The Game
• Johns Hopkins returns home after playing two straight on the road as the Blue Jays welcome Penn State to Homewood Field. This is the first of three home games in a four-week span for Johns Hopkins.
Last Time Out
• The Blue Jays slipped to 1-2 on the year with an 18-10 loss at Maryland last Saturday.
• Penn State picked up its first win of the season last Saturday at home as the Nittany Lions topped Ohio State, 15-13.
The Facts
• This is the 134th 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 994-348-15.
• JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.
Poll Position
• Johns Hopkins is listed as receiving votes in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Penn State solidified its spot in the top 20 with last week's win and is ranked 12th in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
Series History
• This week's game will be the 13th all-time between Johns Hopkins and Penn State.
• The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 9-3.
• The two teams have alternated winning streaks in the series as the Blue Jays won the first nine games against Penn State, while the Nittany Lions have grabbed the last three meetings between the two teams.
On This Date
• This week's game against Penn State will be the sixth all-time for Johns Hopkins on March 13.
• The Blue Jays are 4-1 all-time in games played on March 13. Included is a 13-6 win against UMBC in 2018 in the last game JHU played on this date.
Head Coach Peter Milliman Briefly
• The Blue Jays' season opener against Ohio State was the first game for Peter Milliman as the head coach at Johns Hopkins.
• Milliman spent three seasons as the head coach at Cornell from 2018-20 and compiled a record of 28-10 while guiding the Big Red.
• Cornell was ranked number two in the nation when the 2020 season came to an end in mid-March.
• While the sample size is still small, Peter Milliman has never lost two consecutive games as a head coach at the Division I level.
Extra-Extra
• Johns Hopkins cashed in on all four of its extra-man chances at Michigan and is now 5-of-9 (.556) on the year.
• Through three games, Johns Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks seventh nationally in extra-man offense.
• The four extra-man goals against the Wolverines are the most for JHU since the Jays had six in the 2019 Big Ten Championship game against Penn State.
• The effort at Michigan marked the 18th time since 2003 that Johns Hopkins has scored four or more extra-man goals in a game.
Offense Developing
• After scoring a total of nine goals in the first five quarters of the season, the Blue Jay offense found its groove in the second and third quarters at Michigan.
• The Blue Jays scored five goals in the second period and six in the third against the Wolverines. That marked the first time JHU had scored 5+ goals in back-to-back quarters since the 2019 Big Ten Championship game against Penn State, when they scored six in the first quarter and five in the second.
• After scoring their first nine goals of the season on 34 shots (.265 shooting percentage), the Blue Jays scored 13 goals in the final three quarters at Michigan on 31 shots (.419).
• The Blue Jays then scored seven goals on 18 first-half shots (.389) at Maryland before the Terps limited JHU to just three second-half goals on 15 shots (.200).
• Through three games, Johns Hopkins has scored 32 goals on 98 shots (.327).
• JHU has not shot better than 32% for an entire season since 2015 (.331).
Sharing the Rock
• A key to head coach Peter Milliman's offense is sharing the ball. During his three seasons as the head coach at Cornell, the Big Red collected assists on 357-of-550 (.649) goals scored.
• Without any practice in the fall and limited time in preseason, the Blue Jays' grasp of the offense continues to evolve and that is best exemplified in the number of assisted goals the team has scored in the last two weeks.
• After collecting an assist on just 3-of-8 (.375) goals in the season opener against Ohio State, the Blue Jays collected 10 assists on 14 goals at Michigan (.714) and assisted on 7-of-10 (.700) at Maryland.
• This is the first time since early in the 2019 season that JHU has collected assists on 70% of its goals in back-to-back games (vs. Loyola (9-of-12), @ UNC (9-of-11)).
• The last time JHU assisted on 70% of its goals in three straight games was in the first three games of the 2019 season (@ Towson (6-of-8), vs. Loyola (9-of-12), @ UNC (9-of-11)).
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