• Johns Hopkins is back on the road this weekend to take on 14th-ranked Penn on Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field. This is the Blue Jays' fourth road game in their first five games this season.
• This is the fourth time in five games that the Blue Jays have faced a ranked opponent. In fact, Hopkins has played a ranked team in 11 of its last 14 games, dating back to last season.
• Hopkins is coming off a tough 17-14 loss to ninth-ranked Loyola in its home-opener Wednesday afternoon. The loss was the first of the season for the Blue Jays.
  • Hopkins is now 34-14-1 (.698) all-time in season-openers and has won 19 of its last 21 season-openers. 
• The game at UAlbany was the first time the Blue Jays opened the season on the road since 2019. In fact, it was just the ninth time since the Jays moved to Division I in 1999 (26 seasons) that they opened the season away from Homewood.
• This is the 14th time since 1999 that Hopkins has started the season with atleast three wins in its first four games. 
  • Hopkins is 44-24 (.647) all-time in the month of February.
• Now in their 49th season, the Blue Jays did not play a game in February until 2002. Hopkins, then in just its fourth season as a Division I program, lost to Vanderbilt, 7-4, on February 24.
  • Hopkins is ranked 12th in the IL Women/IWLCA Poll with 342 points and is ranked 12th in the USA Lacrosse Poll.
• JHU has been ranked in each of the last nine IL Women/IWLCA polls and 18 of the last 22 polls.
• Ten of the Blue Jays' 2024 opponents are ranked in the IL Women/IWLCA poll, including five in the top-10 (Northwestern, James Madison, Loyola, Maryland, Michigan).
  • Ninth-ranked Loyola outscored host Johns Hopkins, 7-4, in the fourth quarter to top the 12th-ranked Blue Jays, 17-14, Wednesday afternoon in the Jays' home-opener. The game featured six ties and three lead changes.
• Senior Marielle McAteer gave Hopkins a 10-9 lead with 2:35 to play in the third quarter, but a Sydni Black goal sparked a four-goal Loyola run that gave the Greyhounds the lead for good.
• Junior Ashley Mackin led Hopkins with four points (3g, 1a) and sophomore Ava Angello also had a hat trick. McAteer, senior Campbell Case and junior Alayna Costa all had two-goal, one-assist performances. Senior Abbey Hurlbrink handed out two assists and controlled five draws. Graduate student Jennifer Barry controlled eight draws and classmate Madison Doucette finished with 12 saves.
  • Junior Ashley Mackin, senior Abbey Hurlbrink and sophomore Ava Angello reached double digits in points just three games into the season. Last year, it took Mackin until the sixth game of the year to reach 10 points and it took Hurlbrink until the 14th game. Angello meanwhile, needed just four games into her freshman campaign to reach the double-digit mark.
• Mackin leads JHU with 17 points and ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 4.25 points per game. Hurlbrink ranks second on the team with 14 points and Angello is third with 13 points.
• Mackin also leads the team with 12 goals and is fifth in the conference with 3.00 goals per game. Hurlbrink and Angello are tied for second with nine goals each. 
• Through four games, 14 players have scored at least one goal and nine of the 14 have at least four goals.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks third in the Big Ten in scoring offense with 15.50 goals per game.
  • Johns Hopkins has been picked to finish third in the Big Ten in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches.
• Defending national champion Northwestern is the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten in 2024. Maryland was picked second in the poll, followed by Hopkins, Michigan, Penn State, Rutgers and Ohio State.
• All seven teams qualify for the Big Ten 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 27. Northwestern will host the semifinals (May 2) and finals (May 4).
  • Graduate student midfielder Bailey Cheetham and senior midfielders Jordan Carr and Abbey Hurlbrink have been selected as captains for the 2024 season. Cheetham and Carr are both two-time captains. They are the 19th and 20th players in program history to serve as a captain twice.
• Cheetham returns after posting career highs in every statistical category last season. She finished with 17 goals, 19 assists, 24 ground balls, 14 caused turnovers and 19 draw controls. She ranked second on the team in assists and was fourth in points.
• Carr topped a breakout sophomore season with a career junior year in 2023. She started 16 games and posted career highs in goals (19), points (21) and draw controls (16). Carr also picked up 17 ground balls and casued nine turnovers.
