• Johns Hopkins hits the road for just the second time this season, and kicks off a four-game road swing, at Georgetown on Tuesday afternoon.
• Tuesday's game wraps up a stretch of four games in just 11 days, including three top-15 opponents.
• Hopkins is coming off a thrilling 15-14 overtime win over 12th-ranked Penn on Saturday afternoon.
• Saturday's win over the Quakers boosted the Blue Jays' record to 2-2 on the season. Both of Hopkins' wins have come in overtime.
  • Ashley Mackin scored the game-winner with 3:20 to play in overtime Saturday versus 12th-ranked Penn. It is her second overtime goal this season, tying the program single-season record.
• Mackin's two overtime goals are also tied for third most in a career in Johns Hopkins' history. Jamie Larrimore (1999-2002) holds the record with five.
  • The Blue Jays' next win will be the 50th in the career of Johns Hopkins' head coach Tim McCormack. Now in his sixth season overall, McCormack is 49-36 (.576).
  • Ashley Mackin capped a four-goal, six-point afternoon with the overtime winner as Johns Hopkins beat 12th-ranked Penn, 15-14, Saturday.
• Mackin scored a free position goal to put Hopkins up 14-12 with 4:41 to play. The Quakers answered with goals from Keeley Block and Anna Brandt in the final two minutes to knot the score at 14. The Blue Jays had a look at the cage for a Mackin buzzer-beater, but Orly Sedransk came up with the stop to force overtime. The Quakers won the draw to open the extra period, but the defense came up with a stop. Mackin came from goal line extended, and with a defender on her back, whipped a behind-the-back shovel shot past Sedransk to win it.
• Mackin opened the scoring with a transition goal on the doorstep, off a feed from Reagan O'Brien, at the 7:40-mark. Catherine Berkery tied the game with an eight-meter just 32 seconds later and then a Brandt score gave Penn a 2-1 lead at 1:36. The lead was short-lived as an Ava Angello interception on the ride led to a wide-open Campbell Case with 59 ticks on the clock.
• Lacey Downey and Case opened the second quarter with back-to-back rips from eight yards out in a 55-second span to put Hopkins up 4-2. Paige Lipman cashed in on a free position shot at 12:51, but Annie Marshall picked the far post off the dodge just 45 seconds later and it was 5-3. Kate Stanton came right back for the Quakers, scoring on in the slot at 11:38. The Blue Jays then scored three unanswered in less than five minutes to push out to an 8-4 lead. Case got things going when she scored off an over-the-cage pass from Mackin. MK Lescault then scored an eight-meter, followed by an Angello behind-the-back beauty to cap the run at 5:53.
• The teams traded goals over a span of 4:15 and Hopkins led 11-7 with 11:53 to play in the third. Following Angello's third goal of the game at the 11:53-mark, Penn strung together four goals over a 13-minute span to tie the game at 11 early in the fourth. Mackin then book-ended a 3-1 run to stake Hopkins to that 14-12 lead with 4:41 to play.
• Mackin paced the Blue Jays with four goals and two assists and Angello had four goals and an assist. Case added a hat trick, her first of the season, and an assist for four points. Lescault had a game-high five ground balls while Paris Colgain had four ground balls and four caused turnovers. Laurel Gonzalez controlled a game-high 12 draws, tying her program freshman record. Morgan Giardina finished with a career-high 10 saves and a pair of ground balls in the cage.
  • Senior Ashley Mackin has opened the season with back-to-back five-goal games. She is the first Blue Jay to score at least five goals in consecutive games since Aurora Cordingley in 2021. Cordingley scored six goals against Penn State on April 7 and followed that with six goals against Rutgers on April 11.
• This is just the ninth time since 1999, that a Blue Jay has scored at least five goals in back-to-back games. 
  • Sophomore Lacey Downey had an impressive debut for the Blue Jays in the season-opener versus the Florida Gators. Making her first career start, the transfer midfielder led the team with three ground balls and finished second in points (2g, 1a), caused turnovers (2) and draw controls (2).
• Just four games into her Hopkins' career, Downey leads the team in assists (6), is third in points (12) and is third in goals (6). She is also second in ground balls (9) and draw controls (7).
  • Senior Ashley Mackin and junior Ava Angello were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on February 6. They are the first Blue Jays to be named to the watch list since 2022 and this marks the first time two players were named to the list since 2017.
• Mackin earned preseason All-America honors from both USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse in addition to being tabbed a Big Ten Player to Watch. She finished with career highs in goals (48), assists (18) and points (66) and ranked second on the team in both goals and points in 2024. Mackin has totaled 78 goals, 30 assists and 108 points in 39 career games.
