The Basics
• Score: Rutgers-13, Johns Hopkins-10
• Records: JHU (0-1, 0-1 B1G) • RU (1-1, 1-1 B1G)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: Visiting Rutgers used a 9-2 run to defeat Johns Hopkins, 13-10, in the Blue Jays' season-opener Sunday at Homewood Field.   
 
How it Happened
• The Scarlet Knights jumped on top of the Blue Jays with a pair of early goals from Cassidy Spilis in a two-minutes pan. Graduate student Lexi Souder answered at the 25:11-mark to spark a five-goal Hopkins run. She took a pass in traffic from senior Keegan Barger, turned and scored on a low bouncer. Senior Shelby Harrison followed with a hard shot off a restart to knot the score at two with 21:24 to play in the half. Less than a minute later, graduate student Maggie Schneidereith took a pass from Harrison and back-handed a shot past Alonna Gliksman to give JHU the lead.
• Sophomore Maeve Barker scored on a one-timer from the left alley at the 18:30-mark and then Harrison converted a free position shot to stake Hopkins to a 5-2 lead. Marin Hartshorn and Spilis answered with two quick scores and the Blue Jays' lead was one with 11:00 to play in the half. Graduate student Mackenzie Heldberg then sandwiched a pair of goals around a second strike from Souder and Hopkins led 8-4.
• Hannah Hollingsworth had the final say for the Scarlet Knights as she scored from the doorstep as the half expired. That goal sparked that game-changing 9-2 run for Rutgers. Coming out of the break, a goal from Ashley Campo and two from Spilis saw the Scarlet Knights tie the game at eight with more than 26 minutes to play.
• Barker scored from in-tight to put the Blue Jays back on top at 24:05, but a Spilis free position goal once again pulled the Knights even. Harrison scored off the dodge with 14:30 to play to put Hopkins on top 10-9, but Rutgers would use a four-goal run to close the game and grab the come-from-behind win.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins falls to Rutgers for the first time in series history as the Blue Jays had won the previous five meetings.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Harrison led the Blue Jays with four points (3g, 1a), tying her career high. Barker, Heldberg and Souder had two goals apiece, while Schneidereith (1g, 2a) and Barger (2a) also had multi-point games.
• Schneidereith's goal was the 125^th of her game and extended her goal-scoring and point-scoring streaks to 31 and 35, respectively.
• Senior Trinity McPherson led the Blue Jay defense with three caused turnovers and senior Kathleen Garvey made three saves in the goal.
• Spilis scored a game-high seven goals and eight points to pace Rutgers. Campo and Hartshorn added two goals each and Jenna Byrne added three points (1g, 2a). Gliksman finished with eight saves to earn the win.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back at Homewood Field on Friday, February 26 to host fifth-ranked Northwestern. Opening draw is scheduled for 3:00 pm.