• Hurlbrink started 15 games a year ago and finished with 14 goals and a career-high 11 assists. She also finished with career highs in ground balls (18) and draw controls (53) and had eight caused turnovers. Hurlbrink's 53 draws ranked second on the team.
  • The Blue Jays' 2024 roster includes six graduate students, nine seniors, eight juniors, seven sophomores and 11 freshmen.
• The 41-woman roster features players from 12 states, the District of Columbia and one Canadian province (Ontario). The Blue Jays also represent all four United States time zones.
• By state, the Blue Jays hail from New York (10), Maryland (9), New Jersey (5), Massachusetts (4), California (2), Pennsylvania (2), Oregon (2), Connecticut (1), Virginia (1), Minnesota (1), Texas (1) and Colorado (1).  
  • The Blue Jays piled up the honors this preseason.
• Graduate student goalie Madison Doucette, senior midfielder Abbey Hurlbrink and sophomore attacker Ava Angello were named to the Big Ten Player to Watch list.
• Doucette and Angello, along with graduate student draw specialist Jennifer Barry were named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team.
• In addition, Doucette was named a USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American.
  • Johns Hopkins University will induct nine new members into its Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024. The nine-member class will be the 25th inducted since the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame was formed in 1994 and raises the total number of members to 203. 
• Among the nine inductees is Dawn Nee, a 1991 graduate of the University and a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team. Nee is the 20th women's lacrosse player to be inducted into the JHU Athletic Hall of Fame.
• In 1991, Nee became just the second defender in program history to earn First Team All-America honors. She also earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference honors as a senior. Nee totaled nine goals, two assists, 39 ground balls and 23 draw controls over her final two seasons.
• Nee helped Johns Hopkins to a four-year record of 47-16 with four MAC West titles and two MAC Tournament Championships. She also helped the Blue Jays to three appearances in the NCAA Tournament with the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Semifinals in 1988.
  • Hopkins brought back more than 96 percent of its goals (218 of 226) and more than 97 percent of its assists (118 of 121) in 2024. The Blue Jays returned their top-12 goal scorers and 14 of the 17 players that scored at least one goal last season.
• JHU boasted a balanced attack in 2023 as five players scored at least 30 points. The last time the Blue Jays had five players with 30 or more points was in 2019.
• Ava Angello led the way with 53 points and 40 goals, while Maeve Barker (24g, 21a) and Campbell Case (24g, 19a) also eclipsed the 40-point mark.
• Georgie Gorelick ranked second on the team with 26 goals and added six assists for 32 points. Bailey Cheetham was tied for second on the team in assists (19) and scored 17 goals to finish with 32 points.
  • Ava Angello led Hopkins with 40 goals last season becoming the first freshman to lead the Blue Jays in goals 2009. She is just the third freshman to lead JHU in goals since the program moved to Division I in 1999.
• She ranked second in the Big Ten in points (53) by a freshman and was third in goals by a freshman.
• Angello scored three goals in her collegiate debut against UAlbany and was the first freshman to tally a hat trick in their debut since 2016. In fact, she was just the fifth freshman in school Division I history to score a hat trick in their collegiate debut.
• Angello tied the school single-game record for goals by a freshman when she scored six against Monmouth. She joined Meghan Burnett (2000) and Jamie Larrimore (1999) as the only Blue Jay freshmen with six goals in a game.
• In Johns Hopkins history, Angello ranks third in points, fourth in goals and sixth in assists by a freshman. She also ranks 11th in draws (30) by a freshman.
  • Four games into the season, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten and 16th in the nation with 8.25 assists per game. Last season, JHU ranked second in the conference and 19th in the nation with 6.72 assists per game.
• Twelve Blue Jays have notched at least one assist this season, led by Bailey Cheetham (6), Ashley Mackin (5) and  Abbey Hurlbrink (5). Cheetham ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 1.50 assists per game.
• JHU notched 121 assists and assisted on 53.5 percent of its goals in 2023. The 121 assists are the second most in school Division I history, while the 6.72 assists per game and assist-to-goal ratio of 53.5 are the third best per game average.