• Angello was previously named to the USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team and the Big Ten Player to Watch list. She led the Blue Jays with a career high 53 goals and 68 points in 2024. Angello has totaled 98 goals, 29 assists and 127 points in 40 career games.
  • Johns Hopkins has been picked to finish tied for third in the Big Ten in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches.
• Defending B1G champion Northwestern is the preseason favorite to win the title in 2025. Michigan is second with Hopkins and Maryland tied for third. Penn State is picked fourth, followed by USC, Ohio State, Rutgers and Oregon.
• The top seven teams will make the Big Ten Tournament with the top team in the final league standings earning a bye into the semifinals. The teams that finish second through seventh will play quarterfinal games on Wednesday, April 23. The semifinals are set for Friday, April 25 with the championship game scheduled for Sunday, April 27. Maryland will host all three rounds of the tournament.
  • Graduate student Campbell Case, senior Ashley Mackin and junior Hannah Johnson have been selected as captains for the 2025 season.
• Case played in all 20 games on attack last season, finishing with 32 goals, 16 assists, 48 points and 12 ground balls. She ranked third on the team in goals and fourth in points. In addition, Case notched at least one point in 19 of 20 games last season.
• A year ago, Mackin finished second on the team in goals (48) and points (66) and was tied for third in assists (18). She had 11 hat tricks in 19 games and notched at least one point in 18 of 19 games in 2024.
• Johnson started all 20 games on defense and finished with career highs of 19 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls. She ranked fourth on the team in caused turnovers last season.
  • Johns Hopkins will play at least one game on every day of the week during the regular season.
• JHU will play four games each on Saturday and Sunday, in addition the Blue Jays will play two games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• Hopkins will also play one game each on Monday (Syracuse - March 10) and Friday (Florida - February 7).
  • Hopkins will play four nationally televised regular season games in 2025. JHU will face Syracuse (March 10), Rutgers (March 23) and Penn State (April 16) on ESPNU. In addition, the Blue Jays will take on the host Ohio State Buckeyes (April 10) on the Big Ten Network.
• The Big Ten Semifinals and Championship games will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
  • Johns Hopkins head coach Tim McCormack and junior defender Reagan O'Brien won gold last summer with the US Women's U20 National Team at the World Lacrosse Championships in Hong Kong, China. McCormack was named an assistant coach in May 2023.
• The US women have now won six of the eight world championships conducted by World Lacrosse from 1995 to 2024. World Lacrosse adjusted the age groupings for the 2024 championship up to the U20 age level.
• McCormack and O'Brien weren't the only Blue Jays in Hong Kong last summer as junior midfielder Jillian McNaughton took home silver as a member of Team Canada.
  • In the season opener versus Florida, senior Ashley Mackin became the 32nd player in school Division I history, and 49th all-time, to notch 100 career points. She entered the game with 96 career points and went on to score a game-high five goals versus the Gators.
• This marks the second straight season and 20th time overall that JHU has had multiple players with 100 career points on the same team. 
• Mackin now boasts 114 career points in just 40 games.
  • At Loyola, junior Ava Angello became just the 16th player in school Division I history (since 1999) to score 100 career goals. She reached the milestone in highlight-reel fashion with a behind-the-back shovel shot versus the Greyhounds. Angello is be the first Blue Jay to reach the milestone since Shelby Harrison in 2022.
• In Johns Hopkins history (since 1976), she is now the 30th player to have scored at least 100 goals in their career.
• Angello now counts 105 goals in 42 career games.
  • Hopkins brought back more than 66 percent of its goals (170 of 258) but only 41 percent of its assists (66 of 161) in 2025. The Blue Jays return their top three goal scorers and 11 of the 17 players that scored at least one goal last season.
• JHU boasted a balanced attack in 2024 as four players scored at least 28 goals and six had at least 40 points. It was the first time in program history that Blue Jays had six players with 40 or more points. In addition, it was the first time Hopkins had two players - Ava Angello (68) and Ashley Mackin (66) with 60 or more points since 2019. 
• In addition to Angello and Mackin, Bailey Cheetham (14g, 35a), Campbell Case (32g, 16a), Maeve Barker (28g, 18a) and Abbey Hurlbrink (19g, 22a) also eclipsed the 40-point mark.
  • In 2024, Ava Angello reached the 40-goal mark for the second straight season. She scored 40 goals in her freshman season (2023) and followed that with 53 goals last year.
• Angello is the first Blue Jay with consecutive 40-goal seasons since Dene DiMartino accomplished the feat in three consecutive seasons from 2014-2016.
