The Basics
• Score: #2 Johns Hopkins-3, Gordon-0
• Records: JHU (15-1-2) • Gordon (15-4-1)
• Location: Amherst, MA • Hitchcock Field
• The Short Story:  Johns Hopkins scored in the third minute and then rolled to a 3-0 victory in an NCAA Tournament matchup with Gordon. The Blue Jays will advance to the second round versus host Amherst tomorrow at 1 pm. 
 
How it Happened
• 1^st Half
Not happy with being shutout for the first time all season a week ago, the Johns Hopkins offense came out guns blazing. Gordon keeper Tori Paine was called upon early, making a save on a Sophia Stone shot in the second minute, but the Blue Jays got their second shot of the contest past her. Katie Sullivan found senior forward Rachel Jackson who found the back of the net for the seventh time this season. In the fourth minute, Caitlin Hendricks was called to action for the first time, saving Call Ashley's shot attempt. After Paine saved Amaya Ellis' shot in the 15th minute, Hopkins got another look in the 20th and capitalized. This time it was graduate forward Riley O'Toole who deposited her second goal of the season. Subbing on right after the goal, Abigail Gerdes put one on net in the 31st, but Paine added another save to her total and kept it a two-goal deficit. Shelby Jones put a shot on goal for Gordon in the 36th, but Hendricks was there to make her second save of the half for the Jays. Gerdes got a final look for the half in the 42nd minute, but Paine saved it for the Fighting Scots. 


• 2^nd Half
Things were much slower in the second half of a cold afternoon in Amherst, MA. Neither team put a shot on goal until the 76th minute when Paine added another save, this time on a shot from Emma Billings. Ava Neijna tried to beat the keeper in the 86th, but Paine added her sixth and final save of the contest. Hopkins did get one more goal late in the contest, adding the finishing touches in the 88th minute. Alanna Craig found Amaya Ellis who beat Paine for her first goal as a Blue Jay. Hopkins finished off a 3-0 shutout victory, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. 

What it Means
• The Blue Jays add a new opponent to the record books, improving to 1-0 as Johns Hopkins and Gordon had never previously faced off in women's soccer. 
 
• Johns Hopkins has now won 30 NCAA Tournament games in the program's history, improving to 30-17-3 all-time. 

• This is the fifth straight victory for the Blue Jays in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, last falling in 2015 to Bowdoin. The Jays are 13-4-1 in first round games.

• JHU improves to 8-4-2 all-time in neutral site NCAA Tournament games. 


Inside the Box Score
• With two points on the day, Jackson has moved into a tie for 16th all-time in program history with 66 points. The goal was Jackson's 26th, also moving her into a tie for 16th in program history. 

• Not allowing Jackson to catch her in career goals, O'Toole's goal was her 27th as a Blue Jay, giving her sole possesion of 15th all-time in the program's record books. 

• Sullivan's assist moves her within three points of Jackson and Erica Suter for 6th in points by a freshman in program history. Sullivan currently sits eighth with 24 points. 
 
• This is Hendricks' fourth career shutout in the NCAA Tournament, the second-most by a Blue Jay in program history. Karen Guszkowski had five career NCAA Tournament shutouts. 
 

 Up Next
• Johns Hopkins is right back at it tomorrow afternoon, playing Amherst for the right to advance to the Sweet 16 in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The game is scheduled for 1 pm.