The Basics
• Score: #13 Johns Hopkins-11, #20 Penn State-9
• Records: JHU (8-5) • PSU (4-9)
• Location: State College, PA • Panzer Stadium
• The Short Story: Maggie Schneidereith and Mackenzie Heldberg combined for 10 points to lead the third-seeded Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team to an 11-9 win over host and sixth-seeded Penn State in the Big Ten Quarterfinals Thursday night.

 How it Happened
• Hopkins raced out to a 10-2 lead just 39 seconds into the second half but a Maria Auth goal sparked a five-goal run by Penn State that pulled the Nittany Lions within three with 12:30 to play in the game. Olivia Dirks followed Auth's goal with a free position strike and then Quinn Nicolai scored three in a row, in a span of five minutes to make it a 10-7 game.
• Sophomore Maeve Barker scored off the dodge to end a 17-minute scoreless drought for the Blue Jays and put them on top 11-7 at the 12:02 mark. Penn State wasn't going away however as Nicolai answered with two more goals to cut Hopkins' lead to two with 8:46 to go. As it turned out, that was the final goal of the game as the Blue Jays did not allow the Nittany Lions any closer.
• Schneidereith opened the scoring at 26:46 when she blew home a shot from eight yards out. Dirks answered for Penn State just 76 seconds later, scoring on a free position shot to tie the game. Schneidereith was on the receiving end of some crisp tic-tac-toe passing after a Shelby Harrison draw control win and the Blue Jays were back on top. That goal ignited a 7-0 run that saw Hopkins push out to an 8-1 lead.
• Heldberg took a skip pass from Aurora Cordingley and scored from the doorstep to make it a 3-1 game. Abbey Hurlbrink followed with a high-to-low shot to the bottom left corner off a feed from Schneidereith at the 18:00-mark. Heldberg got her second of the night just three minutes later, scoring on a one-timer off the Schneidereith assist.
• Keegan Barger converted a free position shot, followed by a quick-stick goal from Barker. Just 67 seconds later, Heldberg capped the run, and her first-half hat trick, when Cordingley found her open on the back-door cut and just like that Hopkins led 8-1.
• Dirks cut in the Blue Jays' lead when she scored off the left alley dodge with 6:13 to play. That ended a scoreless drought of more than 19 minutes for the Nittany Lions. Heldberg answered right back for Hopkins, spinning on her defender and beating Lucy Lowe on a tough-angled shot.
• Hurlbrink opened the second-half scoring and pushed the Blue Jays lead to 10-2 just 39 seconds in when she beat Taylor Suplee on a high-to-low shot from the right alley. The Penn State offense would get hot after that, taking this one down to the wire.  
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 8-16 all-time against Penn State and won all three meetings with the Nittany Lions this season.
• JHU wins its first-ever Big Ten Tournament game since joining the league in 2017. Hopkins will now face second-seeded Maryland, which beat Michigan 16-13, in the semifinals.
• Heldberg became the 15^th player in school Division I history to score 100 goals with her second of the night. In addition, Schneidereith scored her 150^th career goal.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Heldberg (4g, 1a) and Schneidereth (2g, 3a) led the Blue Jays with five points apiece. Barker (2g, 1a), Cordingley (3a) and Hurlbink (2g) also had multi-point games for Hopkins.
• Cordingley also controlled a team-best four draws and extended her point streak to 42 games. Trinity McPherson had a game-high three caused turnovers and also picked up three ground balls. Kathleen Garvey finished with nine saves and a pair of ground balls in the win.
• Nicolai scored a game-high five goals while Dirks had four points (3g, 1a) and seven draws for the Nittany Lions. Auth was the only other play with multiple points (1g, 2a) for Penn State. Lowe made three saves in the first half while Suplee had three in the second half.
 
 Up Next
• Hopkins and Maryland will meet in the second Big Ten Semifinal on Friday, April 30. Opening draw is set for 8:00 pm at Panzer Stadium.