BALTIMORE, MD – Freshman Ava Angello scored the game-winning goal 1:26 into overtime to lift the 22^nd-ranked Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team to a 13-12 win over Towson Tuesday night. The Blue Jays even their record at 7-7 while the Tigers slip to 10-4 and have their six-game win streak snapped.
 
Hopkins found itself trailing 12-9 with seven minutes to play after a Katie McCormick goal. But the Blue Jays rallied with three goals in a span of four minutes and 55 seconds to send the game to overtime.
 
Bailey Cheetham got things going when she grabbed the rebound off the post and buried her only goal of the game at 6:09. Angello ripped home a free position shot from the left hash to make it a one-goal game two minutes later. Cheetham then found Smith in the middle of the fan for the tying goal with 1:14 to play. Neither team could get the equalizer and they headed to overtime. Annie Marshall won the draw to open overtime and the Blue Jays worked the ball around until Campbell Case found Angello on the crease for the game-winner.
 
Blaire Pearre put the Tigers on the board first, scoring off the dodge at the 9:38-mark in the first. Hopkins answered with three straight to push out to a 3-1 lead less than three minutes later. Angello sparked the run with a takeaway on a Towson clear that ended with a Charlotte Smith goal from the right alley. Abbey Hurlbrink then scored back-to-back goals just 45 seconds apart and the Blue Jays had a two-goal lead.  
 
Milana Zizakovic halted the run with a one-timer in traffic to cut the Jays' lead to one with 6:08 to play in the first. Jordan Carr pushed JHU's lead right back to two when she took a pass from Cheetham and banged the ball in off the Tigers' goalie at 5:25.
 
Towson came out firing with five unanswered in the second quarter in a run that spanned more than 12 minutes. Pearre book-ended the run with a pair of goals as the Tigers pushed out to a 7-4 lead with just 58.1 seconds left in the quarter. Angello got the Blue Jays back on the board 17 seconds later off a feed from Case in the left alley to make it a 7-5 game at the half.
 
Lindsay Marshall and Zizakovic opened the third with back-to-back goals and Towson led 9-5 just 4:33 into the period. Megan Kielbasa converted a free position at 7:51 to ignite a three-goal Blue Jay run. Just 68 seconds later, Angello took a skip pass from Smith, dropped her stick and scored on a bouncer. Gorelick then pulled Hopkins within one when she scored on a one-timer off a pass from Cheetham with 2:42 to go in the quarter.
 
Pearre and Lindsay Marshall pushed the Tiger's lead back to three with goals just 74 seconds apart early in the fourth. The Blue Jays came right back and made it an 11-9 game with 10:34 to play. Case found Angello cutting in the middle and she scored from the doorstep for her third of the game. McCormick answered at the seven-minute mark, setting the stage for another Hopkins' comeback.
 
Angell led the Blue Jays with the five goals, while Cheetham tied her career high with three assists and four points. Case matched her high with three helpers and Smith also had a three-point (2g, 1a) night. Barker had a game-high five ground balls and Annie Marshall finished with six draws. JHU outdrew Towson, 17-12, but won nine of the final 12 as the Blue Jays rallied for the win.
 
Pearre paced the Tigers with four goals, while Lindsay Marshall added a hat trick and six draws. Zizakovic added a pair of goals and Lindsay Clarke handed out two assists. Torres finished with 13 saves in the cage.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday as the Blue Jays host 14^th-ranked Penn State in the regular season finale. Opening draw at Homewood Field is slated for 12:00 pm.