The Games
• Johns Hopkins (4-3) welcomes Navy (4-3) to Homewood Field for the first time since 2017 on Friday, March 18 (7 pm). The game will air live on ESPN3 (watchespn.com) with a tape delay broadcast on Saturday, March 19 on ESPNU (9 am).
• The Blue Jays will cap their two-game weekend by making the short trip north to Delaware to take on the Blue Hens (5-2) on Sunday, March 20 (7 pm). The JHU-UD game will air live on the LSN (ftfnext.com).
Last Time Out
• Johns Hopkins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 10-7 win over Syracuse on Sunday, March 13 at Homewood Field.
• Navy erased a 9-6 deficit with a five-goal run to fuel an 11-10 win over Colgate in Annapolis on Sunday.
• Delaware moved to 5-2 on the year with an 18-9 win over Marist at Delaware Stadium on Friday, March 11.
The Facts
• This is the 135th season of Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse. JHU first fielded a team in 1883.
• Johns Hopkins enters this weekend's games with an all-time record of 1,001-358-15 (.734).
• JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.
First to 1,000
• Johns Hopkins became the first men's lacrosse program in history to reach 1,000 all-time victories with an 11-10 win over Loyola (2-19-22).
• With the win (and subsequent results), the Blue Jays are 1,001-358-15 all-time and sit 75 wins ahead of Syracuse on the all-time victories list among Division I men's lacrosse programs.
On This Date (Mar. 18)
• This week's game against Navy will be the ninth all-time for Johns Hopkins on March 18.
• The Blue Jays are 7-1 all-time in games played on March 18, including overtime wins at Syracuse in 1995 (14-13/Terry Riordan GWG) and 2005 (12-11/Greg Peyser GWG).
On This Date (Mar. 20)
• This week's game at Delaware will be Johns Hopkins' 10th all-time on March 20.
• The Blue Jays are 7-2 all-time in games played on March 20, including a 17-5 win over Syracuse in 2004 that ranks as Hopkins' largest margin of victory over the Orange in the last 50 years.
Series History (Navy)
• Johns Hopkins and Navy are meeting for the 91st time in a series that dates to a 6-1 Johns Hopkins win in 1908.
• The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 62-27-1 and have won five straight against the Midshipmen.
• A complete series history can be found on page 11.
Series History (Delaware)
• Johns Hopkins and Delaware are meeting for the 12th time in a series that dates to a 19-6 Johns Hopkins win in 1980.
• The Blue Jays have won each of the 11 all-time meetings against the Blue Hens, including NCAA Tournament matchups in 1984 (10-3/QF) and 2007 (8-3/SF).
Against the Patriot League
• This week's game against Navy will be the 255th all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the Patriot League.
• Johns Hopkins is 193-60-1 (.762) all-time against current Patriot League members.
• 217 of the 252 games the Blue Jays have played against Patriot League members have come against Army (69), Loyola (58) and Navy (90).
Against the CAA
• This week's game against Delaware will be the 91st all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the CAA.
• Johns Hopkins is 79-11 (.875) all-time against current CAA members.
• 73 of JHU's 90 all-time games against current CAA members have come against Towson (49) and Hofstra (24).
Poll Position
• Johns Hopkins is ranked 18th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 18th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll as well.
• Navy is not ranked in either the USILA Coaches Poll or the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Delaware checks in at number 20 in the USILA Coaches Poll and is receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
Quite A Stretch
• With the game against Syracuse, the Blue Jays completed a stretch that saw them play five games against teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation at the time of the game, three of which remain in the top 20, including two against teams currently in the top five. In succession, and using this week's USILA Poll as a reference, the five-game run included games at Georgetown (5th), at home against Loyola (RV), back-to-back road games at North Carolina (9th) and Virginia (2nd) and last week's game against Syracuse (RV). This doesn't include the season-opening game against Jacksonville, which is currently ranked 16th.
• Again using this week's USILA Poll as a reference, the Blue Jays will play nine teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation, including three of the top five and six of the top nine
Lacrosse's All-Time Winningest Program
• Johns Hopkins enters this week's games with an all-time record of 1,001-358-15 to rank as the all-time winningest program in college lacrosse history.
• With the win against Loyola on February 19, Johns Hopkins became 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.
Balance on Offense
• While it's still early, the Blue Jays feature a balanced scoring unit through the first seven games of the season.
• Johns Hopkins has six players with eight or more points, 11 players with at least two goals and four players with seven or more assists.
• In all, 16 different players have already scored at least one goal and 19 players have at least one point to their credit through seven games. The 16 players who have scored a goal already this season in seven games already matches how many players scored a goal for the Blue Jays in 13 games last season.
Defensive Notes of Interest
• The Blue Jay are coming off one of their top defensive performances of the Peter Milliman era with last week's 10-7 win over Syracuse.
• Hopkins held the Orange more than nine goals below their season scoring average entering the game and the seven goals SU scored were its fewest since March 10, 2018. Ironically, JHU was also the last team to hold the Orange to seven as Hopkins scored an 18-7 win at the Carrier Dome in that game on March 10, 2018.
• Hopkins held the Orange to just one goal in the final 22 minutes of the game as SU went scoreless for more than 11 minutes at one point in the first half and more than 16 minutes at one point in the second half.
• While there are many factors that go into winning a game, scoring defense is a big key. Since Milliman took over in 2021 and appointed Jamison Koesterer as the defensive coordinator, JHU is 5-0 when holding the opposition to less than 10 goals.
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