• Hopkins tallied 10 assists in the win over UMass in the NCAA First Round last May, the most by the Blue Jays in an NCAA Tournament game. The previous mark was eight  when JHU beat host Hofstra, 12-7, in the first round of the 2007 tournament.
• Maeve Barker led the team with 21 assists and is JHU's active career leader with 48 career assists. She ranks 14th in school Division I history in career assists. Campbell Case and Cheetham were tied for second with 19 assists each.
• Angello (13), Hurlbrink (11) and Mackin (10) also reached double digits in assists last season.
• Cheetham has totaled 34 career assists, the fourth most by a midfielder in school Division I history. Hurlbrink is tied for ninth with 21 career assists by a midfielder.
  • Annie Marshall took the majority of the draw controls for the Blue Jays in 2023 and despite missing three games due to injury, she led the team with 87 draws and ranked third in the Big Ten, and 30th in the nation, with 5.80 draws per game. Marshall matched her 2022 season total (6) in JHU's 2023 opener against UAlbany.
• Marshall's 87 draws were the third most in school single-season history. She controlled a career-high 10 draws versus Penn - 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.
• Abbey Hurlbrink ranked second on the team with a career high 53 draws and is 10th in JHU history with 116 career draws. Ava Angello finished third on the team with 30 draw controls, which ranks 10th among freshman in program history.
  • Hopkins only got stronger in the center circle this summer with the addition of graduate student and draw specialist Jennifer Barry. She came to Baltimore from Boston University, where she earned All-Patriot League honors in each of her last three seasons. She earned IWLCA Northeast Region Second Team honors in 2022 and 2023 and was named a Third Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse in 2022. A three-year starter, Barry totaled 57 goals and 35 assists to go with 378 draws, 55 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers. She holds the BU record for draws in a game (18), season (156) and career (378). In 2023, she ranked second in the Patriot League and eighth in the nation with 7.72 draws per game and in 2022, she led the league and was fourth nationally with 9.18 draws per game.
• Barry jumped right in and made an immediate impact with eight draws in the win at UAlbany. Two other newcomers made their mark in the center circle opening weekend in freshman Kayley Kakac and graduate student Kacie Riggs. Kakac had one draw in her collegiate debut at UAlbany, but followed that up with a nine-draw performance in the win at Siena. Her nine draws are two shy of the school record. Riggs controlled one draw versus the Great Danes and then had six versus the Saints.
• Barry leads the Blue Jays with 20 draws and ranks third in the Big Ten in draws per game (5.00). Kakac and Riggs are tied for second on the team with 11 draws each, while Abbey Hurlbrink ranks fourth with 10 draws.
• Hopkins dominated the draw at Siena, outdrawing the Saints, 22-7. The 22 draws are tied for the second most in school history and are four shy of the school record. It is also the third time in the last two seasons that the Blue Jays have had at least 22 draws in a game.
•  As a team, Hopkins ranks third in the Big Ten and 26th in the nation in draws per game (16.25).
• Last season, Hopkins ranked third in the Big Ten with 14.61 draws per game. That is the best per game average in school Division I history. The Blue Jays won 52.1 percent of their draws, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten. In addition, Hopkins' 263 draw controls in 2023 are the second most in school history.
  • Reagan O'Brien made her mark on the Blue Jay defense in her freshman campaign in 2023. She notched three caused turnovers and three ground balls in her collegiate debut versus UAlbany and led the team with 25 caused turnovers. She also finished fifth with 23 ground balls in 16 games. 
• O'Brien led Hopkins and ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 1.56 caused turnovers per game. 
• O'Brien tied the program single-game record for caused turnovers by a freshman when she had six takeways at Loyola. Her 25 caused turnovers were fifth most by a freshman in school history.
• Jordan Carr made the transition from midfield to defense and hasn't missed a step. She totaled seven caused turnovers and two ground balls in the Blue Jays' two wins opening weekend. She boasts nine caused turnovers, three ground balls and eight draws through four games. Carr ranks second in the Big Ten and 20th in the nation with 2.25 caused turnovers per game.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 7.50 caused turnovers per game. Last season, JHU ranked third in the Big Ten and 23rd in the nation with 9.11 caused turnovers per game.
