulty (Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 6 straight games
• Has at leaste one goal in 5 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 26 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 22 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 6 straight games
 
Against the Gators 
Friday's game is the eighth meeting between Hopkins and Florida and first since 2014. The former American Lacrosse Conference foes met seven times between 2010 and 2014. The Gators lead the series, 6-1.  
 
Scouting the Gators 
Florida is making its ninth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the American Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season and tournament championships. The Gators are riding a 10-game win streak, during which they have outscored their opponents, 180-91. Florida ranks 10th in the nation in scoring offense (15.63) and 18th in scoring margin (4.89). 
 
Florida boasts the AAC Attacker of the Year (Lindsey Ronbeck), Midfielder of the Year (Shannon Kavanagh), Defender of the Year (Cara Trombetta) and Goalkeeper of the Year (Haley Hicklen) and four additional first team all-conference selections. Ronbeck leads the nation in goals (85), ranks third in free position goals (1.58) and eighth in points (101). Kavanagh is second in the AAC in goals (62), third in assists (22) and points (84) and fourth in draws (4.63). Trombetta is second in the AAC and 20th in the nation with 1.95 caused turnovers per game. Hicklen leads the AAC in save percentage (.466), saves (169) and goals against average (10.59). 
 
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 291-160 (.645), including a 223-144 (.607) 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 eight 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 441-281-4 (.610) and a 223-144 (.607) record as a Division I program. The Blue Jays have posted 34 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018m 2019). This year is 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 133-65 (.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.