• Johns Hopkins is finally back at Homewood Field as the Blue Jays take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Big Ten play.
• Sunday's game is the first home game for the Blue Jays in more than a month as they return home from a four-game road swing.
• Hopkins is coming off a 17-11 win at 21st-ranked USC in both teams' Big Ten opener last Sunday.
• Sunday's win over the Trojans boosted the Blue Jays' record to 6-2 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten. It was just the third Hopkins' game decided by more than one goal this season.
  • Hopkins kicked off a four-game road trip on February 25 that saw the Blue Jays travel nearly 6,600 miles.
• After a short trip to Georgetown, JHU made back-to-back trips to New York (Stony Brook, Syracuse) before heading to the West Coast to open Big Ten play at USC.
• In fact, after playing three of their first four games within the friendly confines of Homewood Field, the Blue Jays will play just four of their final eight regular season games at home.
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins is 17-11 (.607) away from Homewood Field.
  • Sunday's game at USC wasn't the first time a Johns Hopkins lacrosse team played a game in Los Angeles Coliseum. The last time was 1932, when the Blue Jay men's lacrosse team represented the United States at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
• Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the Olympics in 1932. Teams from Canada and the United States played three games, with the United States winning two of the three. Canada was represented by an all-star team, while the United States was represented by the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team, coached by Ray Van Orman.
• The first game on Sunday, August 7 was played on the same day as the marathon, which finished in the Coliseum. The United States won 5-3 in front of 75,000 people. Canada won the second game, 5-4, on a last second goal and the deciding game was won by the United States, 7-4.
  • Johns Hopkins got a combined 15 points from Ashley Mackin and Taylor Hoss to fuel a 17-11 win at 21st-ranked USC Sunday afternoon in the LA Coliseum.
• USC opened the scoring when Christina Gagnon scored from a tough angle at 12:02. Hopkins answered with a behind-the-back goal from Mackin just 68 seconds later to spark a six-goal run. Ava Angello and Mackin combined to score all six goals as the Blue Jays pushed out to a 6-1 lead with 2:45 to play in the first. Isabelle Vitale scored off a feed from Emma Bunting to halt the run with 54 seconds left in the first.
• Lacey Downey opened the second with back-to-back goals, just two minutes apart, to stake Hopkins to an 8-2 lead. Maddie Dora got one back for USC when she took a pass from Reese Robinson in the slot, turned and fired at 8:54. The Blue Jays then scored twice in 16 seconds with goals from Angello and Hoss to push the lead to 10-3. Angello took a pass from MK Lescault, dipped under her defender, tip-toed the crease and scored at 7:47. Hoss then dodged from goal line extended and scored on the doorstep.
• The Trojans got back-to-back goals from Kaylee Fravert to ignite a 4-1 run that bridged halftime and cut the Blue Jays' lead to 11-7. Downey had the lone JHU goal during the spurt, scoring off a feed from Mackin to make it 11-5 at the half. Dora then opened the third with two goals in 62 seconds and the Jays' lead was down to four.
• Hoss and Campbell Case sandwiched goals around a Dora fast-break goal and Hopkins led 13-8 with 7:40 to play in the third. Hannah Barron scored with the shot clock winding down at 6:06 and that would do it for the third-quarter scoring. Fravert opened the fourth with a quick shot off a Bunting feed and the lead was down to three. That's as close as USC would get as Hopkins closed the game on a 4-1 run, with Mackin and Hoss combing for all four goals.
• Mackin led all scorers with eight points and six goals. Hoss finished with career-bests of four goals and seven points. Downey added a career high five points on three goals and two assists and Angello added a hat trick. Laurel Gonzalez had a game-high nine draw controls and Morgan Giardina finished with nine saves. Paris Colgain had three caused turnovers and three ground balls to lead the defense.
  • Senior Ashley Mackin is on a tear to start the season. She has notched at least four points in each of the seven games that she's played in. In addition, in each of those seven games, she has scored at least four goals.
• Mackin's seven straight games with four (or more) goals is the longest in Johns Hopkins Division I history. In fact, since the program moved to Division I in 1999, the longest such streak was three games. 
• Mackins' streak of seven games with four or more points is the fourth longest streak in school Division I history. Mary Key holds the record with 11 straight games with four or more points, set in 2005-06.
• Mackin leads Johns Hopkins and ranks second in the nation in goals per game (4.86) and points per game (6.71). She ranks second in the Big Ten in both categories and is also fifth in the conference in assists per game (1.86).
• Mackin needs six goals to reach the 40-goal mark for the second straight season. She would be the 13th player all-time in Johns Hopkins history with multiple 40-goal seasons.