• Since the program moved to Division I in 1999, Angello is just the seventh player with consecutive 40-goal seasons. In the 49-year history of the program, she is the 12th player with consecutive 40-goal seasons.
  • Hopkins is ranked 10th in the IWLCA Coaches, 11th in the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media and 13th in the USA Lacrosse Media poll.
• The Blue Jays have been ranked 10th in each of the IWLCA polls this season but dropped a spot in the KANE IL poll and four spots in the USA Lacrosse poll.
• JHU has been ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll for 24 consecutive weeks and in 43 of 48 polls under head coach Tim McCormack.
• Twelve of the Blue Jays' 2025 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA and KANE Inside Lacrosse polls and 11 are ranked by USA Lacrosse. Hopkins' schedule is the fourth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 40-15 (.727) so far this season.
  • Hopkins entered the season looking to replace 86 percent of its draw controls from 2024. The Blue Jays seem to have found the answer in freshman draw specialist Laurel Gonzalez. In the season opener, she outdrew Florida all on her own, as she controlled 12 draws to the Gators' seven. As a team, Hopkins outdrew Florida, 15-7. Gonzalez's 12 draws broke the program record for draws by a freshman and are three shy of the overall single-game record. Gonzalez then had nine draws versus Duke on February 15 and tied her record with 12 against Penn last Saturday.
• Gonzalez's 33 draws are already tie for eighth best in by a freshman in JHU Division I history (since 1999). She currently ranks third in the Big Ten and 14th in the country with 8.25 draws per game.
• Hopkins controlled 20 draws in the overtime win versus Penn on Saturday, the most in a game since JHU had 23 in a win over James Madison on March 30, 2024. The 20 draws are also tied for the eighth most in a game in program history.
• Hopkins had a lot to replace in the center circle with the graduation of Jennifer Barry, Abbey Hurlbrink and Jordan Carr. The trio alone combined for 233 draws - 79.5 percent of JHU's 293 total draws. In total, Hopkins graduated 86 percent (252) of its draws from 2024.
• Barry broke the program single-season record with 133 draws last season. A graduate transfer who spent one season with the Blue Jays, she also ranks ninth in career draws. Hurlbrink finished her career ranked seventh in school history with 158 career draws.
• Hopkins did get senior Annie Marshall back after she missed last season with an injury. She led the team with 87 draw controls as a sophomore in 2023 and is currently 13th in school Division I history with 98 career draws.
•  As a team, JHU ranked third in the Big Ten with 14.65 draws per game in 2024. That is the best per game average in school history. In addition, the Blue Jays broke the single-season record with 293 draw controls.
• Hopkins posted two of the top-three single-game draw performances in school Division I history last year. Hopkins controlled 23 draws in the win over James Madison on March 30 and had 22 in the win over Siena on February 11. The school single-game record is 26, set against Old Dominion in 2013.
  • Hopkins and Georgetown meet for the 29th time in a series that began in 1977. The teams met eight times between 1977 and 1990 and then the series took a 15-year hiatus. The Blue Jays and Hoyas resumed their series in 2005, the first year that Ricky Fried, former JHU assistant coach, took over the helm in Georgetown.
• Hopkins leads the all-time series, 16-12, and has won five straight and eight of the last nine. Since the series resumed in 2005, the Blue Jays hold a slim 11-9 lead over the Hoyas.
• Ten of the 28 meetings between Hopkins and Georgetown have been decided by just one goal, including three overtime contests.
  • Saturday's game is the 44th game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the BIG EAST.
• Hopkins is 31-12 all-time against members of the BIG EAST, with 29 of the 43 games coming against Georgetown. In fact, all 12 of the Blue Jays' losses to BIG EAST opponents have come to the Hoyas.
• In all, the Blue Jays have faced five of the seven BIG EAST schools. Now in its 27th season as a Division I program, Hopkins has yet to face Butler or Xavier.
  • This is Hopkins fifth game on February 25 and third on the road. It is the second time JHU will face Georgetown on this date.
• February 25 has not been kind to the Blue Jays as they are 0-4 on this date, with a pair of overtime losses.  
  • Hopkins has totaled 28 assists through four games, including a double-digit outing (10 assists) in the win over Duke on February 15. The Blue Jays are assisting on 62.22 percent of its goals (45) this season. JHU ranks second in the Big Ten with 7.00 assists per game.
• Hopkins set the school record with 161 assists and 8.05 assists per game last season. In fact, JHU broke the single-season record by 31 assists. In addition, the Blue Jays led the Big Ten and ranked seventh in the nation in assists per game.
