• Johns Hopkins earned the number eight seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host a four-team regional at Homewood Field.
• Hopkins will take on Atlantic Sun champion Liberty on Friday afternoon in the Blue Jays' first home NCAA Tournament game since the program moved to Division I in 1999.
• JHU has been idle for two weeks after a 16-15 loss to eventual champion Northwestern in the Big Ten semifinals on April 25. 
• The Blue Jays enter the tournament with a 12-6 overall record. The 12 wins match last year's squad that finished 12-8. It is the first time JHU has had back-to-back double-digit win seasons since 2018 (10) and 2019 (10).
  • Johns Hopkins is making its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament and 13th overall. Hopkins made the NCAA Division III Tournament nine times from 1987 to 1998.
• JHU is 4-12 in the NCAA Division I Tournament and is 10-21 all-time in the tournament.
• Hopkins is seeded in the tournament for the second time. The Blue Jays were seeded seventh in 2007, but were unable to host that year due to the University's Commencement. JHU last hosted an NCAA Tournament game in 1998, when it defeated Denison 22-8 in the first round of the Division III Tournament.
  • Reagan O'Brien broke the NCAA Division I single-season record for caused turnovers in the Big Ten semifinals versus Northwestern. With her fifth caused turnover of the game, she broke Moira Muthig's (Manhattan) record of 82. The record had stood since 2000 - four years before O'Brien was born.
• O'Brien also broke the Johns Hopkins career record for caused turnovers in the semifinals. She broke Lacey Leigh Hentz's record of 146 with her sixth caused turnover of the game. Hentz had broken the mark in 2004 and finished her career in 2005 with 146 caused turnovers. O'Brien now holds the school game (10), season (85) and career records (148) for caused turnovers.
  • Reagan O'Brien was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year last Tuesday. She is the second Blue Jay to earn a league individual award since Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2017. She joins Kathleen Garvey, who was named B1G Goaltender of the Year in 2021.
• O'Brien leads the nation with 85 caused turnovers, averaging 4.72 per game. She broke both the NCAA single-season record (82) and the Johns Hopkins career record (146) in the Big Ten semifinals versus third-ranked Northwestern. In addition, she broke the school single-game record with 10 caused turnovers in the Big Ten quarterfinal win over Penn State.
• Last Tuesday, O'Brien also earned National Player of the Week honors from the IWLCA and USA Lacrosse for her performance in the Big Ten Tournament. She totaled 17 caused turnovers, 14 ground balls, one assist and three draws in two games. O'Brien posted 10 caused turnovers, eight ground balls and one draw in a 13-8 win over Penn State in the quarterfinals. She followed that up with seven caused turnovers, six ground balls, one assist and two draws in a one-goal loss to Northwestern.
  • Ava Angello notched three points in the Big Ten semifinals versus Northwestern to become just the eighth player in Johns Hopkins Division I history, and 13th all-time, to tally 200 career points (150 goals, 50 assists). She reached the milestone in just 56 games, the seventh fastest all-time in school history to reach the mark.
• Angello is the first player to reach the 200-point mark since Maggie Schneidereith in 2020. Schneidereith finished her career in 2021 with 249 points (151 goals, 98 assists).
  • Johns Hopkins placed six Blue Jays on the 2025 All-Big Ten teams. Senior Ashley Mackin, juniors Ava Angello and Reagan O'Brien and sophomore Lacey Downey were named to the first team. Senior Paris Colgain and freshman Laurel Gonzalez were named to the second team.
• Gonzalez was also a unanimous selection to the inaugural Big Ten All-Freshman team. She is the first Blue Jay freshman to earn All-Big Ten honors since 2018. In addition, graduate student Megan Kielbasa was named to the Sportsmanship Team.
• The six All-Big Ten selections are the most since Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2017. In addition, the six all-conference selections are the most in program history since 1998, when JHU had six All-Centennial Conference picks. Hopkins has now produced 11 All-Big Ten selections under head coach Tim McCormack.
• In addition, O'Brien and sophomore Taylor Hoss were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team.
  • Top-seeded Northwestern hung on for a 16-15 win over fifth-seeded Johns Hopkins in the Big Ten semifinals.
• Leading by two at the start of the fourth quarter, Northwestern got goals from Niki Miles and Madison Taylor to push out to a 15-11 lead at the 9:27-mark. Hopkins responded with two goals in a 32-second span to spark a 4-1 run. Laurel Gonzalez got things going when she got open on the backdoor and slammed home a pass from Taylor Hoss at 8:56. Samantha DiCarlo then scored off a Charlotte Smith helper and the deficit was two.
• DiCarlo made it two in a row when she back-handed a pass from Lacey Downey at the 6:42-mark and it was a one-goal game. The Wildcats answered quickly with a Taylor Lapointe goal on the doorstep 48 seconds later. Hopkins turned defense into offense when a Reagan O'Brien caused turnover led to a Charlotte Smith goal with four minutes on the clock. Hopkins had a chance to tie it after a Morgan Giardina save on Riley Campbell with 2:17 to play, but the Blue Jays could not get the equalizer.
