• Johns Hopkins returns home to take on Towson on Tuesday night in the Blue Jays' final non-conference contest of the regular season.
• This marks the final week of the regular season and will see the Blue Jays play back-to-back games at Homewood Field.
• Hopkins is coming off a key 14-7 win at 13th-ranked Michigan on Thursday in Big Ten action. The win assured the Blue Jays off a top-four seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament. JHU will also host its quarterfinal game on April 29 at Homewood Field.      
  • Senior Maeve Barker notched the 100th point of her career on Thursday in the win at Michigan. The milestone came with her assist on a Bailey Cheetham goal with 2:01 left in the first quarter. 
• Barker is the 45th player in program history, and 27th since the program moved to Division I in 1999, to reach the milestone.
  • Johns Hopkins' stunning come-from-behind win versus 25th-ranked Rutgers is the largest come-back win in school Division I history.
• The Blue Jays trailed by six goals (11-5) with 4:04 to play in the third quarter versus the Scarlet Knights. The Blue Jays scored the final seven goals to win 12-11. 
• Four times in the Division I era (1999), Hopkins rallied from a five-goal deficit to win. The last coming on March 7, 2021 when JHU trailed host Ohio State, 6-1, with 5:17 left in the first half. The Blue Jays rallied to win 10-9.
  • The Blue Jays are 227-162-2 (.583) all-time in the month of April, including 76-64 (.543) since moving to Division I in 1999.
• Hopkins has won seven of its last nine games in the month of April.
  • ILWomen released it's Midseason All-America teams on March 31 and freshman Reagan O'Brien was named to the Honorable Mention team. She is one of just four freshmen named to the four teams.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays, ranks third in the Big Ten and 18th in the nation with 2.00 caused turnovers per game. She also ranks eighth in the league with 1.91 ground balls per game.
  • For the first time in three decades, there is a new coach at the helm of the Blue Jays. Tim McCormack was named just the fourth coach in program history on June 7, 2022.
• McCormack came to Homewood after a successful three-year stint at Arizona State. He led the Sun Devils to a 26-17 record, including back-to-back 10 wins seasons and a berth in the Pac-12 championship game.
  • Hopkins jumped three spots in this week's IL Women/IWLCA Poll and is ranked 22nd with 102 points. The Blue Jays also moved into the Nike/USA Lacrosse Poll and are ranked 20th this week.
• Eight of the Blue Jays' 2023 opponents are ranked in the IL Women/IWLCA poll, including four in the top-10.
• Hopkins boasts the fourth toughest schedule in the nation. The Blue Jays' opponents have a combined win percentage of 68.2.
• JHU is 21st in the NCAA's most recent RPI rating with an RPI of 0.58651.
  • Johns Hopkins outscored host and 13th-ranked Michigan, 5-1, in the fourth quarter to defeat the Wolverines, 14-7, in Big Ten action Thursday night.
• Julia Schwabe scored a free position goal with 46.1 remaining in the third quarter to bring Michigan back within three. However, that's as close as the Wolverines would get. Ava Angello beat the possession clock when she scored on a one-timer from Maeve Barker at 12:32 in the fourth to spark a four-goal Blue Jay run that spanned just over five minutes. Jordan Carr, Angello and Megan Kielbasa scored during the spree as Hopkins pushed out to a 13-6 lead.
• Jane Fetterolf got one back for Michigan with a shot from the left alley at 6:11 but Angello answered just 49 seconds later and Hopkins led 14-7. The two defenses took over from there as the 14-7 score stood.
• Erin Garvey put Michigan on top early with a free position goal at 11:36. Marielle McAteer and Barker answered with back-to-back goals in a 48-second span to grab the lead for Hopkins. Jill Smith tied the game at the 8:25-mark with an eight-meter. Angello responded with a free position of her own to ignite a four-goal run for Hopkins. Bailey Cheetham capped the first-quarter scoring with a goal on the run. Barker and Charlotte Smith then scored back-to-back to open the second quarter and the Blue Jays led 6-2.
• The Wolverines responded with a 3-1 spurt to make it a two-goal game with 11:24 to go in the third. Barker took a pass from Angello and scored from a tight-angle with the possession clock winding down at 9:51. Georgie Gorelick then snuck one inside the right post off the dodge and it was 9-5.
• Angello finished with a game-high four goals, while Barker tied her high with six points (3g, 3a), including her 100th career point. Case (1g, 2a) and Smith (1g, 1a) also finished with multi-point games. Cheetham had a career-best five draw controls and Haleigh Moore led the defense with four caused turnovers. Maggie Tydings made 10 saves and picked up a pair of ground balls. Hopkins trailed for just 73 seconds in the game while the defense held Michigan five goals below its season average.
  • Ava Angello scored three goals in her collegiate debut against Albany. She is the first freshman to tally a hat trick in their debut since Miranda Ibello accomplished the feat on Feburary 12, 2016 versus Marquette.
• In fact, Angello is just the fifth freshman in school Division I history to score a hat trick in their collegiate debut.
