The Game
•  Johns Hopkins heads out of Baltimore for the first of two straight on the road as the Blue Jays head to Columbus to take on Ohio State. Faceoff is set for 11 am on Saturday, April 10 from Ohio Stadium (BTN+).

Last Time Out
• The Blue Jays fell to 2-5 on the year with 13-10 loss to Michigan at home last Sunday.
• Ohio State is also coming off a loss as the Buckeyes went on the road and dropped a tough 10-9 decision at Rutgers.

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 995-351-15.
•  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; the Blue Jays are not ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Ohio State is ranked in 14th in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week.

Series History
• This week's game will be the 15th all-time meeting between Johns Hopkins and Ohio State.
• The Buckeyes grabbed a 14-8 victory over the Blue Jays in the 2021 season opener back on February 20.
• The series dates to a 17-8 Johns Hopkins victory in 1999 and JHU has won 9-of-14 against the Buckeyes.

On This Date
•  This week's game against Ohio State will be the 10th all-time for Johns Hopkins on April 10.
• The Blue Jays are 7-2 all-time in games played on April 10 and have currently won three straight games on this date.
• JHU topped Albany, 19-7, in 2010 in its last game played on this date.

You Look Familiar - Part I
• Johns Hopkins defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 2013-16.
• While at OSU, Koesterer helped the Buckeyes to a pair of trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals (2013, 2015).

You Look Familiar - Part II
• One of the three transfers on the 2021 Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team is goalie Josh Kirson, who is a graduate student at the Carey Business School at JHU.
• Kirson transferred to Johns Hopkins from ... Ohio State, where he started 25 games between 2018-20 and posted a 9.95 goals against average and a .523 save percentage.

Extra-Extra
• Johns Hopkins cashed in on all four of its extra-man chances at Michigan, was 3-for-3 against Rutgers, hit on its only attempt at Penn State (Mar. 28) and was 2-for-3 against Michigan last week.  The Blue Jays are now 11-of-19 (.579) on the year.
• JHU has converted on six of its last seven extra-man attempts dating back to the game against Rutgers on March 20.
• Through seven games, Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and tied for third nationally in extra-man percentage.
• JHU is one of just five teams in the nation that is converting at better than 50%.
• 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.

Offensive Notes of Interest
• Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Ohio State averaging 10.29 goals per game on 28.6% shooting.
• In 28 quarters this season, the Blue Jays have scored two or more goals in 20 quarters, three or more in 13 quarters and four or more in six quarters.
• The Blue Jays' top four goal-scorers (Connor DeSimone, Joey Epstein, Cole Williams, Garrett Degnon) have combined to score 52 goals on 139 shots (.374).

Scoreless Droughts
•  The Johns Hopkins defense, which has been nearly entirely remade by first-year defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer, continues to develop as the season unfolds and has held the opposition scoreless for extended stretches in five of seven games this season.
• Through seven games, Johns Hopkins has held the opposition scoreless for a stretch of 11:30 or longer seven times and 21 minutes or longer twice.
• In the win over Penn State, the Blue Jays held the Nittany Lions scoreless for 13:31 from the first to the second quarter and then blanked them for 29:02 between the second and fourth quarters.
• Through 28 quarters this season, Johns Hopkins has held the opposition to one goal or less in five quarters and two goals or less in nine quarters.

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