The Basics
• Score: #2 Johns Hopkins-5, Dickinson-0
• Records: JHU (9-0, 2-0 CC) • DC (2-6, 1-1 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: The second-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey team used a three-goal second quarter to take control in a 5-0 win over visiting Dickinson Wednesday night.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins grabbed the lead late in the first quarter on a Grace Nockolds goal. Junior Olivia Fox sent a long ball into the circle and classmate Sam Chabot tipped it forward. Nockolds collected the ball, turned and slotted a shot past Saige Stevens and into the Dickinson goal with 3:05 to play in the quarter.
• The Blue Jays then erupted for three goals in a four-minute span midway through the second quarter to push out to a 4-0 lead.
• Senior Maddie Brown-Scherer ignited the run when she intercepted a clearing pass and fed the ball to junior Sadie Abboud, who scored from a tough angle down low at 19:39. Just three minutes later, sophomore Gen Mehra hit a reverse at the top of the circle to Brown-Scherer, who backhanded the ball into the cage.
• Hopkins lead grew to four 75 seconds later off another Brown-Scherer assist. She took a hard shot that was saved by Stevens, collected the rebound and lifted another shot on cage, that junior Tessa Erickson batted home for the score.
• The Blue Jays capped the scoring less than two minutes into the fourth quarter after a string of one-touch passes. Junior Anna Scott restarted play after a ball out of bounds and sent a short pass to senior Sarah Matyas, who hit a long pass down the sideline to Chabot. She centered the ball Fox, who then passed to senior Izzy Thompson. She collected the pass and then found sophomore Maura Minter and with her back to the goalie took the pass, turned and slipped a shot under Stevens.  
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 23-19-2 all-time against Dickinson and has won the last four meetings.
• Tonight's win is the 450^th in program history as Hopkins is now 450-287-27 in 46 seasons.
• The Blue Jays win their 24^th straight game at Homewood Field, the longest home win streak in school history. In addition, Hopkins pushes its season-opening win streak to nine.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Brown-Scherer matches her career-high with a pair of assists. It is her second multi-assist game of the season. She now ranks 18^th in school history with 58 career points and is tied for 11^th with 18 career assists.
• Junior Morgan Seward and sophomore Alexis Loder combined for the shutout with Loder making three saves in the second half. Stevens finished with seven saves in the loss for Dickinson.
• Hopkins outshot Dickinson, 26-5, and had an 11-4 edge in corners.  
 
Up Next
• Hopkins hits the road on Saturday to take on Haverford in a battle of undefeated Centennial Conference teams. The game is slated for a 1:00 pm start at Swan Field.