• Johns Hopkins returns to College Park to take on Penn State in the Big Ten quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon. 
• Hopkins is coming off a 13-11 loss at seventh-ranked Maryland on Saturday in the regular season finale. 
• Saturday's loss dropped the Blue Jays' record to 11-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten.
• Hopkins' five Big Ten wins this year are the most conference wins since 2021, when JHU went 7-5. The B1G played a double round robin that season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Johns Hopkins finished the regular season with a 5-3 record and in a three-way tie for third place with Michigan and Penn State. The Blue Jays were picked to finish in a tie for third in the preseason coaches' poll.
• Based on goal differential, the Wolverines grabbed the number three seed, the Nittany Lions the four seed and the Blue Jays the five seed.
• The winner of Hopkins-Penn State will take on top-seeded Northwestern in the first semifinal on Friday. 
• Hopkins and Penn State have met once previously in the Big Ten Tournament. The two met in the 2021 quarterfinals with the third-seeded Blue Jays beating the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions, 11-9.
• JHU is 2-6 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, including 2-1 in quarterfinal games. In addition, the Blue Jays are 1-1 as the number five seed.
  • Laurel Gonzalez was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday for the third time this season. She totaled three goals, one ground ball and 14 draw controls last week.
• Gonzalez scored a career-high two goals and controlled four draws in a come-from-behind overtime win versus Penn State on Wednesday. She then controlled 11 draws, one more than Maryland had as a team, to go with a goal and a ground ball in the two-goal loss at Maryland. Gonzalez's 11th draw was her 134th of the season, breaking the school single-season record.
  • Ashley Mackin was named one of 25 nominees for the 2025 Tewaaraton Award. She is the first Blue Jay to be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton since Dene' DiMartino in 2016 and is just the fifth all-time.
• Mackin ranks third in the nation in goals per game (4.58) and fifth in points per game (6.08). She also ranks eighth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.50). She has posted a career-high 55 goals, 18 assists and 73 points in 12 games this season.
• Mackin's 73 points are tied for eighth school Division I single-season history and her 55 goals are tied for fifth most. Her 4.58 goals per game is the highest per game average in Johns Hopkins history and her 6.08 points are the second highest average. Mackin ranks 13th in school Division I history in career points (169), 11th in goals (123) and tied for 17th in assists (46). 
  • Hopkins ended the regular season by playing three of its final four games on the road. The Blue Jays opened the season by playing three of their first four at Homewood Field. JHU then played at home just four times in its final 12 regular season games.
• JHU had a four-game road trip earlier this season during which the Blue Jays traveled nearly 6,600 miles. Hopkins began that road swing with a short trip to Georgetown on February 25. JHU then made back-to-back trips to New York (Stony Brook, Syracuse) before heading to the West Coast to open Big Ten play at USC.
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins is 18-13 (.581) away from Homewood Field.
  • Host and seventh-ranked Maryland held off a late Johns Hopkins' rally as the Terps beat the Blue Jays, 13-11, in both teams' regular season finale Saturday afternoon.
• Trailing 10-5 after a Devin Livingston unassisted tally at 7:14 in the third, Hopkins used a 3-0 run to pull within two early in the fourth. The three goals came in a span of just three minutes and 57 seconds. Lacey Downey sparked the run when she took a pass from Charlotte Smith and blew home her third of the afternoon at 3:20. Just 32 seconds later, Ava Angello scooped a loose ball in the slot and beat JJ Suriano with a behind-the-back shot. Taylor Hoss then opened the fourth quarter with a BTB of her own and it was 10-8 with 14:23 left in the game.
• Hopkins could get no closer than the two-goal deficit as the teams traded goals over the final nine minutes and Maryland grabbed the 13-11 win.
• Downey opened the scoring less than two minutes in with a rip from eight meters out off a Smith helper. Smith then cashed in on an eight-meter at 11:58 and the Blue Jays led 2-0. Jordyn Lipkin answered for the Terps with back-to-back goals to knot the score at the 8:06-mark. Downey put Hopkins back on top with a free position goal just 65 seconds later.
