• Johns Hopkins earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and will travel to Chapel Hill, NC to take on 20th-ranked James Madison in the first round on Friday night.
• Hopkins has been idle for 14 days after a tough 8-7 loss in the Big Ten Semifinals to 13th-ranked Maryland.   
• The Blue Jays had their four-game win streak snapped in the loss to the Terps and have won eight of their last 11 games.
  • The Blue Jays wrapped up a stretch of six games in 17 days on April 24, as they raced to the end of the regular season after a 26-day layoff.
• That 26-day layoff seems to be just what the doctor ordered. In the six games following that layoff, JHU scored 84 goals (14.00/game), with 40 assists, and connected on 70.2 percent of its shots on goal. In addition, Hopkins was 16-of-35 (.457) on free position shots and 82-of-160 at the draw (.513). In the cage, Hopkins posted a .454 save percentage and a 10.69 goals against average.
  • Hopkins is making its ninth appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament and 18th overall. The Blue Jays are 2-8 in the NCAA DI Tournament and 8-17 all-time.
• The Blue Jays have made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and six of the last seven.
• This is the fourth time that Hopkins will play an NCAA Tournament game in the state of North Carolina and the third in Chapel Hill. This is JHU's second straight trip to UNC for the NCAA Tournament.
  • Friday's game will be a homecoming for Blue Jay assistant coach Kristen Carr, who was a four-year standout for the University of North Carolina. After graduation, she spent one year as a volunteer assistant at her alma mater.
• A 2010 graduate of UNC, Carr earned First Team IWLCA All-America honors as a senior when she led the nation's third-ranked defense (7.25 goals per game). She graduated as the program's leader in draws in a season (64) and career (174). A three-year starter, Carr helped the Tar Heels to a 62-20 record and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a pair of Final Four trips.
  • Hopkins outscored Maryland, 7-4, in the second half but fell just short in an 8-7 loss to the second-seeded Terps in the Big Ten Semifinals on April 30.
• Trailing 4-0 at the start of the second half, JHU scored three goals in a minute and 43 seconds to pull back within one. Maryland answered with three straight over 10 minutes to push out to a 7-3 lead with 13:17 to play. The Blue Jays answered with a three-goal run of their own to pull back within one with 7:46 to play. Libby May pushed Maryland's lead back to two with her only goal of the game, but Aurora Cordingley answered and it was a one-goal game with 4:04 on the clock. That turned out to be the final goal of the game as both defenses came up with takeaways in the final three minutes.
• Cordingley, Mackenzie Heldberg and Abbey Hurlbrink led Hopkins with two goals apiece, while Cordingley also had two ground balls and a caused turnover. Junior Annika Meyer had a game-high four caused turnovers and picked up four ground balls. Trinity McPherson had five ground balls and two takeways while Kathleen Garvey totaled seven saves and a ground ball.
  Several Blue Jays are making their move up the Johns Hopkins Division I record book. Here's a look at where they rank:
 
Keegan Barger (Sr. • M):
• Needs 11 draws to rank 6th (has 142)
• Needs 2 caused turnovers to rank 11th and 4 to rank 10th (has 60)
 
Aurora Cordingley (Sr. • A):
• Needs 8 points to rank 8th (has 178)
• Needs 12 goals to rank 19th (has 114)
• Needs 2 free position goals to rank 6th and 3 to rank 5th (has 23)
• Needs 27 assists to rank 5th (has 64)
 
Kathleen Garvey (Sr. • GK):
• Needs 6 saves to rank 8th and 35 to rank 7th (has 191)
 
Shelby Harrison (Sr. • M):
• Needs 4 free position goals to rank 4th (has 26)
• Needs 6 draws to rank 2nd and 33 to rank 1st (has 234)
 
Mackenzie Heldberg (Gr. • A):
• Needs 11 points to rank 11th (has 161)
• Needs 6 goals to rank 12th (has 104)
• Needs 5 assists to rank 7th (has 57)
 
Jeanne Kachris (Sr. • D):
• Needs 1 caused turnover to rank 13th and 6 to rank 12th (has 54)
 
Trinity McPherson (Sr. • D):
• Needs 5 caused turnovers to rank 12th (has 55)
 
Kaitlyn Pham (Jr. • GK):
• Needs 4 saves to rank 13th and 13 to rank 12th (has 6)
 
Maggie Schneidereith (Gr. • A):
• Needs 4 points to rank 3rd and 54 to rank 2nd (has 249)
• Needs 1 goal to rank 4th and 19 to rank 3rd (has 151)
• Needs 2 free position goals to rank 17th (has 15)
• Needs 51 assists to rank 2nd (has 98)
• Needs 2 assists to reach 100 for her career (has 98)
 
