• Johns Hopkins is back at home for the second time in four days to host Hofstra.  
• Hopkins is coming off its second straight win, a 19-8 victory over Furman. Hofstra has been idle since February 22 but is riding a three-game win streak.  
• The Blue Jays are in the midst of a stretch of four games in 10 days. 
  • Hopkins got goals from 13 different Blue Jays en route to an 11-goal win over visiting Furman Saturday afternoon.
• In addition, four Blue Jays scored their first career goal and two notched their first career assist.
• Leading 4-2 midway through the first half, senior Mackenzie Heldberg scored to spark a nine-goal Blue Jay run that put the game out of reach. Junior Aurora Cordingley finished with a game-high six points and four assists, while senior Maggie Schneidereith (2g, 2a) and sophomore Georgia Esmond (1g, 3a) had four points each.
• Junior Haley Reitz and sophomore Annika Meyer led the Hopkind defense with two caused turnovers and two ground balls apiece.
  • Senior Maggie Schneidereith's gamewinning goal at Georgetown, thanks to a 70-yard outlet pass from junior goalie Kathleen Garvey, was number four on ESPN Sportscenter's Top-10 last Wednesday night.
  • Freshman Carly Steinlauf earned her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor on February 25 after scoring a game-high four goals at Penn. She is tied for fourth on the team and tied for second among freshmen in the Big Ten in goals (9).
• Steinlauf was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on February 11 after making a splash in her collegiate debut. She scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, as Hopkins rallied to beat Drexel on February 8. Both of Steinlauf's goals came in the final 15 minutes.
• Steinlauf is the fifth player to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors since the Blue Jays joined the league in 2017.
  • Junior Aurora Cordingley has now totaled 26 points (12g, 14a) through five games. She leads the Big Ten in assists per game (2.80) and ranks second in points (5.20) and is tied for seventh in goals (2.40).
• In fact, dating back to last season, Cordingley has totaled 37 points (21g, 18a) in her last seven games.
  • Senior Mackenzie Heldberg has picked up right she left off after suffering a season-ending injury nine games in to the 2019 season. At the time of her injury, she ranked second on the team in points (31) and assists (13) and was third in goals (18).
• Heldberg is second on the team in assists (10) and points (20) and is tied for second in goals (10). She is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in assists (2.00) and seventh in points (4.00) per game.
  • Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 20th nationally in assists per game (7.40).
• Junior Aurora Cordingley leads the Blue Jays with 14 helpers, while senior Mackenzie Heldberg is second with 10. Cordingley is now 13th in school Division I history with 44 assists, while Heldberg needs just one assist to break into the top-20.
• Senior Maggie Schneidereith is Hopkins' active career leader with 74 assists, which ranks fourth in school DI history and eighth all-time. 
  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 (Jr. • M):
• Needs 2 draws to rank 7th and 27 to rank 6th (has 126)
• Needs 1 caused turnover to rank 14th and 3 to rank 12th (has 49)
 
Aurora Cordingley (Jr. • A):
• Needs 2 points to rank 19th and 6 to rank 18th (has 116)
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 12th and 2 to rank 11th (has 18)
• Needs 2 assists to rank 12th and 5 to rank 11th (has 44)
 
Kathleen Garvey (Jr. • GK):
• Needs 65 saves to rank 10th (has 55)
 
Shelby Harrison (Jr. • M):
• Needs 1 free position goal to rank 11th and 3 to rank 10th (has 19)
• Needs 21 draws to rank 4th (has 181)
 
Mackenzie Heldberg (Sr. • A):
• Needs 1 assist to rank 19th and 2 to rank 18th (has 34)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Sr. • A):
• Needs 10 points to rank 5th (has 191)
• Needs 9 points to reach 200 (has 191)
• Needs 9 goals to rank 8th (has 117)
• Needs 17 assists to rank 4th (has 74)
 