  • Junior Ava Angello was the hometown hero in the come-from-behind win at eighth-ranked Syracuse on March 10. She tied her career-high with six goals, including three free position scores, on just nine shots.
• Angello is a Manlius, NY native and grew up less than 15 miles from Syracuse University. In her career, she has played in three games at Syracuse - UMass (2023 NCAA First Round) and Syracuse (2023 NCAA Second Round, 2025 regular season). In those three games, she has totaled 12 goals and one assist.
  • Hopkins has played in three overtime games this season and won all three. The Blue Jays have never played more than three overtime games in the same season. In addition, the three overtimes wins are the most in one season.
• Hopkins has won six straight overtime games, dating back to 2023, and is 6-1 in overtime games under head coach Tim McCormack.
• At eighth-ranked Syracuse on March 10, MK Lescault's first goal of the game was arguably the biggest of her career - it was the overtime game-winner. It was her first career overtime goal and first game-winner.
• Ashley Mackin scored the game-winner with 3:20 to play in overtime versus 12th-ranked Penn on February 22. It was her second overtime goal this season, tying the program single-season record. She also scored the game-winner versus 25th-ranked Duke one week earlier.
• 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.
  • For the second time this year, and fifth time under head coach Tim McCormack, Johns Hopkins trailed entering the fourth quarter and rallied to win. Three of the five wins came in overtime, including the win at Syracuse.
• The last three fourth quarter/overtime comeback wins have come on the road.
• In two of the comebacks (Rutgers 2023, Stony Brook 2025), Hopkins shutout the opponent in the fourth quarter. And in each of those games, the Blue Jays outscored their opponent 6-0 in the fourth.
  • 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.
• At Georgetown, graduate student Campbell Case totaled four points (2g, 2a) to become the 50th player all-time with 100 career points. The milestone came with an assist at the 4:39-mark in the third.
• Mackin and Case joined junior Ava Angello in the 100-point club. This marks the second straight season and 14th time overall that JHU has had at least three players on the same team with 100 career points. 
• Mackin now boasts 143 career points in just 44 games. Case has tallied 103 career points in 54 games and Angello has totaled 153 points in 46 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 the first Blue Jay to reach the milestone since Shelby Harrison in 2022.
• In Johns Hopkins' history (since 1976), she is the 30th player to have scored at least 100 goals in their career. Angello has now scored 118 goals in 46 career games.
• Senior Ashley Mackin joined Angello in the 100-goal club on Sunday at USC. She entered the game with 96 career goals and reached the milestone just 12:15 into the game. Mackin now has 102 goals in 44 career games.
• This is the ninth time in program history that JHU has two players with 100 or more career goals on the same team. It is also the sixth time that two or more players scored their 100th goal in the same season.
  • Junior Reagan O'Brien was one of 14 additions to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List it was announced on March 6. She joined senior Ashley Mackin and junior Ava Angello, who were named to the initial list in February.
• O'Brien leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth in the nation with 3.13 caused turnovers per game. She also ranks second on the team and third in the conference with 2.25 ground balls per game. O'Brien has also notched on assist and two draw controls in eight games. She ranks sixth all-time in Johns Hopkins history with 88 career caused turnovers.
• The trio of Mackin, Angello and O'Brien are the first Blue Jays to be named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List since 2022 and this marks the first time that three players were named to the list.
• 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 102 goals, 41 assists and 143 points in 44 career games.
• Angello was previously named to the USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team and a Big Ten Player to Watch. She led the Blue Jays with a career high 53 goals and 68 points in 2024. Angello has totaled 118 goals, 35 assists and 153 points in 46 career games.
  • Hopkins is ranked seventh in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, sixth in the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media and 10th in the USA Lacrosse Media poll.
• The Blue Jays jumped three spots in the IWLCA poll, one spot in the KANE IL poll and four spots in the USA Lacrosse poll.
• JHU has been ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll for 27 consecutive weeks and in 46 of 51 polls under head coach Tim McCormack. This is the highest the Blue Jays have been ranked in the IWLCA poll since May 5, 2014.
• 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 85-40 (.680) so far this season.
  • 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 eight games into her Hopkins' career, Downey is third on the team in goals (12), assists (12) and points (24). She is also second in draw controls (14) and fourth in ground balls (13) and caused turnovers (8).
  • Senior Ashley Mackin's 13 points (6g, 7a) at Georgetown on February 25 tied the Johns Hopkins' Division I record, set by Mary Key (6g, 7a) versus Oregon in 2007. In addition, it is one shy of Alice Collins' all-time record of 14 (12g, 2a), set against Widener in 1987.
• Mackin's 13 points are the most in the nation since April 30, 2022, when Vanderbilt's Gabby Formia had 13 points (3g, 10a) versus Cincinnati. The 13 points are also four shy of the NCAA Division I record.