  • Wednesday's game is the 17th meeting between Johns Hopkins and Penn since the series began in 2001. Hopkins won the first meeting between the two, 18-12, in Baltimore. The Quakers have a 9-7 edge in the series, and won last year's meeting, 13-12, in overtime at Homewood Field.
• Saturday's game will be the seventh meeting between the Blue Jays and Quakers since 2017. The only time in that span that the two did not play was 2021, when the Big Ten played a league-only schedule.
• This is the ninth time that Hopkins and Penn are meeting as ranked opponents, and the fourth time when both teams are ranked in the top-15 by the IWLCA. The Quakers have won five of the eight meetings when the two teams are ranked.
  • Saturday's game is the 37th game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Ivy League.
• Hopkins is 15-21 all-time against members of the Ivy League, with 25 of the 36 games coming against Penn and Princeton. In all, Hopkins has faced six of the eight Ivy League schools - the only two teams JHU has never played are Columbia and Dartmouth.
  • Saturday's game at Penn will be the seventh for Hopkins on February 24, including its second at Penn. The Blue Jays are 2-4 all-time on this date and have lost two straight.  
  • Head coach Tim McCormack welcomed three graduate student transfers - Jennifer Barry (Boston University), Madison Doucette (Northwestern) and Kacie Riggs (Cal) to Homewood this Fall.
• A 2022 IL All-American, Barry earned All-Patriot League honors three times and was a two-time IWLCA All-Northeast selection for the Terriers. She totaled 57 goals and 35 assists to go with 378 draws, 55 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers. Barry holds the BU record for draws in a game (18), seasons (156) and career (378). In 2023, she ranked second in the Patriot League and eighth in the nation with 7.72 draws per game. 
• Doucette went 32-8 as a starter for the Wildcats. She boasted an 11.83 goals against average and a .407 save percentage while leading NU to the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Final Four. She ranked second in the Big Ten in saves (166) and sixth in save percentage (.422) as a senior. Doucette led the league in goals against average (11.06) as a junior.
• Riggs was a two-year starter on defense for the Bears. She totaled 84 draw controls, 35 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers in her career with the Bears. Riggs ranked second on the team, and ninth in the Pac-12 in draws (45).
  • The Blue Jays welcomed 11 freshmen to campus this Fall. The group represent five states as well as Washington, DC.
• Joining Hopkins are Jaelyn Bennett, Alexa Christensen, Piper Daskalos, Samantha DiCarlo, Jane Freeman, Taylor Hoss, Kaley Kakac, Nina Palella, Heidi Rosely and Sam Tate.
  • Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Sophomore midfielder Reagan O'Brien and junior defender Quinlan O'Brien are the 13th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
• Sophomore goalie Morgan Giardina is following in the footsteps of her father, Scott, who played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins and is a 1992 graduate of the University.
• In addition, senior Liza Regan played alongside her cousin, Caroline Somerville, for two seasons (2021, 2022) at Homewood.
  • Head coach Tim McCormack joined Kelly Amonte Hiller's staff as an assistant coach of the 2024 US Women's U20 National Team it was announced last May.
• The US team will compete in the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship in Hong Kong, China this summer.
• The US women won five of the seven world championships conducted by World Lacrosse from 1995 to 2019. World Lacrosse adjusted the age groupings for this championship up to the U20 age level.
  • Hopkins is scheduled to play three nationally televised games this season. JHU willl take on Maryland (April 10) and Michigan (April 14) on ESPNU. In addition, Hopkins' game at Penn State (April 18) will be shown on the Big Ten Network. 
  • This marks the 49th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 475-311-4 (.604) and a 257-174 (.596) 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 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 11 in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022,  2023).
  • Hopkins produced 26 Academic All-Big Ten selections in 2023. In addition, thirteen Blue Jays were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.
• JHU also placed 12 student-athletes on  the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll and the team earned IWLCA Academic Squad honors for the 10th straight season. Hopkins posted an impressive 3.618 GPA for the 2022-23 academic year.
  • Hopkins returns home on Wednesday, February 28 to take on Georgetown. Opening draw at Homewood Field is slated for 4:00 pm.

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