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Johns Hopkins Game Notes: Towson & Georgetown

Blue Jays Hit the Road Twice This Weekend

The Games
•  Johns Hopkins (1-0) hits the road twice in a three-day span as the Blue Jays travel to Towson on Friday, February 11 (6 pm) and Georgetown on Sunday, February 13 (1 pm).

Last Time Out
•  Johns Hopkins knocked off Jacksonville, 11-8, at Homewood Field last Saturday (Feb. 5) in its season opener.
•  In an odd twist, the Blue Jays' games at Towson and Georgetown will be the season opener for both the Tigers and Hoyas.

In Case You Were Wondering
•  This weekend's schedule of two games in three days will mark the first time since 2014 that Johns Hopkins will play two regular season games in a three-day span since 2014.
• In 2014, JHU topped Maryland, 11-6, on April 12 and went on the road and beat Mount St. Mary's, 17-2, on April 14.

The Facts
•  This is the 135th 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 998-355-15.
•  JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.

For Openers
•  The Blue Jays improved to 18-4 in their last 22 season openers with the win over Jacksonville.
•  Johns Hopkins has now won 13 of its last 15 season openers.
•  Johns Hopkins has scored at least 10 goals in its season opener in 13 of the last 15 years and at least 12 goals in seven of the last 11.

In February
•  Last week's game against Jacksonville was the 47th all-time for Johns Hopkins in the month of February.
•  JHU is now 31-16 (.660) all-time in games played in the month of February.
•  Johns Hopkins played its first game in the month of February in 1998, didn't play again in February until 2004 and has now played at least one game in the opening month of the season every year since 2006.

On These Dates
•  This week's game against Towson will be just the second Johns Hopkins has played on February 11.  The Blue Jays topped UMBC, 15-5, in their only previous game on this date in 2017.
• This week's game at Georgetown will be the first Johns Hopkins has ever played on February 13.

Series History - Towson
•  Johns Hopkins and Towson will be meeting for the 49th time in a series that dates to a 15-8 Blue Jay victory in 1976.
•  JHU leads the all-time series 42-6.
•  A complete series history can be found on page 10 of PDF version of notes.

Series History - Georgetown
•  Johns Hopkins and Georgetown will be meeting for the fourth time in a series that dates to a 15-10 Blue Jay victory in 1993.
•  JHU has won all three previous meetings, including a 14-6 win in the 2007 NCAA Quarterfinals and a 10-9 overtime win in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

Poll Position
•  Johns Hopkins is ranked 16th in this week's USILA Preseason Coaches Poll and 19th in the Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media Poll (a new media poll was not issued this week).
• Towson is among the teams receiving votes in the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• After a run to the NCAA Quarterfinals last season, Georgetown is a consensus top five team in 2022 as the Hoyas check in at number four in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

Four See First Action at JHU
•  Four players made their Johns Hopkins debut in the 2022 season opener against Jacksonville.
•  Sophomore attackman Cam Chauvette made his first career appearance and start as he got the nod on attack, while Emmett Jennings (LSM), Cody Ince (SSDM) and Logan Callahan (FO) also made their first career appearance as a Blue Jay.

Closing in on 1,000
•  Johns Hopkins enters this week's games with an all-time record of 998-355-15 to rank as the all-time winningest program in college lacrosse history.
• With two wins, Johns Hopkins will become the first men's college lacrosse program to reach 1,000 all-time wins.
•  JHU is one of just seven schools with 700+ victories, one of just five with 800+ wins and one of two that has won 900 or more games.
•  The seven schools with 700+ wins in Division I men's lacrosse history are listed below.

Balanced Offense In Season Opener
• Eight different players scored goals in the 11-8 season-opening win against Jacksonville as the Blue Jays featured a balanced scoresheet in the victory.
• Graduate midfielder Jack Keogh paced the Blue Jays with two goals and three assists for a career-best five points, while graduate attackman Connor DeSimone had a team-high three goals and one assist for four points.
• Seven of JHU's 11 goals and four of five assists came from midfielders.  Every member of the Blue Jays' first and second midfields registered at least one point in the victory.

Extra-Extra
• JHU converted on 2-of-4 extra man chances in the season-opening win against Jacksonville.  The Blue Jays got extra-man strikes from Jack Keogh and Johnathan Peshko with Keogh and Connor DeSimone picking up assists.
• Johns Hopkins converted on 15-of-35 (.429) extra-man chances in 2021 to finish tied for 12th nationally in extra-man offense.
• Players who scored 13 of JHU's 15 EMO goals a year ago return in 2022 with Joey Epstein (5), Garrett Degnon (3), Connor DeSimone (2), Johnathan Peshko (2) and Brendan Grimes (1) all back this season.
• Epstein is JHU's career active leader in EMO goals with 12, while Degnon has six to his credit.
•  The Blue Jays 42.9% conversion percentage last season marked the eighth time since 2012 that Hopkins has finished the season at better than 40% on extra-man.

Defensive Notes of Interest
•  The Blue Jay defense held Jacksonville to eight goals in the season-opening win.  A year ago, the Blue Jays held the opposition to less than 10 goals just three times in 13 games.
• The performance against the Dolphins continued a trend dating back to last season. Entering the Big Ten Tournament, JHU was allowing an average of 12.9 goals per game and ranked 52nd in the nation in scoring defense.  The Blue Jays then held their three tournament opponents to a total of just 29 goals (9.7 goals/game) to jump 11 spots nationally in scoring defense.
• In the last four games dating back to last season, JHU has allowed a total of 37 goals (9.25 goals/game).

Blue Jay Defense Disruptive in Opener
•  Johns Hopkins was credited with 11 caused turnovers in the 11-8 season-opening win against Jacksonville.  Among the 28 teams that opened the 2022 season the weekend of February 4-6, the Blue Jays' 11 caused turnovers ranked sixth in the nation.
• The 11 caused turnovers for the Blue Jays mark the 16th time in school history that JHU has had 10 or more caused turnovers in a game (CTs became an official stat in 2009).
• The 11 caused turnovers were three shy of the JHU single-game record of 14 set against Loyola in 2014.

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Players Mentioned

Garrett Degnon

#40 Garrett Degnon

M
6' 4"
Senior
Connor DeSimone

#3 Connor DeSimone

A
5' 11"
Graduate Student
Joey Epstein

#32 Joey Epstein

A
5' 11"
Senior
Brendan Grimes

#9 Brendan Grimes

M
6' 4"
Sophomore
Cody Ince

#15 Cody Ince

SS
5' 9"
Sophomore
Jack Keogh

#4 Jack Keogh

M
5' 9"
Graduate Student
Johnathan Peshko

#51 Johnathan Peshko

M
6' 4"
Sophomore
Emmett Jennings

#6 Emmett Jennings

D/LSM
6' 1"
Graduate Student
Logan Callahan

#35 Logan Callahan

FO
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Garrett Degnon

#40 Garrett Degnon

6' 4"
Senior
M
Connor DeSimone

#3 Connor DeSimone

5' 11"
Graduate Student
A
Joey Epstein

#32 Joey Epstein

5' 11"
Senior
A
Brendan Grimes

#9 Brendan Grimes

6' 4"
Sophomore
M
Cody Ince

#15 Cody Ince

5' 9"
Sophomore
SS
Jack Keogh

#4 Jack Keogh

5' 9"
Graduate Student
M
Johnathan Peshko

#51 Johnathan Peshko

6' 4"
Sophomore
M
Emmett Jennings

#6 Emmett Jennings

6' 1"
Graduate Student
D/LSM
Logan Callahan

#35 Logan Callahan

5' 10"
Freshman
FO