The Game
• Johns Hopkins makes the quick turnaround from its opener on Saturday (Feb. 3) as the Blue Jays (0-1) welcome Towson to Homewood Field for the 50th all-time meeting between the local rivals. Faceoff is set for 4 pm on Tuesday, February 6 with a live national television audience at 4 pm.
When Last We Saw Them
• Johns Hopkins dropped a 13-12 decision in overtime against Denver in its season opener on Saturday (Feb. 3) at Homewood Field.
• Towson is making its 2024 debut against the Blue Jays. The Tigers posted a 6-9 record, including a 5-2 mark in the CAA, last season.
The Facts
• This is the 137th 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 1,016-371-15 (.730).
• 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.
Game #150 for Milliman
• This week's game against Towson will be the 150th as a college head coach for Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse coach Peter Milliman, including his 49th at Homewood.
Poll Position
• Johns Hopkins carried several preseason national rankings into the season opener as the Jays checked in at number five in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and number six in the USILA and USA Lacrosse Polls.
• After dropping their season opener, the Blue Jays slipped to 13th in the USILA Poll. The Inside Lacrosse Poll for this week had not been released as of 12 pm on Monday, February 5.
• Towson was not ranked in any of the preseason polls and is not ranked in this week's USILA Poll.
Series History
• This week's game will be the 50th all-time between Johns Hopkins and Towson.
• The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 43-6.
• A complete look at the series can be found on page 12 of the PDF version of this week's notes.
Against the CAA
• This week's game against Towson will be the 93rd all-time for Johns Hopkins against a team currently in the CAA, which is now known as the Coastal Athletic Conference after formerly being the Colonial Athletic Conference from its founding in 1983 until July 20, 2023.
• Johns Hopkins is 80-12 (.870) all-time against current CAA members.
• 73 of JHU's 92 all-time games against current CAA members have come against Towson (49) and Hofstra (24).
For Openers
• After last week's overtime loss to Denver, the Blue Jays are 19-5 in their last 24 season openers.
• Johns Hopkins has won 14 of its last 17 season openers and is 2-2 in openers under head coach Peter Milliman.
• Johns Hopkins has scored at least 10 goals in its season opener in 15 of the last 17 years and at least 12 goals in nine of the last 13 (these numbers include last week's game against Denver).
That's Early
• Last week's game against Denver on February 3 was the earliest, by game date, in Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse history.
• Prior to this season, the earliest game in program history came in 2023, when the Blue Jays hosted Jacksonville on February 4.
In February
• This week's game against Towson will be the 58th all-time for Johns Hopkins in the month of February.
• JHU is 36-21 (.632) all-time in games played in the month of February.
• Johns Hopkins played its first game in the month of February in 1998, didn't play again in February until 2004 and has now played at least one game in the opening month of the season every year since 2006.
A First
• This week's game against Towson will mark the first time the Blue Jays play a game on February 6.
A Productive Group Returns
• Johns Hopkins scored 226 goals and rang up 134 assists for 360 points in 2023 and a majority of that production returns in 2024.
• Players who combined for 214 of the Blue Jays' 226 goals last season are back in 2024.
• Players who combined for 125 of the Blue Jays' 134 assists last season return.
• In all, players who totaled 339 of Hopkins' 360 points last season are back this season.
More Production Notes
• Johns Hopkins returns nine of its top 10 goal scorers from last season. In fact, the only player who scored more than two goals in 2023 who is not back this season is Ian Krampf (7).
• The Blue Jays return players who ranked first through 10th on the team in assists last season. Every player who had more than two assists for the Blue Jays a year ago is back this season.
• JHU returns 11 of its top 12 and 14 of its top 15 point producers from last season. Among the 15 players who posted five or more points in 2023, only Ian Krampf (9) is not back in 2024.
31 Straight For Degnon
• Graduate student attackman Garrett Degnon will carry a 31-game goal-scoring streak into this week's game against Towson after he scored at least one goal in all 17 games he played in last season and added one goal against Denver in the season opener. The streak is currently the longest active streak in the nation.
• During his 31-game goal-scoring run, Degnon has scored 77 goals and has 24 multi-goal games and 12 games with 3+ goals to his credit.
• Degnon's 31-game run is also the longest by a Johns Hopkins player since a JHU-record-tying 37-game run by Ryan Brown from 2013-16. Brown and Terry Riordan (1992-95) co-hold the JHU record for most consecutive games having scored a goal.
Quite a Debut for Chauvette
• Freshman Hunter Chauvette wasted little time making an impact on the team as he scored three goals on four shots in his Blue Jay debut against Denver.
• Chauvette, who scored all three of his goals in the first half, is the first Johns Hopkins freshman to score three or more goals in their first career game since Shack Stanwick had three against UMBC in 2015.
• Chauvette, who is ranked as the number 22 freshman in the nation by Inside Lacrosse, was one of just three freshmen in the nation to score three or more goals in the 18 Division I men's lacrosse games played on opening weekend.
Opening Weekend Freshman Hat Tricks
Hunter Chauvette, Johns Hopkins
3, vs. Denver
Peter Grandolfo, Bucknell
3, vs. Merrimack
Kyle Lehman, Penn State
3, vs. Colgate
Offensive Notes of Interest
• Since the start of the 2022 season, the Blue Jays are 18-4 when they score 12 or more goals.
• In 76 full quarters since the start of the 2023 season (does not include overtime periods), the Blue Jays have scored two or more goals in 59 quarters and four or more in 33 quarters.
• Johns Hopkins averaged 12.56 goals per game in 2023. That output was the highest scoring average for the Blue Jays since 2015, when Hopkins averaged 13.0 goals per game. The 12.56 goals per game are also the second-best mark at JHU since 2004.
• As a team, Johns Hopkins shot 32.9% in 2023, a mark that ranked 14th in the nation. The 32.9% shooting percentage was the highest for JHU since 2015 (.331).
Defensive Notes of Interest
• The Johns Hopkins defense held 15 of 18 opponents under its season scoring average last season. The Blue Jays have held eight teams at least three goals under their final scoring average.
• In the season opener against Denver, the Blue Jays held the Pioneers scoreless for a stretch of 18:33. Dating back to the start of the 2023 season, the Blue Jays have held their 19 opponents scoreless for a period of at least 10 minutes 25 different times last season - 16 of those have come in the last 11 games.
• Johns Hopkins is 16-0 under head coach Peter Milliman and defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer when holding the opposition to 10 goals or less.
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