The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (1-2) hits the road for the second time in 2020 as the Blue Jays make the trip to New Jersey to take on 10th-ranked Princeton (3-0). 
« The Blue Jays suffered their second straight loss last Saturday as Johns Hopkins dropped a 17-10 decision at home against now fourth-ranked North Carolina.  Princeton improved to 3-0 with a 16-12 win last Saturday at defending national champion Virginia.

The Facts
«  This is the 133rd season of Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse.  JHU first fielded a team in 1883.
«  Johns Hopkins enters this week's game with an all-time record of 992-344-15.«  JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.

In February
«  This week's game against Princeton will be the 44th all-time for Johns Hopkins in the month of February.
«  JHU is 29-14 (.674) all-time in games played in the month of February.
«  Johns Hopkins played its first game in the month of February in 1998 (ironically, against Princeton), didn't play again in February until 2004 and has now played at least one game in the opening month of the season every year since 2006.

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is ranked 18th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and is listed as receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  Princeton is ranked 10th in the USILA Coaches Poll and eighth in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week.

Series History
«  This week's game will be the 90th between Johns Hopkins and Princeton.  The series dates to a 3-2 Tiger victory in 1890.
«  JHU leads the all-time series 59-30 and grabbed a 14-12 win last season at Princeton for its second straight win in the series.
«  The visiting team has won nine of the last 13 games in the series.

Why Back to Princeton?
«  After agreeing to host Syracuse in both 2016 and 2017 due to a conflict at the Carrier Dome, the Blue Jays returned the favor and played at SU in 2018 and 2019.
«  Subsequently, the Hopkins-Syracuse game was also moved up a week and now sits one week after the Blue Jays play Princeton.
«  In order to better balance the first five games of the schedule, Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala contacted Princeton after last season and asked if the Blue Jays could return to PU in 2020 to avoid having four home (even years) or away (odd years) games in their first five games.

On This Date
«  This week's game at Princeton will be the first Johns Hopkins has ever played on February 29.
« February 29 is one of just two dates between February 14 and May 31 that Johns Hopkins has never played on.  The other is February 27.

A Tough Stretch
«  This week's game against Princeton is the second of three straight against teams that are currently unbeaten.  The Blue Jays played North Carolina (4-0) last week, travel to Princeton (3-0) this week and return home to host Syracuse (3-0) next week.
«  Johns Hopkins' 10 remaining opponents are currently a combined 25-11 (.694).  That ranks as the sixth-toughest remaining schedule in the nation by opponent winning percentage.

Williams Pacing Offense
«  Senior attackman Cole Williams scored three goals and added four assists for seven points to fuel the 15-7 win over Towson in the season opener and added three goals in the setback against North Carolina.\
«  The four assists and seven points against the Tigers were both career highs for Williams, who added three ground balls in the win and was named to the USILA Team of the Week for his efforts.
«  Williams bumped his career totals to 74 goals and 41 assists for 115 points with his three-goal effort against the Tar Heels last week.
«  The seven points Williams punched up against Towson are the most by a Johns Hopkins player in a season opener since Ryan Brown had seven in a 16-4 win over UMBC in the 2015 season opener.
«  Williams has 27 goals and 17 assists for 44 points in his last 13 games and has registered at least two points in 12 of those games and three or more points in nine of the 13.

Zinn, Degnon Off to Quick Starts
«  A year ago, Evan Zinn had nine points in 16 games as a freshman and classmate Garrett Degnon didn't register a point in three games.  Things have changed drastically in one year as the two have combined for 11 goals and four assists in three games this season.
«  Degnon recorded the first hat trick of his career, which of course were the first three goals of his career - in the win against Towson and added two goals and one assist at Loyola and two more goals against North Carolina.
«  Zinn had two goals and one assist against Towson, flipped that with a goal and two helpers at Loyola and added one goal against North Carolina.

Smith Streaking
«  Senior Forry Smith counts five goals and three assists to his credit this season after a one-goal, two-assist showing against North Carolina.
«  With his effort against the Tar Heels, Smith has extended his point and goal-scoring streaks to seven games dating back to last season.
«  In his last seven games, Smith has 15 goals and six assists for 21 points and has posted at least two points in all seven games and three or more points in five of the seven.

Prouty, Narewski Strong at the X
«  Junior Kyle Prouty and sophomore Matt Narewski have combined to win 46-of-76 (.605) faceoffs on the year with 18 combined ground balls.  Together, they are helping Johns Hopkins rank 17th in the nation in team faceoff winning percentage in the early season.
«  The pair combined to win 20-of-26 faceoffs with 12 ground balls and one goal in the win against Towson.  Prouty went 14-of-19 and had eight ground balls, while Narewski was 6-of-7 with four ground balls and one goal.
«  Against North Carolina, Prouty went 15-of-26 and Narewski won 3-of-4.
«  Did you know that Prouty (229) and Narewski (211) combined to take 440 of the 450 faceoffs Johns Hopkins attempted during the 2019 season?  Johns Hopkins is one of just two teams in the nation that returns two players who attempted 200 or more faceoffs last season.
«  The only other team in the nation with two players returning who took 200+ faceoffs in 2019 is Brown (Matt McShea, Jason Simaan).

Against the Ivy League
«  This week's game against Princeton will be the 221st all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team from the Ivy League.
«  Johns Hopkins is 174-44-2 (.795) all-time against Ivy League schools.
«  Johns Hopkins has played 12 all-time NCAA Tournament games against Ivy League teams.  The Blue Jays are 6-6 all-time in the NCAAs against the Ivy League.

In Case We Get The
«  Johns Hopkins is 27-17 (.614) in overtime under the direction of head coach Dave Pietramala.  JHU's last overtime game came in the championship game of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament.  The Blue Jays dropped an 18-17 decision to top-ranked Penn State in that game.
«  Johns Hopkins has won seven of its last 11 overtime games.

One-Goal Wonders
«  Including the 18-17 overtime loss to Penn State on May 4, 2019, Johns Hopkins is 56-28 (.667) in one-goal games under head coach Dave Pietramala.
«  The Blue Jays were 4-1 in one-goal games in 2018 and are 6-3 in their last nine one-goal games.

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