OPENING DRAW
• Johns Hopkins is back at Homewood Field to take on the third-ranked Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten action.
• Thursday's game is the first in school Division I history in which both teams are ranked in the top five.
• Hopkins is coming off a 22-8 win over Oregon on Sunday on Senior Day.
• Sunday's win over the Ducks boosted the Blue Jays' record to 9-2 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten. The win also pushed Hopkins' win streak to eight games.
• Hopkins' 9-2 record is the best through the first 11 games since 2015.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
•
Ashley Mackin was honored by the Big Ten and USA Lacrosse for her performance last week. Freshman
Laurel Gonzalez was also honored by the Big Ten for her play last week.
• Mackin was named the Offensive Player of the Week by the B1G and the Division I Player of the week by USA Lacrosse. She totaled 17 goals, on 24 shots, and three assists in two games last week. Mackin broke the school Division I record with nine goals in the win at 14th-ranked James Madison. She followed that with eight goals and three assists in Sunday's win over Oregon.
• Gonzalez totaled 24 draw controls in the two wins last week. She had six in the Blue Jays' win over the Dukes on Wednesday and followed that with a school-record 18 in the win over the Ducks. Gonzalez not only broke the single-game record, but she also broke the school record for draws by a freshman with her second draw of the game. She now has 108 on the season.
LAST TIME OUT
• Nine Blue Jays scored, led by a game-high eight from
Ashley Mackin, as Johns Hopkins beat Oregon, 22-8, on Sunday afternoon.
• Hopkins jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the game's opening eight minutes, fueled by two goals each from
Ava Angello and Mackin. Angello opened the scoring just 26 seconds in when she took a pass from
Charlotte Smith, dodged across the arc and snuck a shot inside the left post. Smith then scored off a feed from Mackin at the 9:40-mark to ignite a spurt of five goals in just 1:56. Mackin sandwiched a pair of goals around a strike from
Taylor Hoss and Angello then capped the run at 7:44 with a helper from
Lacey Downey.
• Oregon got on the board with 7:07 to play in the first quarter when Rachel Pallo scooped up a loose ball and scored in tight. Mackin and
Campbell Case answered with back-to-back goals in a 22-second span and the leads was 8-1. Hoss then beat the Ducks on the doorstep with just 16.5 seconds left in the quarter to push the Jays' lead to 9-1.
• Mackin opened the second quarter scoring off a give-and-go with Smith just 1:39 in. Bri Carrasquillo got one back for Oregon with a quick-stick off an Emma Ing feed 22 seconds later. Hoss answered with a pair of scores less than two minutes apart to put Hopkins on top 12-2 with 10:37 to play in the quarter. Ing responded with a pair of quick goals to cut the deficit back to eight.
• Angello blew home a behind-the-back shot off a pick-and-roll with Downey to spark a 4-1 run to end the quarter. After goals from Mackin and
Megan Kielbasa and an eight-meter from UO's Carrasquillo, Angello bookended the run with her fourth of the half to put JHU up 16-5 at the break. Mackin scored twice to open the third quarter and spark a 5-1 run that saw the Blue Jays' lead balloon to 15. Mackin fueled the run with three straight goals, followed by scores from
Alayna Costa and
Emily Peek. Lyla Hurley and Pallo sandwiched goals around a score from
Grace Karstetter in the final four minutes to account for the 22-8 final.
• Mackin led the Blue Jays with eight goals and 11 points and eclipsed the 50-goal mark for the first time in her career. It is also her second double-digit point game of the season. Hoss tied her career-high with four goals and added an assist. Angello also scored four goals while Downey handed out a career-best four assists. Case (1g, 2a), Kielbasa (1g, 2a) and Smith (1g, 2a) finished with three points each while Costa added two points (1g, 1a). Freshman
Laurel Gonzalez broke the school single game record with 18 draws as the Blue Jays outdrew the Ducks, 25-8.
Annie Marshall and
Hannah Johnson had three caused turnovers each and Downey and Johnson had three ground balls apiece.
• Hopkins totaled 16 assists, 38 points and 25 draw controls in the win. The 38 points are a school single-game record, while the 16 assists are tied for the most. Both marks were set exactly one year earlier, in a 21-13 over James Madison. In addition, the 25 draws are one shy of the school record.
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS
• Inside Lacrosse released its Midseason All-America teams last Thursday, and the list included five Blue Jays.
Ashley Mackin and
Reagan O'Brien were named to the First Team while
Ava Angello,
Lacey Downey and
Laurel Gonzalez were named Honorable Mention.
