The Basics
• Score: #11 Penn-15, Johns Hopkins-12
• Records: JHU (1-2) • Penn (2-0)
• Location: Phiadelphia, PA • Franklin Field
 
How it Happened
         The 11^th-ranked Penn women's lacrosse team used a 6-0 run that took just over three minutes to turn an early 2-1 deficit into a 7-2 lead and the Quakers held off a spirited rally by visiting Johns Hopkins in what became a 15-12 victory Saturday afternoon.
 
The Blue Jays had the early one-goal lead after back-to-back goals from Mackenzie Heldberg, but the Quakers answered with the six-goal run that began with a Taylyn Stadley goal 46 seconds after Heldberg's second strike and ended with a Chloe Hunter goal just over three miuntes later.  The run included two goals from both Stadley and Caitlin Cook and a pair of free-position goals.
 
The Blue Jays chipped away and were within 8-6 after a 4-1 spurt that was bookended by two goals from freshman Carly Steinlauf.  Another Cook tally for Penn halted the Blue Jay run, but Steinlauf stuck again with 2:12 on the first-half clock off a feed from junior Aurora Cordingley and Cordingley made it a one-goal game at 9-8 eight seconds before halftime with a free position goal of her own.
 
  A more defensive second half that included just 10 combined goals saw the Quakers build the 9-8 halftime lead to three at 11-8 with half-opening tallies by Erin Barry and Stadley, but a Claire Mills goal and the fourth of Steinlauf's four on the day made it 11-10 with just over 21 mintues remaining.
 
The teams traded the next four goals with Penn twice pushing the lead to two at 12-10 and 13-11 before a Bailey Cheetham free position goal for Johns Hopkins with 12:44 made it 13-12.
 
That would be as close as the Blue Jays would get as a Michaela McMahon free position goal just 71 seconds after Cheetham's gave Penn a 14-12 lead and Zoe Belodeau added the insurance goal with 4:26 to play.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Steinlauf led the Blue Jays with a career-high four goals.  She is the first Johns Hopkins freshman to score four goals in a game since Maggie Schneidereith had four against Georgetown in 2017.
• Heldberg (3g, 2a) and Cordingley (1g, 4a) both added five points for the Blue Jays and Cheetham added one goal and one assist.
• Ten of Penn's 15 goals came from Cook (4), Stadley (3) and Belodeau (3).
• Kathleen Garvey made 10 saves in goal for the Blue Jays, a mark that was matched by her counterpart, Krissy Kowalski, for the Quakers.
 
Up Next
• Johns Hopkins has a quick turnaround as the Blue Jays will travel to Georgetown on Wednesday, February 26 to take on the Hoyas at 4 pm.