• Lauren Archer put Northwestern on the board early in the first, but Hopkins answered with goals from Ava Angello and DiCarlo to go up 2-1 at 7:20. Miles converted an eight-meter, one of 11 eight-meter shots for the 'Cats, to ignite a 5-0 NU run. Miles capped the run at 11:39 in the second quarter to put the Wildcats up 6-2. Hoss halted the run with a lefty rip off a Charlotte Smith behind-the-back pass just 73 seconds later. Charlotte Smith and Angello followed with back-to-back goals and in a matter of just one minute and 45 seconds, the deficit was back to one. Sam Smith and Downey traded goals in a 25-second span and Northwestern took a 7-6 lead into the half.
• The 'Cats came out of the half with a pair of goals in the opening two minutes to push out to a 9-6 lead. Angello blew home an eight-meter shot at 11:13 and Gonzalez followed with a quick strike from the left alley and once again it was a one-goal game. Miles then sandwiched a pair of scores around a Campbell Case goal and it was 11-9 with 5:47 to play in the third. Megan Kielbasa made it an 11-10 game with an eight-meter goal just 28 seconds later. NU answered with goals from Taylor and Sam Smith and the 'Cats lead was three with 2:01 on the clock. The Blue Jays took advantage of another O'Brien takeaway in the final minute with a Hoss breakaway goal to end the quarter.
• Charlotte Smith led Hopkins with a career-high five points and three assists to go with two goals. Hoss tallied four points (2g, 2a) while Angello (3g), DiCarlo (3g) and Downey (1g, 2a) had three points each. Angello notched her 200th career point with her third goal, becoming just the eighth player in school Division I history to reach the mark. O'Brien broke both the NCAA single season record and the Johns Hopkins' career record for caused turnovers in the game. She broke the NCAA mark with her fifth and the JHU mark with her sixth. She finished with seven caused turnovers, six ground balls and an assist. Gonzalez also controlled seven draws to go with her two goals. Giardina made a career-high 12 saves and picked up two ground balls.
  • Ashley Mackin and Ava Angello have both eclipsed the 70-point mark this season. Angello has notched 79 points (57g, 22a) and Mackin has tallied 73 points (55g, 18a). 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 addition, it is just the fourth time ever that the Blue Jays have had two players with 50 or more goals. It is the first time it has happened since 2000, when Danielle Maschuci and Jamie Larrimore scored 59 goals each.
• Angello's 79 points this season are the most by a Blue Jay since Taylor D'Amore totaled 105 points in 2014. In addition, her 79 points are the fifth most in school Division I history.
  • For the first time in Johns Hopkins Division I history, four Blue Jays have notched at least 50 points. In addition to Ava Angello (79 points) and Ashley Mackin (73 points), Taylor Hoss (55 points) and Lacey Downey (51 points) have each eclipsed the 50-point mark.
• In addition, it is just the second time all-time in Johns Hopkins history that four players have scored at least 50 points. The only other season with four 50-point scorers was 1994. That year, Rebecca Savage (85 points), Jenn Ward (85 points), Francine Brennan (73 points) and Sonia Dickinson (53 points) all reached the 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 119 career points in 63 games and Angello has totaled 200 points in 56 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, she is the 30th player to have scored at least 100 goals in their career. Angello now has 150 goals in 56 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.
  • Hopkins is ranked ninth in this week's IWLCA Coaches poll and 10th in the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media poll. There is no new USA Lacrosse poll.
• The Blue Jays dropped one spot in the IWLCA poll and remained in the same spot in the KANE poll.
• JHU has been ranked in the IWLCA poll for 34 consecutive weeks and in 53 of 58 polls under head coach Tim McCormack. The Blue Jays have been ranked in the top-10 in the IWLCA poll for 13 straight weeks, the longest JHU has been ranked in the top-10 in program history.
• Ten of the Blue Jays' 2025 opponents are ranked in each of the three polls. Hopkins' schedule is the fifth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 195-96 (.670) so far this 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 85 on the season and 148 in her career. O'Brien ranks fourth among active players in NCAA Division I in career caused turnovers.
• O'Brien smashed the school single-game record with 10 caused turnovers in the win over Penn State in the Big Ten semifinals. She had previously been tied for the school record of seven caused turnovers with Keegan Barger. 
• O'Brien also picked up a career-best eight ground balls to reach the century mark in ground balls. She is the second Blue Jay this season to reach the mark, joining Paris Colgain (103). O'Brien now has a team-best 110 career ground balls.
  • Junior Morgan Giardina tied her then career high with 10 saves in the win at Ohio State on April 10 and 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 144 career saves in 24 career games and had a career-best 12 saves in the B1G semifinals versus Northwestern.
  • Senior Paris Colgain finished with a career-high six ground balls at Michigan on April 13, including the 100th of her career. She became 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 ranks second on the team with a career high 40 ground balls and boasts 103 in her career.
  • 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 fourth in the Big Ten in goals (55) and is fifth in the B1G in points (73). Her goal, assist (18) and point totals are all career highs.
• 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). 