• Angello erupted for six goals in the win at Monmouth. Her six goals are tied for the most by a Hopkins' freshman since the program moved to Division I in 1999. She joins Meghan Burnett (2000) and Jamie Larrimore (1999) as the only Blue Jay freshman with six goals in a game.
• Angello ranks second in the Big Ten in assists by a freshman (12) and is third in points (33) and goals (21).
• Angello had her 10-game point streak snapped in the win over Rutgers. It was the longest point streak by a freshman to start their career since 2015.
  • Senior Maeve Barker (3g, 3a) and freshman Ava Angello (6g) each turned in six-point performances in the win at Monmouth. It is the first time that two Blue Jays had at least six points in a game since 2021 when Aurora Cordingley (6g, 1a)  and Mackenzie Heldberg (1g, 6a) had seven points each against Rutgers.
• Since JHU moved to Division I in 1999, there have been 15 games in which two Blue Jays have had six-point performances. In fact, in two of those games (Denver 2012, Furman 2019), Hopkins had three players with at least six points.
• Barker turned in her second six-point game of the season on Thursday in the win at Michigan.
  • Georgie Gorelick's five goals and Maeve Barker's five assists versus Albany mark the first time since 2021, and the 11th time overall, that Hopkins had a player with five goals and a player with five assists in the same game.
• Mary Key is the only player in program Division I history to have at least five goals and five assists in the same game. She accomplished the feat on March 24, 2007 versus Orgeon.
  • Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 22nd in the nation with 6.54 assists per game.
• JHU has notched 85 assists through 3 games and is assisting on 54.5 percent of its goals. The 85 assists rank 11th in school Division I history, while the 6.54 assists per game are the third best per game average.
• Senior Maeve Barker leads the Blue Jays with 16 assists and ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 1.23 assists per game. She is JHU's active career leader with 40 assists and ranks 15th in school Division I history.
• Junior Campbell Case is second with 13 assists, while freshman Ava Angello ranks third with 12. Senior Bailey Cheetham has also reached double digits and boasts 11 assists.
• Angello's 12 assists are already fifth most by a freshman in program history. Cheetham is tied for ninth in school history in assists by a midfielder with 20.
  • Freshman Reagan O'Brien is making her mark early on the Blue Jay defense. She notched three caused turnovers and three ground balls in her collegiate debut versus Albany and has totaled 22 caused turnovers and 21 ground balls in 11 games. 
• O'Brien had six caused turnovers at Loyola, that's one shy of the school single-game record. The six takeaways are also tied for the most by a freshman in a game.
• O'Brien leads Hopkins, ranks third in the Big Ten and 18th in the nation with 2.00 caused turnovers per game. She also ranks eighth in the league with 1.91 ground balls per game.
• O'Brien's 22 caused turnovers are already tied for fifth most by a freshman in program history. Lacey-Leigh Hentz set the record with 54 in 2002. 
• As a team, Hopkins ranks third in the Big Ten and 19th in the nation with 9.69 caused turnovers per game. JHU had 17 caused turnovers in the win at Georgetown - that's the most by the Blue Jays since they had 18 against Furman on February 29, 2020.
• Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks 20th in the nation with 18.08 ground balls per game. Senior Haleigh Moore leads the Blue Jays and ranks fourth with 2.38 ground balls per game. She also ranks seventh in the league in caused turnovers (1.54).
  • Sophomore defender Quinlan O'Brien scored a transition goal with 12 seconds remaining in the third quarter at Loyola. She is the first Blue Jay defender to score since Jeanne Kachris scored, also in transition, against UMBC on March 29, 2022.
• O'Brien is the 12th Hopkins defender to score a goal since the program moved to Division I in 1999 (see chart at right). Six of the 12 have scored multiple goals.
• Lacey-Leigh Hentz is first among all JHU defenders with 12 career goals (2002-05). She was inducted into the JHU Hall of Fame in 2020.
  • Hopkins shutout Georgetown in the first and fourth quarters on March 1. It was the first time JHU had shut out an opponent for a quarter since April 28, 2022. On that date, Hopkins held host Penn State scoreless in the fourth quarter. It is also the first time the Blue Jays have held an opponent scoreless for two quarters since women's lacrosse moved to quarters in 2022.
• JHU shutout Rutgers in the fourth quarter as the Blue Jays rallied for a 12-11 win. Hopkins outscored Rutgers, 6-0, in the quarter. On April 5, Hopkins held Maryland scoreless in the third quarter as the Blue Jays rallied with five straight goals. It is the fourth time this season that JHU has shutout an opponent for a quarter.
• In addition, JHU has held opponents scoreless for 15 minutes or more nine times this season, with three of those coming against Georgetown. The longest streak came on March 18, when the Blue Jays held the host Buckeyes scoreless for over 21 minutes as they built a 5-1 lead.
  • Multiple Blue Jays are making their move up the Johns Hopkins Division I record book. Here's a look at where they rank:
 
