The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-19, Furman-8
• Records: JHU (3-2) • FU (2-3)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team got goals from 13 players en route to a 19-8 win over visiting Furman Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
    Hopkins took advantage of early clearing problems by Furman, getting goals from seniors Maggie Schneidereith and Mackenzie Heldberg just 80 seconds apart. Kyra LaMotte cut the Blue Jays' lead in half with the left-handed bouncer off the dodge at the 21:43-mark. Junior Keegan Barger answered for the Jays, scoring back-to-back goals in a 26-second span to put Hopkins up 4-1.
    LaMotte again answered, scoring on a low shot off the dodge to cut the lead in half with 18:31 to play. Heldberg got her second of the afternoon, scoring on a one-timer on the doorstep to spark a nine-goal Hopkins' run that spanned just eight and a half minutes. Eight Blue Jays scored during the run, which was capped by an Aurora Cordingley behind-the-back goal at 7:01. Grace Pollak ended the run with a shot on the run in the left alley to make it a 13-3 game at the half.
    Sophomore Claire Mills opened the second-half scoring when Heldberg passed up a free position shot and instead found Mills open on the right post. A little over three minutes later, freshman Maeve Barker took a pass from classmate Bryce Pfundstein and scored her first career goal to stake Hopkins to a 15-3 lead. Leah Nonnenmann answered with a turn-and-shoot that sparked a 3-1 run for the Paladins and made it 16-6.
    Barker and sophomore Rachel Scheinberg responded with goals less than three minutes apart to push the lead to 12 with 10:38 to play. Nonnenmann then sandwiched a pair of goals around a strike from Pfundstein to account for the 19-8 final.  
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 6-0 all-time against Furman, including 5-0 at Homewood Field.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Cordingley led the Blue Jays with a game-high six points and four assists, all of which came in the first half. This was her second straight six-point game and she now ranks 20^th in school Division I history with 116 career points.
• Schneidereith tallied four points (2g, 2a) and pushed her point streak to 32 games and her goal streak to 28 games. Heldberg finished with three points (2g, 1a) while sophomore Georgia Esmond had a career-best four points and three assists.
• Mills (2g), Barger (2g), Barker (2g), Pfundstein (1g, 1a) and Scheinberg (1g, 1a) also had multi-point games. In addition, Barker, sophomore Kylie Kempe and Pfundstein all scored their first career goal.
• Junior Haley Reitz and sophomore Annika Myer led the defense with two caused turnovers and two ground balls each. Kathleen Garvey, Kaitlyn Pham and Robyn Lipschultz combined for three saves in the cage.
• Nonnenmann led the Paladins with four goals while LaMotte and Pollak had two goals each. Hannah Demis added a pair of assists. Meghan Deehan finished with six saves in the loss for Furman.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is right back at Homewood Field on Tuesday, March 3 as the Blue Jays host the Hofstra Pride. Opening draw for the non-conference contest is slated for 4:00 pm.