The Game
• The 11th-ranked Johns Hopkins (4-2) men's lacrosse team welcomes top-ranked Virginia (4-0) to Homewood Field for the 96th all-time meeting between the Blue Jays and Cavaliers. Faceoff is set for 4:02 pm with a live broadcast on ESPN+.
When Last We Saw Them
• Johns Hopkins picked up its second straight win as the Blue Jays topped then 13th-ranked St. Joseph's, 15-14, at Homewood Field last Saturday.
• The top-ranked Cavaliers ran their season-opening winning streak to four games as UVA raced past Richmond, 25-8, at home last Saturday night.
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 1,008-366-15 (.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 11th in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 10th in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Virginia is ranked first in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and the Cavaliers are also first in the 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'
'• This week's game against top-ranked Virginia will mark Johns Hopkins' sixth game (in seven) against a team ranked in the top 20 in the nation at the time of the game.
• In all, 10 of JHU's 15 opponents on the 2023 schedule are ranked in the top 20 this week and six of those 10 are ranked in the top 10.
Series History]
• This week's game will be the 96th game in a series that dates to a 9-0 Johns Hopkins win in 1904.
• JHU leads the all-time series 61-33-1 and has won two of the last four and seven of the last 12 against the Cavaliers.
• Since 2012, the visiting team has won five of 10 games played on campus (one neutral site game in that time).]
• A complete series history can be found on page 16.
Against the ACC
• This week's game against Virginia will be the 233rd all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the ACC.
• Johns Hopkins is 134-96-2 (.582) all-time against current ACC members.
• Johns Hopkins has played 52 all-time NCAA Tournament games against current ACC teams. The Blue Jays are 28-24 all-time in the NCAAs against the five teams currently competing in the ACC.
Balanced Scoring
• Johns Hopkins got goals from nine different players and points from 11 different players in the 12-7 season-opening win at Jacksonville and then had six different goal-scorers and nine players notch at least one point in the win over Georgetown. That balance was also on display in the 15-14 win over St. Joseph's as seven different players scored at least one goal and nine players had at least one point.
• The Blue Jays' balanced scoring sheet already includes 10 players with three or more goals and 11 with four or more points.
• Leading the way for the Jays thus far are Jacob Angelus (5g, 17a), Garrett Degnon (11g, 1a), Brendan Grimes (8g, 4a), Matt Collison (10g, 1a), Dylan Bauer (6g, 3a), Johnathan Peshko (7g, 1a) and Russell Melendez (5g, 3a), who all have at least eight points thus far.
Six With 2+ ... It's Been a While
• Johns Hopkins' 15-goal outburst against St. Joseph's was fueled by a balanced scoring attack that featured six players with two or more goals in the game. Garrett Degnon led the way with four, while Jacob Angelus, Dylan Bauer, Johnathan Peshko, Matt Collison and Cameron Chauvette all scored twice.
• Prior to Saturday, the last time Johns Hopkins had six or more players score two or more goals in a game was on April 22, 2017, when exactly six did it in a 19-9 win over Michigan. Current Johns Hopkins offensive coordinator John Crawley started at midfield that day for the Blue Jays ... he scored one goal in the victory.
Three With Hat Tricks Against Utah
• Johns Hopkins got three goals from three different players in the 12-8 win against Utah.
• Senior Ian Krampf, junior Brendan Grimes and freshman Matt Collison all scored three times against the Utes. This marked the first time Johns Hopkins has had three players with a hat trick in the same game since February 11, 2022, when Joey Epstein (6), Garrett Degnon (4) and Grimes (3) all had three+ goals at Towson.
18 Straight For Degnon
• Graduate student attackman Garrett Degnon scored four goals in the 15-14 win over St. Joseph's and now leads the team in goals (11) despite missing one game.
• The four-goal effort against the Hawks pushed his goal-scoring streak to 18 games dating back to February 19, 2022, when he scored once in an 11-10 win over Loyola.
• During his 18-game goal-scoring run, Degnon has scored 46 goals and has 13 multi-goal games and eight games with 3+ goals to his credit.
• Degnon's 18-game run is also the longest by a Johns Hopkins player since Kyle Marr scored at least one goal in 19 straight games from early in the 2018 season through early in the 2019 season.
I'm Honored
• Matt Collison was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after netting his first career hat trick in the recent 12-8 win over Utah and he followed that with a two-goal, one-assist effort in the 15-14 win over #13 St. Joe's.
• Collison now has 10 goals and one assist on the year, including nine goals and one assist in the last four games.
• With four straight multi-goal games to his credit, he is the first Blue Jay freshman middie to score two or more goals in four straight games since Paul Rabil did it early in the 2015 season.
Dunn Sparks Win Over #13 St. Joseph's
• Junior faceoff specialist Tyler Dunn turned in one of the best performances of his career in the 15-14 win over #13 St. Joseph's.
• Facing, statistically, the top faceoff team in the nation, Dunn won 18-of-32 faceoffs with 10 ground balls and one goal to help fuel the victory. The 10 GBs and 32 FO attempts tied his career high, while the 18 FO wins are the second best total of his career.
Offensive Notes of Interest
• Since the start of the 2022 season, the Blue Jays are 10-1 when they score 11 or more goals.
• In 24 quarters this season, the Blue Jays have scored two or more goals in 17 quarters and four or more in 10 quarters.
Extra-Extra
• The Johns Hopkins extra-man unit has converted on 5-of-13 (.385) 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 5-of-6 chances in the last two games.
Defensive Notes of Interest
• 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).
• Through six games this season, the opposition has cashed in on 5-of-17 (.294) chances on the year.
• Johns Hopkins was 6-0 last season and is 11-0 under head coach Peter Milliman and defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer when holding the opposition to 10 goals or less.
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