Ava Angello (Fr. • A):
• Needs 2 point to rank 10th, 5 to rank 8th and 6 to rank 7th in points by a freshman (has 33)
• Needs 4 goals to rank 11th, 5 to rank 10th and 6 to rank 9th in goals by a freshman (has 21)
• Needs 7 assists to rank third in assists by a freshman (has 12)
• Needs 7 draw controls to rank 13th in draws by a freshman (has 20)
 
Maeve Barker (Sr. • A):
• Needs 6 assists to rank 14th in assists (has 40)
 
Bailey Cheetham (Sr. • M):
• Needs 1 assist to rank 8th and 3 to rank 7th in assists by a midfielder (has 20)
 
Georgie Gorelick (Jr. • M):
• Needs 1 point to rank 14th and 12 to rank 13th in points by a midfielder (has 52)
• Needs 1 goal to rank 15th and 5 to rank 14th in goals by a midfielder (has 40)
• Needs 1 assist to rank 17th and 3 to rank 16th in assists by a midfielder (has 12)
 
Abbey Hurlbrink (Jr. • M):
• Needs 11 points to rank 13th in points by a midfielder (has 53)
• Needs 2 goals to rank 12th and11 to rank 11th in goals by a midfielder (has 45)
• Needs 1 draw to rank 18th, 2 to rank 17th and 8 to rank 16th (has 83)
 
Madison McPherson (Sr. • M):
• Needs 2 goals to rank 16th and 3 to rank 15th in goals by a midfielder (has 37)
• Needs 1 draw to rank 17th and 7 to rank 16th (has 84)
 
Reagan O'Brien (Fr. • D):
• Needs 6 caused turnovers to rank 4th by a freshman (has 22)
 