• Lipkin scored her third of the quarter with 3:29 left in the first to spark a 5-0 Terps' run that spanned nearly 10 minutes. Kori Edmondson fueled the run with back-to-back goals, bridging the quarter break, as Maryland took a 7-3 lead.
• Hoss and Angello then scored consecutive goals on the eight meter to pull the Blue Jays back within two at the 4:49-mark. Lipkin, Edmondson and Livingston answered with three straight for the Terps as they pushed out to the 10-5 lead midway through the third quarter.
• Hoss and Downey led Hopkins with three goals and four points each. Hoss has notched 16 points (10g, 6a) in the last four games. Angello notched a hat trick, her 11th of the season, and pushed her goal-scoring streak to 35 games. Smith also had a three-point outing with a goal and two assists. Laurel Gonzalez tallied 11 draw controls, one more than Maryland had as a team. In addition, her 11th draw broke Jennifer Barry's school single season record of 133. Morgan Giardina finished with nine saves and a caused turnover.
  • Ashley Mackin and Ava Angello have both eclipsed the 70-point mark this season. Mackin has tallied 73 points and Angello has notched 71 points. It is the first time two Blue Jays have scored 70 or more points in the same season in school Division I history (since 1999).
• The last time two players scored 70 or more points in JHU history was in 1996, when the Blue Jays were Division III. That season Francine Brennan finished with 78 points and Jenn Ward totaled 71. In fact, it is just the fourth time all-time in school history that two players have reached the 70-point mark.
  • 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. Angello reached the mark versus Rutgers last season. 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 169 career points in 49 games. Case has tallied 116 career points in 61 games and Angello has totaled 192 points in 54 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 now has 145 goals in 54 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 123 goals in 49 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 caused four turnovers in the win at James Madison on March 26 to become only the fourth player in program history with 100 career caused turnovers. She now has a school-record 68 on the season and 131 in her career.
• O'Brien tied the school single-game record with seven caused turnovers at Ohio State on April 10. It was the third time this season that she has had seven takeaways in a game, and it is tied for the second most in the nation this season.
• O'Brien ranks fourth among active players in NCAA Division I with her 131 career caused turnovers. 
• O'Brien is the first Blue Jay to tally 100 caused turnovers in a career since Heidi Pearce and Hentz in 2004. Hentz also holds the Johns Hopkins record for caused turnovers (146), which ranks 25th in NCAA history.
• O'Brien also needs just four ground balls to reach 100 for her career.
  • Junior Morgan Giardina tied her career high with 10 saves in the win at Ohio State on April 10. She notched her 100th career save with her ninth of the game. She is the 14th goalie in school Division I history (since 1999), and 21st all-time, to reach the milestone. Giardina now has 121 career saves in 22 career games.
  • Senior Paris Colgain finished with a career-high six ground balls on at Michigan on April 13, including the 100th of her career. She is the first Blue Jay to reach the century mark in ground balls since 2022, when Jeanne Kachris (126), Annika Meyer (121) and Keegan Barger (112) all reached the mark.
• Colgain leads the Blue Jays with a career high 39 ground balls this season and boasts 102 in her career.
  • Hopkins has played in four overtime games this season and won all four. Prior to this year, the Blue Jays had never played more than three overtime games in the same season. Hopkins' four overtimes wins are the most in one season.
• Hopkins has won seven straight overtime games, dating back to 2023, and is 7-1 in overtime games under head coach Tim McCormack.
• Lacey Downey became the third Blue Jay to score an overtime goal this season when she scored with 3:38 left in the first overtime versus Penn State last Wednesday night. It is her second career game-winning goal and first overtime goal.
• 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.
  • Hopkins is ranked ninth in the IWLCA Coaches poll and 10th in the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media and USA Lacrosse Media polls. 
• The Blue Jays dropped one spot in the IWLCA and USA Lacrosse polls and remained in the same spot in the KANE poll this week.
• JHU has been ranked in the IWLCA poll for 32 consecutive weeks and in 51 of 56 polls under head coach Tim McCormack. The Blue Jays have been ranked in the top-10 in the IWLCA poll for 11 straight weeks. This is tied for the longest JHU has been ranked in the top-10 in program history. It matches the streak of 11 consecutive weeks from the final poll of 2005 until April 24, 2006.