• Hopkins' two first team selections and five total honorees, are tied for second most in the nation.
• Mackin leads the Blue Jays in goals (53) and points (70) and is second in assists (17). O'Brien leads the team and the nation in caused turnovers (40). She also leads the team and the Big Ten in ground balls (28).
• Angello ranks second on the team and fourth in the Big Ten in goals (37). She is also second on the Blue Jays and fifth in the conference in points (48). Downey has a team-best 21 assists, which ranks fifth in the B1G. She has also scored 13 goals and totaled 34 points on the season. Gonzalez leads the Big Ten and ranks 10th in in the nation in draws (108).
ON A ROLL
• Senior
Ashley Mackin is on a tear to start the season. She has notched at least four points in nine of her 10 games. In addition, in each of those nine games she scored at least four goals.
• She opened the season by notching four or more points in the first seven games. That streak 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'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.
• Mackin has scored 53 goals in 10 games this season, four more than she scored last year (19 games). In addition, she has totaled 70 points, four more than her total from all of last season. She leads the nation in goals per game (5.30) and points per game (7.00). She also ranks sixth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.70).
• Mackin scored eight goals on Sunday versus Oregon to eclipse the 50-goal mark for the first time in her career. This is the second straight season she has scored at least 40 goals, the 13th player in Johns Hopkins history to do so.
RECORD SETTING - PART I
• 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.
• On Wednesday, Mackin set a school Division I record with nine goals at James Madison. Her nine goals are three shy of both the all-time Johns Hopkins record, set by Collins versus Widener in 1987, and the NCAA Division I record.
RECORD SETTING - PART II
• Freshman
Laurel Gonzalez controlled 18 draws in Sunday's win over Oregon. That broke the school single-game record of 16, set last year by
Jennifer Barry.
• Gonzalez also broke the program record for draws by a freshman (91), set by
Shelby Harrison in 2018. She broke the record with her second draw of the game.
• Gonzalez now has 108 draws on the season, 25 shy of Barry's single-season mark of 133.
CENTURY CLUB - PART I
• 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 166 career points in 47 games. Case has tallied 112 career points in 57 games and Angello has totaled 169 points in 49 games.
CENTURY CLUB - PART II
• 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 now has 130 goals in 49 career games.
• Senior
Ashley Mackin joined Angello in the 100-goal club at USC. She entered the game with 96 career goals and reached the milestone just 12:15 into the game. Mackin now has 121 goals in 47 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.
CENTURY CLUB - PART III
• Junior
Reagan O'Brien caused four turnovers in last Wednesday's win at James Madison to become only the fourth player in program history with 100 career caused turnovers. She now has 103 in her career.
• O'Brien ranks fifth among active players in NCAA Division I with her 103 career caused turnovers.
• O'Brien is the first Blue Jay to tally 100 caused turnovers in a career since
Lacey-Leigh Hentz in 2004. Hentz holds the school single season (54 / 2002) and career (146 / 2002-05) records for caused turnovers.
POLL POSITION
• Hopkins is ranked fourth in both the IWLCA Coaches poll and the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media poll. JHU is also ranked fifth in the USA Lacrosse Media poll.
• The Blue Jays jumped one spot in the IWLCA poll and two spots in the USA Lacrosse poll. JHU remained in the same spot in the Kane poll.
• JHU has been ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll for 29 consecutive weeks and in 48 of 53 polls under head coach
Tim McCormack. This is the highest the Blue Jays have been ranked in the IWLCA poll since April 3, 2006.
• Eleven of the Blue Jays' 2025 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA, 12 are ranked in the KANE Inside Lacrosse poll and 10 are ranked by USA Lacrosse. Hopkins' schedule is the fourth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 114-54 (.679) so far this season.
ROAD WARRIORS
• 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 18-11 (.621) away from Homewood Field.
DOWNEY DEBUT
• 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).
• Eleven games into her Hopkins' career, Downey leads the team in assists (21) and ranks third in goals (13) and points (34). She is also third in draw controls (16) and fourth in caused turnovers (11) and ground balls (18). Downey ranks fifth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.91).
AGAINST THE WILDCATS
• Hopkins and Northwestern meet for the 25th time in a series that began in 2002. The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 20-4, including 9-0 since the Blue Jays joined the Big Ten in 2017.
• This is the sixth meeting out of the last nine to be played at Homewood Field.
AGAINST THE BIG TEN
• Thursday's game is the 131st game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Big Ten (B1G).
• Hopkins is 54-76 all-time against members of the B1G, including 20-19 in regular season games since joining the conference in 2017.