Maggie Tydings (Jr. • GK):
• Needs 28 saves to rank 11th (has 92)
  • Sophomore Annie Marshall has taken the majority of the draw controls for the Blue Jays this season. She has tallied 60 draws and ranks third in the Big Ten, and 22nd in the nation, with 6.00 draws per game. Marshall matched her 2022 season total (6) in JHU's opener against Albany.
• Marshall's 60 draws are already the 11th most in school single-season history.
• Marshall controlled a career-high 10 draws versus Penn on February 25 - one shy of the program single-game record. She is only the fourth player in program history to register double-digit draws in a game, joining Shelby Harrison, Dene' DiMartino and Ellie McNulty.
• Marshall turned in her second 10-draw game in the win at Monmouth and again at Ohio State. She and Harrison are the only players in program history with multiple double-digit draw games.
• Junior Abbey Hurlbrink ranks second on the team, and has tied her career high, with 30 draws. She also ranks 19th in JHU history with 83 career draws. Freshman Ava Angello is third on the team with 20 draw controls, which ranks 14th among freshman in program history.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks third in the Big Ten with 13.77 draws per game. The Blue Jays are winning 51.4 percent of their draws. The 13.77 draws per game is the second best per game average in school Division I history.  
• Hopkins won 22 of 28 draws at Monmouth on March 7. That's the second most draw control wins in a game in program history and are four shy of the program record. JHU outdrew Ohio State, 19-3, in its win in Columbus. 
  • Head coach Tim McCormack announced on June 24 that Nicole Graziano and Dorrien Van Dyke would join his staff at Homewood.
• Van Dyke and Graziano spent the last three seasons on McCormack's staff at Arizona State. During their time in Tempe, the Sun Devils went 26-17 with back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2021 and 2022. Arizona State also made its first-ever appearance in the Pac-12 Championship game in 2022. Van Dyke will coach the Blue Jay defense and Graziano will coach the offense.
• Graziano helped turn around the Arizona State offense. In the year prior her arrival in Tempe, the Sun Devils ranked 96th in the nation with 9.89 goals per game. In her first season, a COVID-shortened 2020 season, ASU ranked 12th in the nation with 16.38 goals per game. Arizona State led the Pac-12 in scoring in 2020 and 2021 (16.44 goals per game) and ranked third in 2022 (13.21).
• Van Dyke's Arizona State defense led the Pac-12 in ground balls and ranked fourth in scoring defense in 2021 (12.62) and 2022 (12.79). The squad also ranked third in caused turnovers in 2020 (7.13) and then second in 2021 (8.50) and 2022 (7.11).
• In addition to her work with the defense, Van Dyke made immediate improvements in the Sun Devil draw control unit. Arizona State ranked fourth in the Pac-12 prior to her arrival in Tempe. ASU ranked third (14.25) in 2020, second in 2021 (16.68) and then led the league (15.95) this past season. The Sun Devils also ranked in the top-20 in the nation in draws in each of the last two seasons.
  • Kathleen Garvey returned to her alma mater in August to join head coach Tim McCormack's staff as the graduate manager. She will assist with the Blue Jay goalies.
• Garvey returns to Homewood after a standout career in the cage for the Blue Jays. She finished her career ranked fourth in program history with 352 saves and seventh in goals against average (11.10) and save percentage (.433).
• A three-year starter, Garvey posted 15 double-digit save performances in 41 starts. She earned Big Ten Goaltender of the Year honors and Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic honors in 2021 after leading the league in saves (129) and ranking second in save percentage (.436).
  • Tuesday's game is the 28th meeting between Johns Hopkins and Towson in a series that dates to a 24-0 Towson win in 1976. Tuesday's game marks the first in the series at Homewood Field since 2018.
• The Blue Jays lead the all-time series, 16-11, and have won two straight over the Tigers.
• The teams met five times between 1976 and 1984 and then didn't meet again until 1999 - JHU's first season as a Division I program.
  • Tuesday's game versus Towson will be the 16th for Hopkins on April 18. The Blue Jays are 9-6 all-time on this date.
• This will be Hopkins' seventh game on Apri 18 since moving to Division I in 1999. JHU is just 2-4 on this date since 1999. In fact, Hopkins lost four straight on April 18 until a 13-11 win at Penn State in 2021.
 
     1978     Western Maryland______ L, 1-2
     1981     at Drew______________ W, 14-6
     1984     at Dickinson__________ L, 9-16
     1985     Dickinson____________ W, 9-6
     1987     Swarthmore__________ W, 15-6
     1988     Notre Dame (MD)______ W, 16-1
     1992     Lynchburg___________ W, 8-6
     1995     at Haverford__________ W, 24-3
     1998     Haverford____________ W, 9-8
     2001     at Villanova___________ W, 14-10
     2004     at #6 Duke___________ L, 7-10
     2008     at #1 Northwestern_____ L, 12-14
     2014     at #12 Penn State______ L, 10-12
     2019     Penn State___________ L 15-16
     2021     at #13 Penn State______ W, 13-11
     • Freshman Ava Angello was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on March 22 after she totaled eight goals and 10 points in a 1-1 week for the Blue Jays. She is the first Blue Jay to earn B1G Freshman of the Week honors since Charlotte Smith in March 2022.
• Angello scored a career-high six goals and controlled one draw in the win at Monmouth. Her six goals are tied for the most by a freshman in school history. Angello finished with four points on two goals and two assists in a tough loss at eighth-ranked James Madison.
• Angello is tied for the team lead in goals (21), ranks second in points (33) and third in assists (12). She also ranks second in the Big Ten in assists by a freshman (12) and is third in points (33) and goals (21).
  • Senior Maeve Barker, junior Georgie Gorelick and sophomore Annie Marshall were named to the 2023 Big Ten Players to Watch list. Three players from each of the Big Ten's six teams were named as players to watch.
• Barker returns after starting 18 games on attack. She ranked second on the team with 12 assists and tied for third with 23 goals. She posted 12 multi-point games and finished the season on a 16-game point streak.
• Gorelick saw action in 17 games in the midfield and finished fifth on the team in goals (20) and assists (5). She was also tied for second with seven free position goals.
• Marshall played 18 games in her freshman campaign as a center draw specialist. She totaled six ground balls, six draw controls and three caused turnovers.
  • Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Tuesday's game versus Towson.
• Here's a look at those streaks:
 
