BALTIMORE, MD – Eighth-ranked Princeton used a 9-1 run midway through the game to take control en route to an 18-12 win over host Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Second Round Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays end their season at 13-7 while the Tigers improve to 16-3 and advance to Thursday's quarterfinal.
 
Ava Angello knotted the score at four with 6:51 to play in the second quarter after a Paris Colgain caused turnover and clear. Taylor Hoss had the ball below goal line extended and hit Angello cutting down the slot for the one-timer. McKenzie Blake answered with three straight to spark that 9-1 run and send the Tigers into the half with a 7-4 lead.
 
Lacey Downey wasted no time in the third quarter getting Hopkins back on the board. She blew home an eight-meter shot just 28 seconds in, and the lead was down to two. Just 61 seconds later, Maggie Molnar scored off the dodge and Princeton would score the next six goals to take a 13-5 lead with 7:11 to play in the third.
 
Ashley Mackin halted the run when she took a pass from Campbell Case, drove the left alley and beat Amelia Hughes top shelf at 6:39. Meg Morrisroe scored back-to-back goals to push the Tigers' lead to nine late in the quarter but a Downey rip from seven meters out made it a 15-7 game heading into the fourth.
 
Jami MacDonald and Blake sandwiched a pair of goals around a Megan Kielbasa score on the doorstep and Princeton led 17-8 with 8:58 to play. Mackin responded with three in a row, including two in just 21 seconds, followed by another Downey score and it was 17-12 with 2:56 to play. Blake capped the scoring with just 7.1 seconds on the clock to send the Tigers to the quarterfinals.
 
Hopkins grabbed a 2-0 lead midway through the opening quarter with goals from Angello and Mackin in a 57-second span. Angello opened the scoring when she took a pass from Charlotte Smith and beat Hughes on the run. Mackin doubled the lead when she picked up a loose ball, dodged to the front of the cage and picked the top left corner. Sophie Whiteway got Princeton on the board at 4:58, scoring on a one-timer in front to ignite a 3-0 spurt. Following a Dora Haven score at 2:58, Blake put the Tigers on top with the first of her eight goals.
 
Samantha DiCarlo converted an eight-meter just 37 seconds into the second tie the game at three. Morrisroe put Princeton back on top at 10:37 when she got open in the slot and buried a feed from MacDonald. The lead lasted less than four minutes thanks to that Angello goal off the turnover.
 
Mackin led the Blue Jays with five goals and Downey notched a hat trick. Angello scored two goals while Hoss and Case tallied to assists each. Reagan O'Brien finished with six caused turnovers, three ground balls and four draws to go with an assist. She ended the season with 103 caused turnovers, breaking the NCAA single season record by 21. Colgain tallied three caused turnovers and four ground balls.  Laurel Gonzalez controlled a game-high 11 draws to end the season with a school-record 166.
 
Blake led all scorers with eight goals while MacDonald had five assists and six points. Morrisroe (4g, 1a) and Haven Dora (1g, 4a) finished with five points each. Whiteway controlled nine draws and Abigail Roberts had five caused turnovers and three ground balls.
 
Notes: Mackin finishes her career ranked 11th school Division I history in points (181), ninth in goals (134) and 18^th in assists (47) • Mackin finished one shy of the JHU Division I record for goals in a season (66) • Case ranked 13^th in assists (54) and 22^nd in points (127) • Colgain is tied for 12^th in career caused turnovers (67) • O'Brien now ranks 12th in NCAA history with 166 career caused turnovers.