The Games
• The ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins (5-3) men's lacrosse team plays two games in 48 hours with a trip to Navy (3-4) on Friday, March 17 (7 pm) and a home game against Delaware (5-2) on Sunday, March 19 (7 pm). Both games will air live on ESPN+.
When Last We Saw Them
• Johns Hopkins went on the road and picked up a crucial 11-9 win at Syracuse last Saturday (March 11).
• Navy dropped its fourth straight as the Midshipmen fell on the road at Patriot League rival Colgate, 17-8, last Saturday (March 11).
• Delaware picked up its second straight convincing win as the Blue Hens opened CAA play with an 18-6 win over Monmouth at home last Saturday (March 11).
The Facts
• This is the 136th 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 1,009-367-15 (.731).
• Johns Hopkins is the only men's lacrosse program in the nation with 1,000 or more all-time victories. The Blue Jays picked up the program's 1,000th victory with an 11-10 win over Loyola on February 19, 2022.
• JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA crowns to its credit.
Poll Position
• Johns Hopkins is ranked ninth in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 10th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Navy is not ranked in either poll this week, while Delaware is listed as receiving votes in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• The Johns Hopkins Athletic Communications Office uses the USILA Poll when referencing JHU's official ranking at the time of a game.
The Schedule - Just Sayin'
• To date, Johns Hopkins has played six of its eight games against teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation at the time of the game.
• In all, nine of JHU's 15 opponents on the 2023 schedule are ranked in the top 20 this week and four of those nine are ranked in the top six.
Series History
• Complete series histories against Navy and Delaware can be found on pages 18 (Navy) and 19 (Delaware) of this week's notes packet.
Against the Patriot League
• This week's game against Navy will be the 257th all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the Patriot League.
• Johns Hopkins is 193-62-1 (.756) all-time against current Patriot League members.
• 219 of the 256 games the Blue Jays have played against Patriot League members have come against Army (69), Loyola (59) and Navy (91).
Against the CAA
• This week's game against Delaware will be the 92nd all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the CAA.
• Johns Hopkins is 79-12 (.868) all-time against current CAA members.
• 73 of JHU's 91 all-time games against current CAA members have come against Towson (49) and Hofstra (24).
Balanced Scoring
• Johns Hopkins features a balanced scoring sheet through the first eight games of the season. The Blue Jays count 17 different players with at least one goal, 17 players with at least one assist and 20 players with at least one point.
• Taking the production up a notch, eight players currently have at least six goals and 10 have at least five points.
• Leading the way for the Jays thus far are Jacob Angelus (7g, 21a), Garrett Degnon (16g, 1a), Matt Collison (14g, 2a), Brendan Grimes (8g, 6a), Russell Melendez (9g, 5a), Dylan Bauer (7g, 3a), Johnathan Peshko (7g, 1a) and Ian Krampf (6g, 2a), who all have at least eight points thus far.
It's (Almost) All Coming Back
• Johns Hopkins has scored 91 goals and collected 53 assists for 144 points through eight games. Of those totals, 74 (81.3%) of the goals, 49 (92.4%) of the assists and 123 (85.4%) of the points have been accumulated by players with at least one year of eligibility remaining.
20 Straight For Degnon
• Graduate student attackman Garrett Degnon scored four goals in the 15-14 win over St. Joseph's, came back with three against top-ranked Virginia and two at Syracuse; he leads the team in goals (16) despite missing one game.
• The two-goal effort against the Orange pushed his goal-scoring streak to 20 games dating back to February 19, 2022, when he scored once in an 11-10 win over Loyola. The streak is currently the sixth longest active streak in the nation.
• During his 20-game goal-scoring run, Degnon has scored 51 goals and has 15 multi-goal games and nine games with 3+ goals to his credit.
• Degnon's 20-game run is also the longest by a Johns Hopkins player since a school-record-tying 37-game run by Ryan Brown that ran from 2013-16.
