The Basics
• Score: #22 Johns Hopkins-16, Coastal Carolina-8
• Records: JHU (8-6) • CCU (5-7)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: The 22nd-ranked Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team outscored Coastal Carolina, 11-4, over the second and third quarters en route to a 16-8 win on Sunday afternoon.

 How it Happened
• The Chanticleers struck first when Avery McIlwaine scored off the dodge with just five seconds left on the possession clock. The Blue Jays answered with a Georgie Gorelick free position goal at 8:42 that sparked a 6-0 Hopkins' run. The run spanned exactly 17 minutes and was capped by a Georgia Esmond transition goal. Jeanne Kachris took the ball away on the defensive end and passed the ball to Keegan Barger, who carried into the offensive zone. She then found Esmond open on the crease for the quick score.
• Hannah Demis scored on a free position shot at 5:13 to end Coastal Carolina's scoreless drought of more than 22 minutes. Shelby Harrison had the final say of the half, scoring on a free position shot to complete her first-half hat trick and send Hopkins into the break with a 7-2 lead.
• The Blue Jays wasted little time pushing their lead to seven with back-to-back Abbey Hurlbrink goals in the opening 88 seconds of the second half. Lauren Cremen answered for Coastal at 13:03, but Hopkins came right back with three goals in less than two minutes. Jordan Carr was on the receiving end of a give-and-go with Barger to ignite the spurt. The Blue Jays then cashed in on an Annika Meyer interception that ended with a Maeve Barker score on the doorstep. Carr bookended the spurt with a shot from the right alley off a Bailey Cheetham feed.
• McIlwaine sandwiched a pair of goals around a Gorelick strike and it was 13-5 with 1:03 to play in the third. The Blue Jays responded with another three-goal spurt, with goals from Barker, Ashley Mackin and Carly Steinlauf to push out to a 16-5 lead with 10:55 left. The Chanticleers scored three goals in the final five minutes to make it an eight-goal game.
 
What it Means
• Today's game was the first-ever meeting between Hopkins and Coastal Carolina.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Twelve Blue Jays tallied at least one point, led by Esmond (1g, 3) and Barger's (4a) four-point outings. Barger's four assists are a career high, while Carr notched her first career hat trick. Barker (3g), Harrison (3g), Hurlbrink (2g) and Gorelick (2g) also had multi-point games.
• Harrison's hat trick was the 12^th of her career and gave her 99 career points. Two of her goals came on free position and she now has 15 free position goals this season. That is tied for second most in school single-season history.
• Liza Regan tallied her first career assist while Mackin's goal was the first of her career. Regan also had a career-high four draw controls.
• Cameron Levine had a game and career-high five ground balls, to go with a pair of caused turnovers. Kachris had three takeaways and three ground balls, while Meyer had two caused turnovers and three ground balls. Kathleen Garvey made seven saves and allowed just four goals in 42 minutes of action.
• McIlwaine led the Chanticleers with four goals and five points while Megan Bozzi added a pair of goals. Claire Martell finished with 11 saves in the loss.
 
 Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, April 16 as the Blue Jays visit the third-ranked Northwestern Wildcats. Opening draw at Martin Stadium is slated for 12:00 pm CST.
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