• There have been 26 13-point performances in NCAA Division I history. In just nine of those games, including Mackin's, did the player have at least six goals and six assists. 
  • Hopkins and Rutgers meet for the 12th time in a series that began in 2015. JHU is 8-3 all-time in the series, and won the last meeting in overtime at Rutgers.
• No team has won consecutive games in the series since the Blue Jays won the first five meetings from 2015 to 2019. 
• Each of the last four meetings have been decided by just one goal, with the teams splitting those four meetings.
  • Sunday's game is the 129th game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Big Ten (B1G).
• Hopkins is 52-76 all-time against members of the B1G, including 18-19 in regular season games since joining the conference in 2017.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 10 or more minutes, seven times this season. In addition, three of those seven scoreless streaks are at least 15 minutes.
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins has held its opponent scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 23 times.
• In the game at Stony Brook, JHU held the Seawolves scoreless in the fourth quarter as the Blue Jays rallied to win, 14-13. It was the ninth time under McCormack that the Blue Jays shutout an opponent for a quarter. In fact, it was the third time that Hopkins has done so in the fourth quarter.
  • This is Hopkins' 11th game on March 23 and the seventh at Homewood Field. It is the second time the Blue Jays will take on the Scarlet Knights on this date.
• The Blue Jays are 6-4 all-time on this date, including three one-goal 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.
  • 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 returned 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. 
• So far this season, 12 Blue Jays have notched at least one point and 10 have scored at least one goal. In addition, 10 of the 12 have at least one goal and one assist. 
• 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.
  • 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 were four shy of the overall single-game record.
• Gonzalez has posted four double-digit draw performance this season. After a pair of 12-draw outings, she broke her own record with 13 draws at Stony Brook. It was the second time she outdrew Hopkins' opponent. The 13 draws against the Seawolves are tied for second most all-time in program history and are three shy of the record.
• Gonzalez's 75 draws already rank second most by a freshman in JHU history. She needs 17 draws to break Shelby Harrison's freshman record of 91, set in 2018. In addition, her 75 draws rank sixth all-time in Johns Hopkins single-season history. Gonzalez currently leads the Big Ten and ranks ninth in the country with 9.38 draws per game.
• Hopkins controlled 20 draws in the overtime win versus Penn on February 22, the most in a game since JHU had 23 in a win over James Madison on March 30, 2024. Hopkins followed that with 20 draws in the win at Georgetown on February 25. 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 101 career draws. Marshall needs 27 draws to move into the top-10.
•  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 has totaled 70 assists through eight games, including double-digit outings in the wins over Duke (10 assists), Georgetown (14 assists) and USC (11 assists). The Blue Jays are assisting on 64.22 percent of its goals (109) this season, which ranks fourth in the nation. JHU leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth in the nation with 8.75 assists per game. The Blue Jays are also seventh nationally in total assists.
• JHU's 14 assists at Georgetown on February 25 are the most this season and are tied for second most in school history. The Blue Jays have handed out 10 or more assists in a game 10 times under head coach Tim McCormack and set the school record with 16 against James Madison in 2024.
• 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.
• 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 88 career caused turnovers, which ranks sixth all-time in school history. She currently leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth in the nation with 3.13 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 takeaways 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. This season, Johnson ranks second on the team with 14 caused turnovers and now has 40 for her career. Colgain is third with nine caused turnovers and now ranks 25th all-time in program history with 50 career caused turnovers. 
• As a team, Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks eighth in the nation with 11.50 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.
  • 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 50-year history of the program, she is the 12th player with consecutive 40-goal seasons.
  • 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.
  • 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 inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
  • 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.
  • Lacrosse will make its return to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. In 2028, men's and women's lacrosse will be competed in sixes.
• The Women's European Sixes Qualifier just wrapped up in Portugal with teams vying for a spot at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China. Haley Crosson, a 2019 Johns Hopkins graduate, backstopped the Ireland Lacrosse Sixes National Team to the Gold medal. She led Team Ireland to wins over Israel in the semifinals and Czechia in the championship.
• Crosson posted a tournament-best 73 saves (57% save average) and was selected to the All-Tournament Team. She also competed with Team Ireland at the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, NY.
• Crosson ranks sixth in Johns Hopkins Division I history in career saves (314), save percentage (.444) and minutes played (2111:33). She also ranks seventh in games played (42) and tied for sixth in starts (37). 
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This marks the 50th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 490-320-4 (.604) and a 272-183 (.598) 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 is back on the road on Wednesday, March 26 as the Blue Jays visit 14th-ranked James Madison. Opening draw at Sentara Park is slated for 5:00 pm.

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