BALTIMORE, MD – Ava Angello and Charlotte Smith scored a combined nine goals to lead seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 17-6 win over Rutgers in Big Ten action. The Blue Jays win their sixth straight as they improve to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the B1G, while the Scarlet Knights fall to 7-4 and 1-1 in the conference.
 
Angello opened the scoring just 2:15 into the game when she fired a left-handed shot to the back post. Hilary Elsner answered for the Scarlet Knights on a quick-stick just 39 seconds later. Smith put the Blue Jays back on top at the 10:26-mark with the first of her three eight-meter goals. That ignited a run of three goals in a span of 2:40 as Hopkins pushed out to a 4-1 lead.
 
Lily Dixon halted the run with 2:47 to play in the quarter when she cashed in a on free position shot. Ashley Mackin responded with a behind-the-back goal in transition to spark a 6-0 Hopkins' run. Four Blue Jays scored during the run, fueled by three from Angello, as Hopkins grabbed a 10-2 lead with 10:45 to play in the second. Michelle Warren scored on a one-timer off a feed from Dixon to end the Blue Jays' run.
 
Smith scored a second free position goal at 7:43 to push the lead back to eight. Campbell Case followed with back-to-back goals, with helpers from Angello, and Hopkins took a 13-3 lead into the half. Warren opened the third quarter with her second of the afternoon, but MK Lescault won the ensuing draw and seven seconds later, Angello picked the far post from the left alley.
 
Victoria Goldrick and Kayleigh Coughlin then sandwiched goals around a give-and-go combo for Mackin and Lescault and it was 15-6 Blue Jays with 9:09 to play. Smith pushed the lead back to 10 with another free position goal at 7:24 and then Hoss capped the scoring with a behind-the-back shot off a Lacey Downey feed at 3:41.
 
Angello led all scorers with five goals and seven points as she extended her point and goal-scoring streak to 28 games. Smith tied her career high with four goals on just four shots while Case also had a four-point day (3g, 1a).  Hoss (2g, 1a), Mackin (2g, 1a) and Downey (3a) each had three points. Laurel Gonzalez controlled a game-high nine draws while Reagan O'Brien led the defense with six caused turnovers. Hannah Johnson also had a game and career-high five ground balls. Morgan Giardina totaled eight saves, including five in the second half.
 
Dixon paced the Scarlet Knights with four points and three assists. Warren was the only other player with multiple points, as she finished with two goals. Katie Buck controlled eight draws and Lexie Goldiron finished with eight saves and four ground balls.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, March 26 at 14^th-ranked James Madison. Opening draw at Sentara Park is set for 5:00 pm.
 
Notes: Gonzalez now has 84 draws on the season, fifth most in single-season history • O'Brien's six caused turnovers are one shy of the school single-season record • O'Brien now ranks fourth in program history with 94 career caused turnovers.