Maeve Barker (Sr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 3 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Jordan Carr (Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 2 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 2 straight games
 
Campbell Case (Jr. • A):
• Has at least one point in 8 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 2 straight games
 
Bailey Cheetham (Sr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 4 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 straight games
 
Georgie Gorelick (Jr. • M):
• Has at least one point in 3 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 3 straight games
 
Charlotte Smith (So. • A):
• Has at least one point in 6 straight games
• Has at least one goal in 4 straight games
• Has at least one assist in 2 straight games
  • The Blue Jays' 2023 roster includes seven seniors, 11 juniors, eight sophomores and seven freshmen.
• The 33-woman roster features players from 10 states and one Canadian province (Ontario). By state, the Blue Jays hail from Maryland (13), New York (5), Massachusetts (4), California (2), Connecticut (2), New Jersey (2), Pennsylvania (1), Florida (1), Oregon (1) and Virginia (1). 
  • Head coach Tim McCormack welcomed seven freshmen to the Blue Jays this season. Joining Hopkins are Ava Angello, Morgan Giradina, Hannah Johnson, Grace Karstetter, Jillian McNaughton, Reagan O'Brien and Emily Peek.
  • Seniors Maeve Barker and Bailey Cheetham and junior Jordan Carr have been selected as captains for the 2023 season.
• Barker returns after starting 18 games on attack a year ago and carried a 16-game point-scoring streak into the 2023 season. She is the Blue Jays' active leader in goals (55), assists (34) and points (89).
• Cheetham, a two-way middie, returns after posting career highs in every statistical category last season. She finished with 10 goals and 15 points, to go with 23 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and five draws in 18 games. For her career, Cheetham has 29 points (14g, 15), 45 ground balls, 19 draws and 19 caused turnovers.
• Carr had a breakout season as a two-way middie in 2022. After seeing action in just two games as a freshman, she played in 18 games and started 16 a year ago. She totaled 16 points (12g, 4a), 23 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and six draws. She now has 19 goals and 22 points to go with 25 ground balls, nine draws and 16 caused turnovers in 26 career games. 
  • Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Freshman Reagan O'Brien joins her sister, sophomore Quinlan O'Brien, at Homewood this spring. The O'Briens are the 13th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
• Freshman Morgan Giardina is following in the footsteps of her father, Scott, who played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins and is a 1992 graduate.
• In addition, junior Liza Regan played alongside her cousin, Caroline Somerville, for two seasons (2021, 2022) at Homewood.
  • Johns Hopkins was picked to finish fifth in the 2023 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll of the league's seven head coaches.
• Maryland is the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten, followed by Northwestern, Rutgers, Michigan, Hopkins, Ohio State and Penn State.
• All seven teams will qualify for the 2023 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament, with the top team in the final league standings earning a bye into the semifinals. The teams that finish second, third and fourth will host quarterfinal games on Saturday, April 29. Ohio State will host the semifinals (May 4) and finals (May 6).
  • Hopkins will play four nationally televised games this season. JHU willl take on Penn (Feb. 25), Rutgers (Apr. 1) and Maryland (Apr. 5) on ESPNU. In addition, Hopkins' game at Michigan (Apr. 13) will be shown on the Big Ten Network. 
  • This marks the 48th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 469-308-4 (.603) and a 251-171 (.595) record as a Division I program.
• The Blue Jays have posted 36 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 10 in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).
  • Hopkins produced a school-record and Big Ten-best 33 Academic All-Big Ten selections for the 2022 season. Fifteen Blue Jays were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
• In addition, JHU set a school record as 14 student-athletes were named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in late July.
• The Blue Jays posted an impressive 3.57 GPA for the Spring semester, which included five players with a perfect 4.00 GPA.
  • Hopkins returns to Homewood Field on Saturday, April 22 as the Blue Jays host the 14th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. Opening draw for the Big Ten contest is slated for 12:00 pm.
• JHU will honor its seven seniors following the game.