  • Junior Reagan O'Brien is the Blue Jays' all-time leader with 148 career caused turnovers. She currently leads the nation with 85 caused turnovers and 4.72 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 also 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 28 caused turnovers and now ranks 20th in school Division I history with 54 for her career. Johnson's 28 caused turnovers so far this season are tied for 16th in school Division I history. She ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 1.56 caused turnovers per game. Colgain is third with 22 caused turnovers and now ranks 17th in JHU history with 63 in her career. 
• As a team, Hopkins leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth in the nation with 12.39 caused turnovers per game. The 224 caused turnovers this season are fifth most in school Division I history and sixth all-time. In addition, the 12.39 per game average is sixth best in school history.
• 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. 
  • Friday's game is the first ever meeting between Hopkins and Liberty.
  • Friday's game is just the second game for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
• Hopkins won its only meeting with a member of the ASUN, when JHU defeated Coastal Carolina, 16-8, in 2022. • This is just the second time Hopkins will play a game on May 9.
• The Blue Jays lost their only meeting on this date, 9-8 in overtime, to the Georgetown Hoyas. The game was the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at North Carolina.
  • 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.
  • 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 is tied for the team lead in assists (28) and is fourth in points (51) and goals (23). She is also second in draw controls (31) and fourth in caused turnovers (19) and ground balls (30). Downey ranks eighth in the Big Ten in assists per game (1.56) and total assists.
• Just 18 games into her Hopkins' career, Downey is already tied for seventh in school Division I history for career assists by a midfielder (28).
  • 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 also had an 11-point (8g, 3a) performance against Oregon on March 30. 
• 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 against the Ducks.
• In the regular season finale at Maryland, Gonzalez controlled 11 draws to break Barry's single-season mark of 133. She now has 148 draws on the season.
  • The come-back win over Penn State last Wednesday 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.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 10 or more minutes, 20 times this season. In addition, eight of those 20 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.
  • Senior Ashley Mackin was 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.   
• 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.
  • Sophomore Taylor Hoss is on roll in her last six games. She has scored 14 goals and handed out 12 assists during that stretch. The 26 points are more than 47 percent of her season total of 55 points. Hoss notched 10 points (4g, 6a) in the Big Ten Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
• Hoss' 14 goals in the last six games have come on just 17 shots on goal. She has tallied three hat tricks during the stretch and has a pair of six-point games.
• Hoss ranks eighth in the Big Ten in assists (28) and assists per game (1.56) and is 12th in total points (55).
• During the same six-game stretch, junior Ava Angello has totaled 29 points on 18 goals and 11 assists. Her 18 goals have come on 39 shots on goal.
• Angello ranks second in the Big Ten and 31st in the nation in points (79). She also ranks third in the conference and 32nd in the nation in goals (57).
  • Hopkins has totaled 153 assists through 18 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 / 10 assists).
• The Blue Jays are assisting on 64.01 percent of their goals (239) this season, which leads the nation. JHU leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth in the nation in assists and assists per game (8.50).  
• Hopkins' 153 assists this season are the second most in school history and are just eight 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 15 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.
  • Nine Blue Jays carry active goal, assist and/or point streaks into Friday's NCAA First Round game versus Liberty.
• Ava Angello and Ashley Mackin each boast double-digit point streaks, and Angello's 37-game goal scoring streak is the third longest in JHU Division I history. • Johns Hopkins has scored 239 goals and totaled 392 points through 18 games this season. The 239 goals are fourth most in school Division I history and seventh all-time. The Blue Jays need 19 goals to tie the JHU Division I record (258), set last year.
• The Blue Jays' 392 points are second most in Johns Hopkins Division I history and fourth best all-time. JHU is 21 points shy of the program Division I and all-time record (419), set in 2024.
• In three seasons under head coach Tim McCormack, the Blue Jays have produced three of the top-six goal totals in JHU Division I history. In addition, JHU has posted three of the top-five point totals and three of the top-four assist totals in school Division I 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 in the regular season finale 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 also broke Shelby Harrison's freshman record of 91, set in 2018.
• Gonzalez already ranks ninth in Johns Hopkins career history with her 148 draws. She currently ranks second in the Big Ten and 14th in the country with 8.22 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.
•  As a team, JHU ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 14.06 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 253 draw controls this season rank fifth in all-time in school history. JHU has turned in three of the top-five draw seasons in school history under head coach Tim McCormack.
• Hopkins has posted five of the top six single-game draw performances in school Division I history under McCormack. In fact, in the last three seasons, JHU has had 20 or more draws in a game eight times under McCormack.
  • 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.
• In the regular season finale at Maryland, 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 has played five nationally televised 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) and Northwestern (Big Ten semifinals) on the Big Ten Network.
  • This marks the 50th season for Johns Hopkins, which sports an all-time record of 496-324-4 (.604) and a 278-187 (.597) 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 39 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 22 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 13 in the Division I Tournament (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025).
  • With a win over Liberty, Johns Hopkins would advance to Sunday's NCAA Second Round. Hopkins would take on the winner of Princeton and UMass for a spot in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Opening draw for the second round is slated for 1:00 pm at Homewood Field.
 
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