Lexi Souder (Sr. • M):
• Needs 4 draws to rank 14th (has 87)
  • Senior Maggie Schneidereith is closing in on 200 career points. She needs just nine points to reach the mark. She would be the first player to do so since Dene' DiMartino in 2016.
• Schneidereith would become just the seventh player in school Division I history to do so. In addition, she would be only the 12th player all-time in school history to tally 200 career points. 
  • Junior Aurora Cordingley assisted on Hopkins' first goal of the game at Penn (February 22) for the 100th point of her career. She needed just 40 games to reach the milestone. 
• Just four days later, senior Mackenzie Heldberg reached the milestone with a five-point outing at Georgetown (February 26). She reached the mark in just 36 games, making her the sixth fastest to reach the milestone since the program moved to Division I in 1999.
• Heldberg and Cordingley join senior Maggie Schneidereith as the only current Blue Jays with 100 points.
• This is the 12th time that at least three teammates have had 100 (or more) career points.
  • A pair of Blue Jays scored their first career goals in the season-opener versus Drexel in Bailey Cheetham and Carly Steinlauf. In addition, freshman Madison McPherson picked up her first career assist.
• Sophomore Kaitlyn Pham made her first career appearance in goal at Loyola (February 15) and made two saves in just over six minutes of action.
• Sophomore Claire Mills scored her first career goal at Penn (February 22).
• Four Blue Jays scored their first career goal in the win over Furman on Saturday in freshmen Maeve Barker and Bryce Pfundstein and sophomores Kylie Kempe and Rachel Scheinberg. In addition, Scheinberg and Pfundstein each notched their first career assist.
  • Seven of the Blue Jays' 2020 opponents are ranked in the top-25 by the IWLCA, including five in the top-10 (Loyola, Stony Brook, Northwestern, Penn, Maryland).
• Hopkins fell out of the IWLCA poll on February 17, but had been ranked in the top-25 in each of the previous 25 polls, dating back to the 2018 preseason poll. In addition, JHU had been ranked in 92 of the previous 115 polls, beginning with the first regular season poll in 2012. 
• The Blue Jays are receiving votes in in this week's Maverik Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
  • Senior Maggie Schneidereith was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List it was announced Thursday night. She is one of 50 women's players selected to the list.
• Schneidereith is the 10th different Blue Jay to be named to the watch list and first since Emily Kenul in 2018. Hopkins has had at least one player named to the watch list in 14 of the last 17 seasons.
  • Junior Shelby Harrison has led the team in draws the last two seasons and currently ranks fifth in school history with 181 career draws. She needs just 86 draws to break the program's all-time record of 267, held by Dene' DiMartino '16.
• Harrison holds the school record for draws in a game (11) and by a freshman (91).
• Junior Keegan Barger is also a threat at the draw circle, as she ranked third on the team in draws a year ago (61) and second as a freshman (54). She ranks 10th in school history, and eighth in school Division I history, with 126 career draws. She had a game-high six draws in the season-opening win over Drexel. 
  • Hopkins opened the season with a 13-11 come-from-behind win over Drexel on February 8.
• The Blue Jays are now 20-7 (.740) in season openers under head coach Janine Tucker and is 31-13-1 (.700) all-time. The Blue Jays have won 12 straight and 16 of the last 17 season-openers. 
  • The Blue Jays are 158-63-2 (.711) all-time in the month of March, including 127-50 (.717) under head coach Janine Tucker.
• Since moving to Division I in 1999, Hopkins is 107-45 (.704) in the month of March. 
  • Senior attackers Mackenzie Heldberg and Maggie Schneidereith and senior midfielder Lexi Souder have been selected in a vote by their teammates as captains for the 2020 season.
• A three-year starter, Schneidereith is the Blue Jays' active career leader in goals (111), assists (71) and points (182). She led the team with 48 goals, 29 assists and 77 points en route to earning All-Big Ten and IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic honors a year ago.
• Heldberg returns after missing the final nine games of the 2019 season with a knee injury. Named a Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch, she still ranked fourth on the team in assists (13), fifth in points (31) and seventh in goals (18).
• Souder has played in all but one game in her career and ranks 16th in school Division I history with 87 career draw controls. She ranked fourth on the team in draws (28) and finished with a career-best 17 goals and 18 points last year.
  • Head coach Janine Tucker welcomes eight freshmen to the Blue Jays this season. Joining Hopkins are Maeve Barker, Olivia Caan, Bailey Cheetham, Madison McPherson, Alex Miller, Haleigh Moore, Bryce Pfundstein and Carly Steinlauf.
• Pfundstein and Steinlauf were named to Inside Lacrosse's Power 100 Incoming Freshmen list.
  • Hopkins and Hofstra meet for the 10th time in a series that began in 2000.
• The Blue Jays lead the series, 7-2, and have won the last seven meetings.
• Hopkins won last year's meeting, 15-11, at Hofstra behind six-point outings from Maggie Schneidereith (3g, 3a) and Long Island native Mackenzie Heldberg (4g, 2a).
