BALTIMORE, MD – How often do you think the Johns Hopkins women's soccer team wins a game by the score of 4-3? 
 
Apparently, once every 9,879 days.

The 18^th-ranked Blue Jays rallied from a 3-2 deficit with two goals in a 73-second span late in the second half to grab a thrilling 4-3 win over visiting Mary Washington (9-5-4) at Homewood Field on Saturday evening.
 
Prior to tonight's win against the Eagles, Johns Hopkins had last won a game by the score of 4-3 on October 16, 1997 when the Jays edged Widener.
 
After grabbing a 2-1 lead on a Carrie McIntire goal just five minutes into the second half, the Blue Jays pressed and looked for the goal that would bump the lead to 3-1.  Despite applying heavy pressure, they couldn't find that third goal – and the Eagles pounced, quickly.
 
An unassisted Emily Box strike in the 66^th minute was followed just under five minutes later by a Naomi Knight goal off an assist from Maci Landel off a free kick that gave the Eagles a 3-2 lead with 19 minutes to play.
 
Johns Hopkins (13-2-3), which held a 13-3 advantage in shots in the second half, pulled even in the 79^th minute when senior Katie Sullivan worked from right to left as she approached the top of the box and fired a 22-yarder into the corner of the goal past the outstretched arms of Mary Washington goalie Andriana Thompson.
 
The buzz in the stadium had barely settled when Sullivan found herself attacking again down the flank to Thompson's right. This time, her low drive towards the goal found the foot of Olivian Piraino, who redirected Sullivan's feed for what proved to be the game-winning goal as she snuck her offering just inside the near post.
 
The Blue Jays maintained a strong possession advantage over the final 10 minutes and never let the Eagles seriously challenge to preserve the thrilling regular-season-ending victory.
 
The wild second half followed a first half that saw the teams combine for 13 shots and two goals.  A game-opening goal from Johns Hopkins' Ella Macko (her first career goal) in the 20^th minute gave the Jays a one-goal lead, but Layla Royster answered 16 minutes later to force the first of three ties in the game. 
 
That set the stage for a final 45 minutes that capped a game Blue Jay fans hadn't see in a while – as in 9,879 day.
 
Johns Hopkins held a 21-8 advantage in shots and collected all eight corner kicks in the game.  Thompson finished with eight saves for the Eagles and Tia Harrison collected two for the Blue Jays.
 
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Friday, November 9 when the Blue Jays host a Centennial Conference semifinal game.  The Blue Jays' opponent will be determined by the results of the two first-round games earlier in the week.  The top-seeded Blue Jays will play the lowest remaining seed in the tournament after the first round is complete.