I'm Honored
• Matt Collison was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time this season after netting four goals and one assist in games last week against Virginia (3g) and Syracuse (1g, 1a). His three selections have actually come in each of the last three weeks as he grabbed the honor after wins against Utah (3g) and St. Joseph's (2g, 1a).
• Including his one goal, one assist effort against Syracuse, Collison now has 14 goals and two assists on the year, including 13 goals and two assists in the last six games.
• Collison recently had a five-game run of multi-goal games to his credit - he is the first Blue Jay freshman middie to score two or more goals in five straight games in at least 20 years. Prior to Collison's run of five straight games with 2+ goals, Paul Rabil was the last JHU freshman middie to even have a four-game run of two or more goals (2005).
Marcille With Career-High 21 Saves at Syracuse
• Senior goalie Tim Marcille posted a career-best 21 saves in the 11-9 win at Syracuse on March 11. Coupled with an 11-save effort earlier in the week against top-ranked Virginia, he earned Big Ten Specialist of the Week honors for the second time this season.
• Marcille's 21 saves against the Orange are the most by a Blue Jay goalie since Brian Carcaterra had 23 in a 16-12 win at Loyola on May 6, 2000.
• Earlier this season, Marcille, recorded his third consecutive game with 15+ saves in the 11-7 loss to 19th-ranked North Carolina as he posted 15 stops against the Tar Heels.
• The 15-save effort followed a 15-save performance in the season-opener against Jacksonville and a 16-save effort against third-ranked Georgetown.
• With the showings against Jacksonville, Georgetown and UNC, Marcille became the first Johns Hopkins goalie with three straight games of 15+ saves since Brian Carcaterra had 18 (Towson), 17 (Loyola) and 16 (Duke) in the final three games of the 1997 season.
• Through games of March 11, Marcille sports a .548 save percentage and a 12.15 goals against average. He ranks 15th in the nation in save percentage.
Offensive Notes of Interest
• Since the start of the 2022 season, the Blue Jays are 11-2 when they score 11 or more goals.
• In 32 quarters this season, the Blue Jays have scored two or more goals in 24 quarters and four or more in 13 quarters.
Extra-Extra
• The Johns Hopkins extra-man unit has converted on 9-of-23 (.391) attempts this season, but that hardly tells the story.
• After going 0-for-7 in the first four games of the season, the Blue Jays have converted on 9-of-16 (.563) chances in the last four games.
• Entering this week's games, the Blue Jays rank 34th in the nation in extra-man offense.
Defensive Notes of Interest
• The Johns Hopkins defense has held six of eight opponents under its season scoring average. The Blue Jays have held four teams at least three goals under current scoring average.
• The Blue Jays have held their eight opponents scoreless for a period of at least 10 minutes 12 different times thus far this season.
• Through eight games this season, the opposition has cashed in on 8-of-25 (.320) chances; Johns Hopkins ranks 25th in the nation in man-down defense with a 68.0% kill rate.
• JHU allowed just 12 extra-man goals (on 35 chances) in 2022. The 12 EMO goals allowed are the fewest by a Blue Jay team since 2016, when Hopkins allowed just 11 (of 33 chances).
• Johns Hopkins was 4-0 in 2021, 5-0 in 2022 and, with the 11-9 win at Syracuse, is now 12-0 under head coach Peter Milliman and defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer when holding the opposition to 10 goals or less.
Non-Offensive Scoring
• Through eight games, Johns Hopkins has gotten 15 points (8g, 7a) from non-offensive players, an average of one goal and nearly two points per game.
• The Blue Jays got five points (2g, 3a) from non-offensive players against top-ranked Virginia as SSDMs Hunter Jaronski and Jakson Raposo both scored goals with faceoff specialists Matt Narewski and Logan Callahan and goalie Tim Marcille grabbing assists.
• Last season, the Blue Jays got 14 goals and eight assists for 22 points from non-offensive players in 16 games.
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