• Eleven of the Blue Jays' 2025 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA poll, 10 in the KANE poll and nine in the USA Lacrosse poll. Hopkins' schedule is the fourth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 157-77 (.671) so far this season.
• Hopkins is ranked seventh (.65713) in the latest RPI rankings, down one spot from last week.
  • Junior Reagan O'Brien is the Blue Jays' active leader with 131 career caused turnovers, which ranks second all-time in school history. She currently leads the nation with 4.19 caused turnovers per game.
• O'Brien matched her 2024 season total (38) just 10 games into the season. It then took her just four more games to break Lacey Leigh Hentz's single-season mark of 54. Prior to this season, O'Brien's 38 caused turnovers in 2024 were the third most in school single-season 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 Johns Hopkins single-game record with seven caused turnovers in the win over Rutgers on March 23. She reached the mark in the loss to Northwestern on April 3 and again in the win at Ohio State on April 10. Her seven takeaways are tied for the second most in the nation this season. 
• O'Brien tied the program single-game record for caused turnovers by a freshman when she had six takeaways at Loyola in 2023.
• Last season, senior Paris Colgain finished third on the team in caused turnovers (25) and junior Hannah Johnson ranked fourth (19) - both totals were career highs. This season, Johnson ranks second on the team with a career-best 27 caused turnovers and now ranks 20th in school Division I history with 53 for her career. Johnson's 27 caused turnovers so far this season are tied for 19th in school Division I history. Colgain is third with 20 caused turnovers and now ranks 17th with 61 career caused turnovers. 
• As a team, Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth in the nation with 12.31 caused turnovers per game. The 198 caused turnovers this are seventh most in a season all-time in JHU history. In addition, the 12.31 per game average is sixth best. 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. 
  • Hopkins and Penn State meet for the 29th time, and second in the last seven days, in a series that began in 2002. The Nittany Lions lead the all-time series, 17-11, including 5-5 since the Blue Jays joined the Big Ten in 2017.
• Penn State won last year's meeting in State College, snapping Hopkins' five-game win streak in the series. Hopkins answered with a 12-11 overtime win one week ago at Homewood Field.
• Eighteen of the 28 all-time meetings were decided by three or fewer goals. In fact, eight of those 18 were decided by just one goal.
  • Wednesday's game is the 136th game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Big Ten (B1G).
• Hopkins is 56-79 all-time against members of the B1G, including 22-22 in regular season games since joining the conference in 2017.
  • This is Hopkins' 24th game on April 23 but just the eighth since the Blue Jays moved to Division I in 1999.
• Wednesday's game is the second against Penn State on this date. The Nittany Lions won that meeting 10-7 in 2011.
• The Blue Jays are 19-4 all-time on this date and have won three straight.
  • 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).
• Downey leads the team in assists (26), is third in points (46) and is fourth in goals (20). She is also second in draw controls (27) and fourth in caused turnovers (16) and ground balls (29). Downey ranks seventh in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.63) and total assists.
• Just 16 games into her Hopkins' career, Downey already ranks eighth in school Division I history for career assists by a midfielder (26).
  • 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 March 26, 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. Mackin had an 11-point (8g, 3a) performance against Oregon on March 30. She now has two of the top-six point performances in all of Division I this season.
• Junior Ava Angello poured in 11 points on eight goals and three assists at Ohio State on April 10. The 11 points are tied for the third most in school history, while her eight goals are one shy of the Mackin's single-game record.
  • Freshman Laurel Gonzalez controlled 18 draws in the win over Oregon on March 30. 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.
• On Saturday at Maryland, Gonzalez controlled 11 draws to break Barry's single-season mark of 133. She now has 134 draws on the season.
  • Junior Reagan O'Brien entered the game at Michigan needing just one caused turnover to break Lacey-Leigh Hentz's single season record (54) set in 2002 - two years before O'Brien was born. She wasted no time in breaking the record with her takeaway at 3:34 in the first quarter. O'Brien finished the game with six caused turnovers and now has 68 on the season.
• O'Brien's 68 caused turnovers are the most in the nation this season and seventh most in NCAA history.
