The Basics
• Score: #3 Johns Hopkins-3, #9 Rowan-2
• Records: JHU (4-0) • RU (2-1)
• Location: Glassboro, NJ • Coach Wackar Stadium
• The Short Story: In a game befitting two top-10 teams, the Johns Hopkins field hockey team beat host and ninth-ranked Rowan, 3-2, in a back-and-forth contest Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins got on the board just 8:02 into the game when senior Maddie Brown-Scherer collected a rebound and fired home a back-handed shot from 10 yards out. Junior Tessa Erickson then redirected a shot from senior Abby Birk to push the Blue Jays' lead to two midway through the third quarter.
• Rowan, which had scored 12 goals in its first two games, broke through with less than two minutes remaining in the third. Off a Julia Cavicchio corner, Krystyna Hovell fired a shot to the lower left corner from the top right of the circle.
• Five minutes into the fourth quarter, senior Bryn Rolon collected a loose ball near the left post and back-handed it home to put Hopkins up 3-1. Just over four minutes later, the Jays' lead was back to one when Cavicchio redirected a shot from Hovell off another Profs' corner. In the final minute, Hovell had a chance to tie the game, but sophomore Alexis Loder turned away the game-tying goal.
 
What it Means
• Today's game was the first-ever meeting between the Blue Jays and the Profs.  
 
Inside the Box Score
• Once again, Hopkins had three different goal scorers. Erickson is now tied for the team lead with two goals in four games.
• Birk picked up her second assist of the season and is three shy of tying Amy Bruschi for second in school history for career assists.
• Loder finished with a career-best seven saves in the win. Aida Ingram made eight saves in the loss for the Profs.
• Hopkins had the advantage in shots (18-11), while Rowan had more corners (6-4).
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to Homewood Field on Wednesday, September 15 to take on fifth-ranked Salisbury. Game time is slated for 6:00 pm as the Blue Jays face their third straight top-15 opponent.