• The Blue Jays turned in four double-digit assist performances in 2024, including a school-record 16 assists in the win over James Madison.
• Hopkins assisted on 62.40 percent of its goals (258g, 161a) last season. That was the highest assist-to-goal ratio in the nation and the best in program history. 
  • Junior Reagan O'Brien is the Blue Jays' active leader with 77 career caused turnovers, which ranks ninth in school Division I history and 10th all-time. She currently leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth in the nation with 3.25 caused turnovers per game. Last season, O'Brien ranked second on the team with 38 caused turnovers, the third highest single-season total in program history.
• O'Brien wasted no time in making her mark on the Blue Jay defense in 2023, her freshman season. She notched three caused turnovers and three ground balls in her collegiate debut versus UAlbany and led the team with 25 caused turnovers in 2023. The 25 caused turnovers were fifth most by a freshman in school history.
• O'Brien tied the program single-game record for caused turnovers by a freshman when she had six takeways at Loyola.
• Senior Paris Colgain finished third on the team in caused turnovers (25) and junior Hannah Johnson ranked fourth (19) last season. Both totals were career highs. Johnson ranks second on the team with seven caused turnovers and now has 33 for her career. Colgain is third with four caused turnovers and counts 45 in her career.
• As a team, Hopkins ranks second in the Big Ten with 9.50 caused turnovers per game. Last season, JHU led the Big Ten and ranked seventh in the nation with 10.65 caused turnovers per game. The Blue Jays' 213 caused turnovers in 2024 were the fifth most in school Division I history.
  • Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Junior defender Reagan O'Brien and senior defender Quinlan O'Brien are the 13th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
• Junior goalie Morgan Giardina is following in the footsteps of her father, Scott Giardina. He was a two-time All-American goalie and led the Blue Jays to the NCAA Semifinals as a senior in 1992.
• New to the Blue Jays is freshman Emmy Haugen, the daughter of Hopkins midfielder AJ Haugen. A three-time first team All-American, Haugen graduated from JHU in 2000 and was induced into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
  • The Blue Jays piled up the honors this preseason.
• Senior attacker Ashley Mackin, junior attacker Ava Angello and junior defender Reagan O'Brien were named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch list. Mackin was named to both the USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America teams. Angello joined Mackin on the USA Lacrosse team.
• Mackin and Angello each posted career highs in goals, assists and points. Angello led the team in goals (53) and points (68) and ranked sixth in assists (15). Mackin ranked second in goals (48) and points (66) and was tied for third in assists (18).
• O'Brien ranked second on the team with 38 caused turnovers and fourth with 35 ground balls - both career highs. 
  • Head coach Tim McCormack announced in December that Nicole Graziano and Dorrien Van Dyke had each been promoted to Associate Head Coach. The pair came to Homewood in June 2022 when McCormack was named the fourth head coach in program history.
• Graziano will continue in her role as Offensive Coordinator while Van Dyke will continue as the Blue Jays' Defensive Coordinator. The duo helped Johns Hopkins to a 12-8 record and a second straight trip to the NCAA Sweet 16. The Blue Jays' 12 wins are the most in a season since 2015.
• Graziano's offense broke multiple school records in 2024, including for points (419), points per game (20.95), goals (258), assists (161), assists per game (8.05) and assist-to-goal ratio (.624). The Blue Jays led the nation in assist-to-goal ratio and were the only team to assist on more than 59 percent of its goals. Hopkins led the Big Ten, and ranked seventh in the nation, in assists per game. JHU also ranked second in the league in points per game and goals per game.
• Facing the second toughest schedule in the nation in 2024, Van Dyke's defense led the Big Ten and ranked seventh in the nation in caused turnovers per game (10.65). In addition, the squad's 213 total caused turnovers rank as the fifth most in program history. Hopkins led the conference and ranked 16th in the nation in ground balls per game (18.45). The Blue Jays also ranked fourth in the Big Ten in scoring defense (10.76), the lowest goals against average since 2018.
  • This marks the 50th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 486-320-4 (.602) and a 268-183 (.594) record as a Division I program. The Blue Jays are in their 27th season of Division I after making the move in 1999.
• The game against Maryland on April 10, 2024 was the 800th game in program history. Hopkins became just the 12th program in NCAA history, across all divisions, to play 800 games.
• The Blue Jays have posted 38 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 12 in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
  • Johns Hopkins heads to the Empire State to take on 16th-ranked Stony Brook in the second of four consecutive road games. Opening draw at LaValle Stadium is slated for 11:00 am.
 
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