BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins got goals in the first and third quarters to beat Denison, 2-0, in the NCAA First Round Wednesday afternoon at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays improve to 17-4 on the season and advance to the NCAA Sweet 16. The Big Red see their 16-game win streak snapped as they end the season at 16-3.
Hopkins took the early lead when it was awarded a penalty stroke at 12:33 in the first.
Sarah Chilton, as she has done 11 times already this year, converted by beating Therese Lucian to the left post. The Blue Jays continued to pressure Lucian, but five consecutive saves and a post, kept the Jays at bay.
JHU got the insurance goal it was looking for just 2:10 into the third as the Blue Jays capitalized on a penalty corner.
Kaitlin Coward centered the ball to
Ava Zimmerman and she tipped it between her own legs to
Catherine D'Arcy on the back side. D'Arcy, with a defender on her, redirected it past Lucian and a Big Red defender. That would do it as Hopkins punched its ticket back to the NCAA Sweet 16.
Hopkins held Denison, the nation's fourth best offense, to just two shots in the win. JHU finished with a 28-2 advantage in shots and a 10-1 advantage in corners.
Aubrey Kilgore and
Jessica Lapidus split time in the cage and finished with one save each in the shutout. For Kilgore, it was her 50th career win. Lucian turned in 14 saves and got defensive saves from Avery Painter and Carter Davis.
The win was the first for the Blue Jays over the Big Red in three all-time meetings. The two had never met in the postseason. Hopkins will take on seventh-ranked Stevenson on Saturday, November 14 in Medford, MA. Game time scheduled for 2:00 pm at Tufts' Ounjian Field.
Gallery: (11-11-2026) Field Hockey vs Denison (NCAA 1st Rd)