  • Hofstra kicks off a four-game road swing on Tuesday after playing three of its first four games at home.
• The Pride are riding a three-game win streak, though they haven't played since February 22.
• Senior midfielder Alyssa Parrella was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year and was also named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.  She is tied for fourth in program history in goals (204) and is third in points (277). Parrella leads the Pride with 15 goals and 16 points this season.
• Sophomore attacker Grace Langella ranks second on the team in goals (12) and points (12), while senior midfielder Alexa Mattera ranks third in both (10 goals, 11 points). Mattera was named to the Preseason All-CAA Team and ranks ninth in program history with 175 career draws.
• Senior defender Darcie Smith, a Preseason All-CAA selection, leads Hofstra with 30 draws and is fifth in school history with 191 career draws. 
• Sophomore goalie Jess Smith has played all but seven minutes in the goal this season and boasts a .534 save percentage and a 8.79 goals against average. She was also named to the Preseason All-CAA Team.
  • Johns Hopkins was picked to finish fifth in the 2020 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll of the league's seven head coaches. Defending national champion Maryland was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2020 title, followed by Northwestern, Michigan, Penn State and Hopkins. Ohio State (6th) and Rutgers (7th) round out the preseason poll.
• In addition, three players from each team were named to the preseason players to watch list with senior Maggie Schneidereith and juniors Shelby Harrison and Jeanne Kachris earning the honor for Hopkins.
• Schneidereith and Kachris return after earning All-Big Ten honors a year ago. Schneidereith led the team with 48 goals, 29 assists and 77 points last season. In addition, she led the Big Ten in assists per game (1.61) and ranked second in points (4.28) and third in goals per game (2.67).
• Harrison continued her domination at the draw circle last season, as she led the team and ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 76 draws. She also posted career highs in goals (20), assists (4), points (24), ground balls (21) and caused turnovers (16).
 • Kachris is the Blue Jays' top match-up defender and led a defense that ranked second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers (9.67), third in scoring defense (11.56) and fourth in ground balls (17.83) in 2019. The only two-time All-Big Ten player in program history, she totaled 28 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers a year ago.
  • The all-time winningest coach in program history, Janine Tucker returns for her 27th season with the Blue Jays. With a record of 294-163 (.643), she accounts for more than 66 percent of the program's all-time wins (444).
• Tucker successfully guided the program through its transition from Division III to Division I in 1999. She has led the Blue Jays to double-digit win totals in 22 of her 26 seasons and 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, including five in the last six years.
• Tucker became the ninth coach in NCAA Division I history to reach 250 wins when JHU beat Marquette on February 12, 2016. She needs just seven wins to reach the 300-win mark.
  • Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Tuesday's game versus Hofstra.
• Senior Maggie Schneidereith's 32-game point streak is tied for the sixth longest in school Division I history, while her 28-game goal streak is tied for the fourth longest.
• Junior Aurora Cordingley's 27-game point streak is tied for the ninth longest in program history.
 
Keegan Barger (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Aurora Cordingley (Jr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 27 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 9 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 7 straight games
 
Shelby Harrison (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 5 straight games
 
Mackenzie Heldberg (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 5 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 5 straight games
 
Maggie Schneidereith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 32 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 28 straight games
 
Carly Steinlauf (Fr. • F):
• Has at least one point in 3 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
  • This marks the 45th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 444-284-4 (.609) and a 226-147 (.606) record as a Division I program.
• The Blue Jays have posted 33 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, 2018, 2019).
• 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 135-65 (.675) within the friendly confines of Homewood Field and the Jays are 42-18 (.700) at home since the start of the 2014 season.
• Hopkins will play nine of its 17 regular season games at Homewood this spring. 
  • Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Senior Shannon Logan joined the Blue Jays in 2017 and played alongside her older sister, Holly, for two seasons. Freshman Madison McPherson joins her sister, junior Trinity, at Homewood this spring. The McPhersons are the 12th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
  • The Blue Jays hit the road on Saturday, traveling back to the City of Brotherly Love.
• Hopkins takes on Saint Joseph's at Sweeney Field with opening draw set for 1:00 pm.