Lexi Souder (Gr. • M):
• Needs 1 draw to rank 13th, 2 to rank 12th, 3 to rank 11th and 10 to rank 10th (has 92)
  • Five Blue Jays were named to the 2021 All-Big Ten Team on April 29 and four days later, senior Kathleen Garvey was named the Big Ten Goalie of the Year. Joining Garvey on the All-Big Ten team were seniors Trinity McPherson, Aurora Cordingley and Shelby Harrison along and junior Annika Meyer. Garvey, McPherson, Cordingley and Meyer all earned First Team honors while Harrison garnered second team honors.
• The Blue Jays' five All-Big Ten selections are the most since 2010 when the JHU produced five All-America Lacrosse Conference selections. Hopkins' four first-team selections are tied with Northwestern for most in the league.
• Garvey is the first Hopkins goalie to earn all-conference honors since 2010 and is just the sixth in the program's 46-year history. In addition, she is the first Blue Jay to earn a major conference award since Taylor D'Amore was named the ALC Offensive Player of the Year in 2014. Garvey has started all 14 games and ranks second in the Big Ten in goals against average (11.29), saves per game (8.71) and save percentage (.436). She also leads the conference in total saves (122).
• Meyer and McPherson anchor a defense that leads the Big Ten and ranks 13th in the nation in caused turnovers (10.14). The Blue Jays also rank second in the league in scoring defense (11.36) and ground balls (17.57). Meyer leads the team and is second in the Big Ten in ground balls (2.86). She also ranks second on the team and third in the league in takeaways (1.79). McPherson leads Hopkins and ranks second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers (2.07). She is also second on the team and fifth in the conference in ground balls (2.57). Her 29 takeaways this season are the most by a Blue Jay since 2005 and are tied for the 10th most in school Division I history.
• Cordingley leads the Blue Jays in goals (37) and points (53) for the second straight year. She is also third in assists (16). Cordingley ranks seventh in the Big Ten in goals (2.64), fifth in points (3.79) and 11th in assists (1.14). She has had 13 multi-point games this season and carries a 43-game point streak into the NCAA Tournament.
• Harrison earns her second All-Big Ten honor after picking up all-league honors as a freshman in 2018. For the fourth consecutive year, she has led the Blue Jays in draws (42) and she ranks 13th in the Big Ten with 3.00 per game. She has also totaled 13 goals, four assists, seven ground balls and five caused turnovers.
  • Hopkins swept the Big Ten Player of the Week awards  and garnered the IWLCA National Player of the Week on April 27.
• Graduate student Maggie Schneidereith was named the B1G Offensive and IWCLA National Player of the Week after totaling nine goals and three assists and two ground balls in a two-game sweep at Michigan. She scored twice and assisted on a third in Thursday's overtime win and followed that with a seven-goal, two-assist performance on Saturday. Schneidereith's seven goals and nine points are both career highs and her seven goals are one shy of the school record.
• Senior Trinity McPherson was named the B1G Defensive Player of the Week after tallying three caused turnovers and three ground balls in the sweep of the Wolverines.
• Sophomore Madison McPherson earned B1G Midfielder of the Week with 14 draws, six ground balls and one caused turnover versus Michigan. On Thursday, she had a career-high seven draws, picked up four ground balls and caused a turnover that led to the game-winning goal. She followed that with seven draws and two ground balls in Saturday's win.
• Freshman Abbey Hurlbrink was named the B1G Freshman of the Week with three goals, four caused turnovers and six draws. She scored two goals, including the overtime winner, in Thursday's win. She also caused three turnovers, picked up a ground ball and controlled a draw. On Saturday, Hurlbrink scored a goal, caused a turnover and had five draws. This was Hurlbrink's second B1G Freshman of the Week honor (March 9). She ranks second on the team with 30 draws and she leads freshmen in the Big Ten in draws and is third in goals.
• Seniors Aurora Cordingley, Shelby Harrison and Kathleen Garvey were honored by the Big Ten on April 13 for their performances in Hopkins' wins over Penn State and Rutgers.
• Cordingley was named the Co-Offensive Player of the Week as well as the US Lacrosse Player of the Week after totaling 12 goals, one assist, 11 draw controls and five caused turnovers in the two wins.
•  Harrison was named the Midfielder of the Week with three goals, one assist, one ground ball and 14 draw controls.
• Garvey earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after totaling 22 saves, six ground balls and a caused turnover for the week.
  • Hopkins dropped two spots to 15th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll but jumped one in the Nike/US Lacrosse Poll and is ranked 11th this week.
• Seven of the Blue Jays' eight 2021 opponents are ranked in the top-25 in the IWLCA's most recent poll.
• Hopkins has been ranked in 96 of the last 126 IWLCA Coaches Polls, beginning with the first regular season poll in 2012. 
  • Head coach Janine Tucker became just the ninth coach in NCAA Division I history to win 300 games on April 18 when Hopkins beat host and 13th-ranked Penn State, 13-11.
• Tucker is only the seventh coach, and just the second woman, in Johns Hopkins history to win 300 games. 
  • Senior Keegan Barger has been selected in a vote by her teammates to serve as the Blue Jays' captain for the 2021 season. In addition, a member of each class was selected to serve in a "captain's cohort" to assist Barger this season.
• This marks just the fourth time in the 46-year history of the program, and the first time since 1996, that the Blue Jays will have a lone captain. Barger, who has started every game of her career, was one of three Blue Jays named to the Big Ten's Preseason Players to Watch list.
• Graduate student Lexi Souder, senior Jeanne Kachris, junior Annika Meyer, sophomore Bailey Cheetham and freshman Abbey Hurlbrink were selected for the captain's cohort.
  • On April 29, graduate student Maggie Schneidereith tied the school record for career games played and started with 75. Haley Schweizer set the standard in 2017. Schneidereith is one of only five players in school Division I history to start atleast 70 games.
• Schneidereith then broke that record when she started in her 76th game against 13th-ranked Maryland in the Big Ten Semifinals.
  • In four seasons together, Maggie Schneidereith, Mackenzie Heldberg and Aurora Cordingley have combined to score 544 points. They are one of the most prolific scoring trios in program history.
• Only two trios that played together for four years scored more points than Schneidereith, Heldberg and Cordingley. Jen Ward, Francine Brennan and Carlene Barents combined to score 658 points from 1993 to 1996. Taylor D'Amore, Sammy Cermack and Sarah Taylor scored a total of 559 points from 2011 to 2014.
  • Maggie Schneidereith has had six multi-assist games this season and she is Hopkins' active career leader with 98 assists. She ranks third in school Division I history and fifth all-time in career assists. Schneidereith aso ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 1.36 assists per game.
• Hopkins has notched 82 assists on 159 goals this season (51.5 percent) and ranks third in the Big Ten in assists per game (5.79). The Blue Jays have assisted on at least 50 percent of its goals eight times this season. In five of those eight games, it is atleast 70 percent.
• Last season, Aurora Cordingley led the Blue Jays and the Big Ten, and ranked 12th nationally with 18 helpers. In 2021, she is third on the team with 16 assists and sixth in school DI history with 64 career assists.
• Mackenzie Heldberg ranked second on the team and third in the conference with 12 assists last season. She leads the team in assists (21) and is fourth in the Big Ten with 1.50 assists per game this season. She also ranks eighth in program history in career assists (57). Heldberg handed out a career-best six assists in the win over Rutgers, two shy of the school single-game record.
  • The Blue Jays returned an astonishing amount of their offense from the 2020 season - 96.7% of their goals (90), 97.9% of their assists (48) and 97.2% of their points (138).
• Leading the way are Aurora Cordingley (17g, 18a), Mackenzie Heldberg (16g, 12) and Maggie Schneidereith (17g, 8a), who each totaled at least 20 points in seven games in 2020. Through 14 games this season, the trio has combined for 93 goals and 56 assists. They account for 58.5 percent of the Blue Jays' goals and 68.3 percent of their assists.
  • Hopkins leads the league and ranks 13th in the nation in caused turnovers (10.14). The Blue Jays also rank second in the league in scoring defense (11.36) and ground balls per game (17.57).
• Annika Meyer leads the Blue Jays and ranks second in the league in ground balls (2.86) this season. She also ranks third in the Big Ten with 1.79 caused turnovers per game.
• Trinity McPherson has had at least two caused turnovers in a game nine times this season. She ranks second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers (2.07) per game and is fifth in ground balls (2.57). She also ranks 13th in school DI history with 55 career caused turnovers.
• Keegan Barger is the team's active career leader with 60 caused turnovers, which ranks 12th in school Division I history. She also holds the school single-game record with seven takeaways in a game. Jeanne Kachris ranks 14th in school history with 54 caused turnovers.
  Three Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Friday's NCAA First Round game versus James Madison. Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Aurora Cordingley (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 43 straight games
 