  • The come-back win over Penn State marked the third time this year, and sixth time under head coach Tim McCormack, that Johns Hopkins trailed entering the fourth quarter and rallied to win. Four of the six wins came in overtime, including Wednesday's win over the Nittany Lions.
• 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.
  • Senior Ashley Mackin is on a tear to start the season. She has notched at least four points in nine of her 12 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 55 goals in 12 games this season, six more than she scored last year (19 games). In addition, she has totaled 73 points, seven more than her total from all of last season. She currently ranks third nationally in goals per game (4.91) and points per game (6.45). She also ranks eighth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.55). Mackin's 73 points are the most by a Blue Jay since Maggie Schneidereith scored 77 in 2019. In addition, her 73 points rank eighth in school Division I history.
• Mackin scored eight goals versus Oregon on March 30 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.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 10 or more minutes, 18 times this season. In addition, eight of those 18 scoreless streaks are at least 15 minutes.
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins has held its opponent scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 28 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.
  • Hopkins has totaled 135 assists through 16 games, including double-digit outings in the wins over Duke (10 assists), Georgetown (14 assists), USC (11 assists), Rutgers (11 assists), Oregon (16 assists), Ohio State (10 assists) and Penn State (11 assists).
• The Blue Jays are assisting on 63.98 percent of their goals (211) this season, which leads the nation. JHU leads the Big Ten and ranks seventh in the nation in assists per game (8.44). In addition, Hopkins is tied for fourth in the nation in total assists. 
• Hopkins' 135 assists this season are the second most in a season all-time in school history. The 135 assists are 26 shy of tying the single-season record (161), set last year. 
• JHU's 16 assists versus Oregon on March 30 are tied for the most in school history. The Blue Jays have handed out 10 or more assists in a game 14 times under head coach Tim McCormack. The Blue Jays set the school record with 16 against James Madison in 2024 and matched that versus the Ducks.
• 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.
  • 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 six 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 the win over Oregon on March 30.
• Gonzalez controlled 11 draws at Maryland on Saturday to break Jennifer Barry's single-season record of 133. Barry set the record last year in 20 games, while it took Gonzalez just 16 games to record 134 draws. In the win over Oregon on March 30, she broke Shelby Harrison's freshman record of 91, set in 2018
• Gonzalez already ranks eighth in Johns Hopkins career history with her 134 draws. She currently ranks second in the Big Ten and 15th in the country with 8.38 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. On March 30, 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.
• A graduate transfer who spent one season with the Blue Jays, Barry ranks 10th 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 14th in school Division I history with 101 career draws. Marshall needs 27 draws to move into the top 10.
•  As a team, JHU ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 14.13 draws per game. Last season, the Blue Jays broke the single-season record, and ranked third in the conference, with 14.65 draws per game. In addition, the Blue Jays broke the single-season record with 293 total 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.
  • Six Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Wednesday's Big Ten quarterfinal game versus Penn State.
• Ava Angello and Ashley Mackin each boast double-digit point streaks, and Angello's 35-game goal scoring streak is the third longest in JHU Division I history.
  • On April 10 at Ohio State, Ava Angello reached the 40-goal mark for the third straight season. She scored 40 goals in her freshman season (2023) and followed that with 53 goals in 2024. She is the ninth player in school history with three (or more) seasons of 40 goals.
• On Saturday, Angello eclipsed the 50-goal mark to become the first player with consecutive 50-goal seasons since Mary Key did so for four consecutive seasons (2004-2007). She is just the sixth player all-time in Johns Hopkins' history to do so.
• 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 the win at James Madison. Mackin scored 48 goals in 2024 and already has 55 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.
  • 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 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 defender 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). 
  • 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.
  • 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 played 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 played four nationally televised regular season games in 2025. JHU faced Syracuse (March 10), Rutgers (March 23) and Penn State (April 16) on ESPNU. In addition, the Blue Jays took 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 495-323-4 (.604) and a 277-186 (.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).
  • With a win over Penn State, Johns Hopkins would move onto the Big Ten semifinals to take on top-seeded Northwestern on Friday, April 25. Opening draw for the semifinals is slated for 5:00 pm.

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