The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (1-4) plays the second of two straight games at home as the Blue Jays welcome Mount St. Mary's to Homewood Field.  This is the first of two consecutive Tuesdays the Blue Jays will play as JHU travels to Delaware on March 17.
«  The Blue Jays dropped a 15-9 decision to top-ranked Syracuse at home on Saturday in their last game.  Mount St. Mary's is coming off an 11-10 overtime victory against Utah.

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 992-346-15.
«  JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is not ranked this week in either the USILA Coaches Poll or the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  Mount St. Mary's is also not ranked in either poll.

Series History
« This week's game will be the eighth all-time meeting between Johns Hopkins and Mount St. Mary's in men's lacrosse.
« The series dates to a 19-6 Johns Hopkins victory in 2006 and JHU has won all seven of the previous meetings.
«  JHU has scored at least 11 goals in all seven meetings and 15 or more in four of the seven.  Mount St. Mary's has scored more than six goals just once against the Blue Jays.

All-Time Series Results
2006 - Johns Hopkins-19, Mount St. Mary's-6
2007 - Johns Hopkins-15, Mount St. Mary's-3
2008 - Johns Hopkins-12, Mount St. Mary's-1
2009 - Johns Hopkins-12, Mount St. Mary's-5
2013 - Johns Hopkins-19, Mount St. Mary's-9
2014 - Johns Hopkins-17, Mount St. Mary's-2
2019 - Johns Hopkins-11, Mount St. Mary's-4
Home Team in Bold

On This Date
«  This week's game against Mount St. Mary's will be the eighth all-time game that Johns Hopkins has played on March 10.
«  The Blue Jays are a perfect 7-0 all-time on this date and won their last game played on March 10 in 2018, when JHU topped Syracuse, 18-7, in the Carrier Dome.
«  On this date in 2001, Johns Hopkins topped Hofstra, 7-6, to hand Dave Pietramala his first career win as the head coach at JHU.

That Was a Tough Stretch
«  Last week's game against Syracuse was the third of three straight for JHU against teams that are currently unbeaten.  The Blue Jays played North Carolina (6-0) on February 22, traveled to Princeton (5-0) on February 29 and returned home to host Syracuse (5-0) last week.«  Johns Hopkins' last four opponents (Loyola, North Carolina, Princeton, Syracuse) are currently a combined 20-2.

Pietramala's 300th Game
«  This week's game against Mount St. Mary's will be the 300th for Dave Pietramala as the head coach at Johns Hopkins.
«  Pietramala boasts a record of 206-93 since taking over as the head coach at Johns Hopkins in 2001.
«  Pietramala ranks as the all-time winningest coach in school history with his 206 wins and his 299 games coached are 85 more than Bob Scott coached at JHU from 1955-74.

Balanced Scoring

«  Through five games, Johns Hopkins has scored 52 goals with 29 of those being assisted.  The scoring for the Blue Jays has been fairly balanced by class thus far with significant contributions from the sophomore and senior classes:

Epstein Working Way Back
«  While still working his way back into form, sophomore attackman Joey Epstein took another step against Princeton as he registered two goals and two assists for four points against the Tigers.  He added an assist against Syracuse now has three goals and four assists on the year.
« Epstein boosted his career totals to 51 goals and 29 assists for 80 points with his assist against Syracuse.  He ranks second among active JHU players in goals, assists and points.\
«  Epstein's first goal against Princeton was the 50th of his career and came in his 19th career game.  He is just the sixth JHU player to reach 50 career goals in less than 20 games.

Prouty, Narewski Strong at the X
«  Junior Kyle Prouty and sophomore Matt Narewski have combined to win 77-of-137 (.562) faceoffs on the year with 31 combined ground balls.  Together, they are helping Johns Hopkins rank 22nd 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, while they combined to win 21-of-33 against Princeton with Prouty going 14-of-22 and Narewski winning 7-of-11.
«  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).

Back-to-Back Hat Tricks for Murphy
«  Freshman Owen Murphy scored three goals and had one assist against Syracuse for a career-high four points; this came one week after he punched up the first hat trick of his career against Princeton.
«  Murphy, who is now tied for second on the team in goals (7) and points (9), is now tied with Cole Williams for the team-lead in hat trick on the season with two.

Extra-Extra
«  Johns Hopkins finished fifth in the nation in extra-man offense last season as the Blue Jays converted on 26-of-57 (.456) EMO chances and have opened the season by connecting on 7-of-18 (.389) chances, including a 4-of-5 showing at Princeton.  JHU is currently 30th in the nation in extra-man offense.
«  Clicking at better than 40% on extra-man is nothing new for the Blue Jays as JHU has converted on 40% or better in seven of the last eight years and nine of 13 seasons under offensive coordinator Bobby Benson.

Against the NEC
«  This week's game against Mount St. Mary's will be the 12th all-time for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Northeast Conference.
«  The Blue Jays are currently 12-0 all-time against NEC teams with seven of those 12 wins coming against Mount St. Mary's. JHU is also 4-0 all-time against Hobart and 1-0 against St. Joe's.

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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