ON THIS DATE
• This is Hopkins' 10th game on April 3, but first since 2011.
• The Blue Jays are 4-5 all-time on this date and are 1-3 in their last four. This is the third straight game on April 3 against a ranked opponent.
EXTRA LACROSSE
• 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.
CARDIAC KIDS
• 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.
AROUND THE BIG TEN
• 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.
BRING BACK THE O
• 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, 15 Blue Jays have notched at least one point and 13 have scored at least one goal. In addition, 11 of the 15 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.
IN THE CIRCLE
• 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. At the time, 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 five double-digit draw performances this season. After a pair of 12-draw outings, she broke her own record with 13 draws at Stony Brook. At the time, the 13 draws were tied for second most in program history and were three shy of the record. Gonzalez re-wrote the freshman and all-time single-game records with 18 draws in Sunday's win over Oregon.
• Gonzalez now has 108 draws on the season, and she broke
Shelby Harrison's freshman record of 91, set in 2018, against the Ducks. Her 108 draws rank second all-time in Johns Hopkins single-season history and are 25 shy of tying
Jennifer Barry's record of 133, set last year. In fact, Gonzalez already ranks 12th in career history with her 108 draws. She currently leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth in the country with 9.82 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. On Sunday, JHU outdrew Oregon, 25-8, to finish one shy of the school single-game record for draws.
• Hopkins had a lot to replace in the center circle with the graduation of 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 has posted five of the top six single-game draw performances in school Division I history under head coach
Tim McCormack. In fact, in the last three seasons, JHU has had 20 or more draws in a game eight times under McCormack.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
• Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 10 or more minutes, 12 times this season. In addition, five of those 12 scoreless streaks are at least 15 minutes.
• Under head coach
Tim McCormack, Hopkins has held its opponent scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 25 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.
LENDING A HAND
• Hopkins has totaled 106 assists through 11 games, including double-digit outings in the wins over Duke (10 assists), Georgetown (14 assists), USC (11 assists), Rutgers (11 assists) and Oregon (16 assists). The Blue Jays are assisting on 64.24 percent of its goals (165) this season, which ranks second in the nation. JHU leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the nation in assists per game (9.64) and total assists.
• Hopkins' 106 assists this season are tied for fifth most in a season in program history.
• JHU's 16 assists versus Oregon on Sunday are tied for the most in school history. The Blue Jays have handed out 10 or more assists in a game 12 times under head coach
Tim McCormack. The Blue Jays set the school record with 16 against James Madison in 2024 and matched that on Sunday.
• 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.
40 AND 40
• 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. She needs just three goals to reach the mark for the third straight season.
• Angello was the first Blue Jay with consecutive 40-goal seasons since
Dene DiMartino accomplished the feat in three consecutive seasons from 2014-2016.
Ashley Mackin joined Angello with consecutive 40-goal seasons in last Wednesday's win at James Madison. Mackin scored 48 goals in 2024 and has already 53 this season.
• Since the program moved to Division I in 1999, Angello and Mackin are just the seventh and eighth players with consecutive 40-goal seasons. In the 50-year history of the program, they are the 12th and 13th players with consecutive 40-goal seasons.
TAKEAWAYS
• Junior
Reagan O'Brien is the Blue Jays' active leader with 103 career caused turnovers, which ranks third all-time in school history. She currently leads the nation with 3.64 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. Eleven games into the season, she has already surpassed her 2024 total as she now has 40 on the season.
• 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 Johns Hopkins single-game record with seven caused turnovers in the win over Rutgers on March 23. Her seven takeaways are tied for the second most in the nation this season. Her 32 caused turnovers this season are already tied for eighth in school single-season history.
• O'Brien tied the program single-game record for caused turnovers by a freshman when she had six takeaways at Loyola in 2023.
• 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 19 caused turnovers and now has 45 for her career. Colgain is third with 16 caused turnovers and now ranks 17th in school Division I history with 57 career caused turnovers.
• As a team, Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the nation with 12.55 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.
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
• 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.
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
• 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.
WORLD CHAMPIONS
• 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.
SIXES LACROSSE
• 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).
GRAZIANO AND VAN DYKE PROMOTED
• 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.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
• 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).
ON THE TUBE
• 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.
FOR THE RECORD
• This marks the 50th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 493-320-4 (.606) and a 275-183 (.600) 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).
ON TAP
• Johns Hopkins hits the road to take on Ohio State on Thursday, April 10. Opening draw at Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium is slated for 6:00 pm. Thursday's game kicks off a stretch that will see the Blue Jays play three of their final four regular season games on the road.
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