BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team will unofficially open the 2026 season on Friday, January 23 with a scrimmage at St. Joseph's (12 pm). After three weeks of practice, the scrimmage against the Hawks will be the final tune-up for sixth-year head coach
Peter Milliman and his team before officially opening the season at home on Saturday, January 31 with the first-ever meeting with Robert Morris (12 pm / ESPNU).
Here are the nine-days-to-go notes of interest:
2026 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Roster | 2026 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Schedule
Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Tickets
Johns Hopkins will play eight of its 13 regular season games at Homewood Field, starting with the season opener against Robert Morris on January 31 (12 pm). Season and single-game tickets are now available for purchase.
Click here to purchase tickets now (
season tickets and any single-game tickets through March 14 are now on sale. Single-game tickets for home games after March 14 will be added to the system in the near future).
On the Tube - Early TV Information
While all Johns Hopkins home games will air on the ESPN family of networks, the organization has not announced its full slate of televised games for the 2026 season yet. BTN did recently announce its full lacrosse broadcast schedule. With that, the broadcast information for the following three games has been confirmed:
January 31 (Robert Morris – 12 pm) – Live on ESPNU
February 10 (Towson – 4 pm) – Live on ESPNU
March 29 (@ Rutgers – 12 pm) – Live on BTN
Full broadcast information (either live television or games available via stream) will be added to the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse schedule page on HopkinsSports.com as soon as possible
. Please note that ALL Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse games will be available to watch on television or online. Check the schedule page the week of the game for confirmed live broadcasts on TV or a link to watch the game online.
Blue Jays Picked Fourth in B1G
Johns Hopkins was picked fourth in the Big Ten's preseason poll of the league's six head coaches. The poll, which was released today, is topped by Maryland, which is followed by Penn State, Ohio State and Johns Hopkins in the top four.
All six teams will qualify for the 2026 Big Ten Tournament with quarterfinal games scheduled for Saturday, April 25. The semifinals and finals, which will take place at Rutgers, will be held on April 30 (3 pm / 6 pm) and May 2 (12 pm), respectively. The semifinals and finals will air live on BTN. Broadcast information for the quarterfinal games will be available the week of those games.
- Maryland
- Penn State
- Ohio State
- Johns Hopkins
- Michigan
- Rutgers
Three Named B1G Players to Watch
In addition to announcing the league's preseason coaches poll, the Big Ten also announced its list of Players to Watch with three players from each team named. The Blue Jays named include:
Matt Collison (Sr. • M) – Honorable Mention All-American by the USILA,
USA Lacrosse and
Inside Lacrosse and Second Team All-Big Ten in 2025 • Led the team in scoring with 21 goals and 12 assists for 33 points as a junior and enters final season with 70 goals and 31 assists for 101 points.
Charlie Iler (Jr. • A) – Enters second season as a starter on attack after playing in 10 games with eight starts last season • Totaled 13 goals and nine assists for 22 points • Had seven multi-point games, including five games with three or more points, to his credit in 2025.
Quintan Kilrain (Jr. • D) – Started all 14 games on close defense last season and has started the last 26 games dating back to his freshman year • Totaled one goal, two assists, 28 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers last season and has career totals of two goals, three assists, 61 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers. The first solo junior captain in program history.
Preseason All-Americans
Senior midfielder
Matt Collison and junior defenseman
Quintan Kilrain were both named to the
USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team. Collison was named to the third team, while Kilrain grabbed honorable mention status.
Blue Jays Nab a Pair of Preseason Rankings
Johns Hopkins has earned a pair of top-20 preseason rankings to-date. The Blue Jays checked in at number 15 in the
Inside Lacrosse KANE Media Poll and 17
th in the
USA Lacrosse Poll.
KANE Media Preseason Poll
1-Maryland, 2-Princeton, 3-Syracuse, 4-Cornell, 5-Georgetown, 6-North Carolina, 7-Penn State, 8-Notre Dame, 9-Richmond, 10-Ohio State, 11-Duke, 12-Army, 13-Harvard, 14-Virginia,
15-Johns Hopkins, 16-Towson, 17-Boston University, 18-Rutgers, 19-Albany, 20-Michigan
USA Lacrosse Preseason Poll
1-Maryland, 2-Syracuse, 3-Princeton, 4-Georgetown, 5-North Carolina, 6-Cornell, 7-Notre Dame, 8-Duke, 9-Penn State, 10-Richmond, 11-Ohio State, 12-Harvard, 13-Virginia, 14-Army, 15-Rutgers, 16-Boston University,
17-Johns Hopkins, 18-Towson, 19-Albany, 20-Michigan
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