Mackenzie Heldberg (Gr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 21 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 9 straight games
 
Abbey Hurlbrink (Fr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 5 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 straight games
  • Aurora Cordingley scored the 100th goal of her career on April 11 with her fifth goal of the day. Mackenzie Heldberg became the second Blue Jay this season to score 100 career goals with her second goal of the game on April 29. She is the 15th player in school Division I history, and 29th all-time to reach the milestone.
• Cordingley and Heldberg each notched the 100th point of their careers last season. In fact, they did so a in a four-day span and joined Maggie Schneidereith as the only current Blue Jays with 100 career points. 
• Heldberg achieved the milestone in just 36 days, making her the sixth fastest to reach the mark since the program moved to Division I in 1999. Cordingley reached the milestone in just 40 games.
• In what turned out to be the final game of the 2020 season, Maggie Schneidereith tallied the 200th point of her career in a 13-10 win at Saint Joseph's. She is the seventh player in school Division I history, and 12th overall, to reach the milestone. In addition, it took Schneidereith just 62 games to score 200 points.
• This is the 12th time in program history that at least three teammates have had 100 (or more) career points.
• Schneidereith needs just two assists to become only the third player in school Division I history, and fifth all-time, to notch 100 career assists.
  • Hopkins and James Madison will meet for just the second time ever and the first since 2004.
• The Blue Jays faced the Dukes in their first NCAA Division I Tournament game on May 13, 2004. James Madison won that meeting, 14-9, at home.