WINCHESTER, VA – The fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins women's soccer team erased a one-goal deficit with three goals in a 12-minute span midway through the game as the Blue Jays knocked off host Shenandoah, 3-1, Saturday evening.  The win improves Hopkins' record to 2-1-1 on the year, while the Hornets slip to 0-2-1.
 
The chances were limited early in the game as the teams combined for just eight first-half shots.  Shenandoah would break the ice in the 35^th minute when the Hornets capitalized on a corner kick.  Peyton Lubinsky played a ball into the area off the corner and it found the foot of McKenna Newcome on the backside; Newcome was able to strike a bouncing ball and it squirted through Blue Jay goalie Emma Anderson to give Shenandoah a one-goal lead.
 
That lead held for just under nine minutes as the Blue Jays got the equalizer at the 43:46 mark.  Senior Annie Isphording played a ball wide to freshman Carolina Chao, who dribbled down the flank towards the edge of the box.  There, she threaded a pass to Kendall Frederick just outside the near post; Frederick turned in traffic and rifled a shot inside the near post to draw the Blue Jays even.  The goal was the first of Frederick's career.
 
The score held until the 54^th minute when the Blue Jays scored the first of two goals in a span of less than two minutes.  Graduate student Tatum Adamson got free on the wing behind the defense, took a pass in stride and then fed sophomore Carolyn Johnson in the middle; Johnson one-timed what proved to be the game-winner into the far corner to give the Blue Jays the lead.
 
Just 92 seconds after Johnson scored, the Blue Jays got an insurance goal with a strike off a corner of their own.  Senior Maria Romo-Nichols played a short corner and immediately took a feed back from Kei Kitamura.  Romo-Nichols ripped a shot on the run that Shenandoah goalie Morgan Musselman was able to save but not control and Caroline Marcus stuck the rebound under the crossbar to close out the scoring.
 
Anderson (1) and Ella Kruntchev (3) combined for four saves in goal for the Blue Jays, who held a 12-7 advantage in shots in the victory.
 
Tonight's win is the 75^th at Johns Hopkins for Blue Jay head coach Dan Weiler, who improves to 75-9-10 at Homewood with the victory.
 
Johns Hopkins will make a quick turnaround as the Blue Jays will play at Washington & Lee on Sunday (4 pm (ET)).