The Basics
• Score: #2 Johns Hopkins-6, Gettysburg-2
• Records: JHU (11-0, 4-0 CC) • GC (6-4, 2-2 CC)
• Location: Gettysburg, PA • Shirk Field
• The Short Story: Seniors Abby Birk and Maddie Brown-Scherer combined for three goals and two assists to lead the second-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey team to a 6-2 win at host Gettysburg Wednesday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped on the scoreboard early as the Blue Jays cashed in on a penalty corner. Junior Anna Scott took a hard shot from the left side of the circle and classmate Sadie Abboud tipped it in just 52 seconds in.
• Gettysburg answered less than six minutes later when Emma Bertrando banged home a pass from Jenna Vadinsky to tie the game at one.
• The Blue Jays scored twice in quick succession midway through the second to turn a tie game into a two-goal lead. A give-and-go between Birk and Brown-Scherer ended with a Birk shot to the lower left corner of the cage at the 23:46-mark. Less than two minutes later, freshman Liz Falterer collected a short pass from Birk, turned and scored from two yards out to stake Hopkins to a 3-1 lead.
• Brown-Scherer pushed the lead to three midway through the third when she dribbled into the circle from the left side and fired a shot that deflected in off a defender's stick. The Bullets halted the Blue Jays' three-goal run just 33 seconds into the fourth quarter. Isabella Fragomeni took a pass from Vadinsky and blasted a shot from the top of the circle inside the left post to make it a 4-2 game.
• Hopkins added a pair of goals in the final six minutes to secure the 6-2 win. On another corner, junior Sam Chabot collected her own rebound and lifted a shot over Bullets' goalie Eilene Besselman and into the cage. Just 92 seconds later, Brown-Scherer redirected a centering pass from junior Tessa Erickson.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 24-19-1 all-time against Gettysburg and has won the last five meetings.
• The Blue Jays run their season-opening win streak to 11 games, tied for the longest in program history.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Birk moves into ninth in school history with 71 career points and is also just two assists shy of tying Amy Bruschi for second in JHU history. Brown-Scherer moves into 13^th place with 65 career points and is tied for seventh with 19 career assists. She and Birk are also tied for 17^th with 22 career goals each.
• Hopkins outshot Gettysburg, 33-5, and had a 14-3 advantage in corners.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to Homewood Field on Saturday, October 9 to take on 10^th-ranked Ursinus. The Centennial Conference contest is scheduled for a 12:00 pm start.