The Basics 
• Score: #2 Johns Hopkins-2 • Gettysburg College-1
• Records: #2 Johns Hopkins (8-0-1, 4-0 CC) • Gettysburg (6-2-1, 2-2-1)
• Location: Gettysburg, PA • Clark Field
• The Short Story: Abigail Gerdes scored in the 70th-minute to push Hopkins past Gettysburg in a Centennial Conference road matchup on Wednesday night. 

How it Happened
1st Half
- Nearly 20 minutes passed in the first half before the first shot-on-goal of the contest. Both teams traded shots early on, but the first forced intervention from either goalkeeper came in the 20th minute. After a Gettysburg foul, Bonnie Shea got a head onto a ball played in, but Gettysburg's Maddie Cunningham was there to make the first save of the contest. Cunningham was called into action again in the 27th minute, this time stopping a shot from Blue Jay forward Katie Sullivan. In the 32nd minute, it was Caitlin Hendricks' turn to make her imprint on the game, saving Jalia Musah's attempt on net. Just under two minutes later, it was Hendricks again, this time saving an Emma Bedell effort. Cunningham made her third save of the half in the 37th minute, stopping a shot from Blue Jay reserve Emma Billings. However, the Blue Jays struck in the 40th minute. Emma Bocanegra was the opportunistic goal scorer for the Blue Jays at the 39:10 mark. After a ball played in from the left-wing was deflected in the box, Bocanegra ran onto and punched it into the back of a wide-open net to give #2 JHU a 1-0 lead before half.
2nd Half
- Unhappy with how the first half ended, Gettysburg wasted no time answering back in the second. Bedell tucked a shot into the bottom left corner of the net less than a minute into the second 45. Cunningham continued to make things tough for Hopkins in the 61st, making her fifth save of the night on another shot from Sullivan. Ashley Carbonier got a clean look in the box in the 69th-minute, but it was no trouble for Hendricks and the game remained deadlocked at 1-1. The Blue Jays were opportunistic once again in the second half, this time with Abigail Gerdes on the receiving end of found money. This time working up the right wing, a ball played into the box took a deflection once again. This time it was off the hands of Cunningham and onto the foot of Gerdes who tapped it into the empty net for a 2-1 lead. Rachel Jackson just missed on a few occasions later in the contest, forcing a save from Cunningham in the 78th minute. The closest the Bullets came in the final minutes was a shot from Grace Slevin in the 90th, but it sailed wide right as the Jays held on for a 2-1 win. 

What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 8-0-1 on the year and 20-14-1 all-time against the Bullets. The Bullets upset Johns Hopkins in overtime in the last meeting back in 2019. 

• JHU has started 4-0 in Centennial Conference play in four of the last five seasons. 

Inside the Box Score
• Bocanegra becomes the fourth Blue Jay this season to score multiple goals.
• Gerdes' goal was her first of the season and second of her Blue Jay career. She becomes the 10th different goal scorer for JHU in 2021.

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins will host Washington College on Saturday evening on Homewood Field. (6 pm)