Johns Hopkins University Athletics

BALTIMORE, MD – The 11^th-ranked Johns Hopkins women's soccer team got goals from four different players and held Rivier to just one shot as the Blue Jays topped the Raiders, 4-0, in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championships at Homewood Field on Saturday afternoon.  The Blue Jays, who improve to 16-1-2, picked up their 10^th consecutive first-round win, while Rivier sees its season come to an end at 15-5-3.
 
The Blue Jays nearly scored in the opening 30 seconds of the game as Maddie Burchfiel sprung Gwen Rauvola between a pair of defenders and she went in alone on goalkeeper Olivia Rosario, but Rosario's diving save to her right kept the game scoreless.
 
While the Blue Jays dominated possession, they wouldn't solve Rosario until the 20^th minute, when a pair of freshmen, playing in their first NCAA Tournament game, connected to break the ice.  Natalie Kokenda raced the down the wing and collected a lead pass near the top of the box before driving towards the middle of the field.  As she approached the six-yard area, she dropped a pass to Katie Derby, who one-timed a shot just inside the near post to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

1H | 25:04 JHU-1, Rivier-0 Derby opens the scoring with her 9th of the year off the feed from Kokenda. #GoHop https://t.co/zQUTM6T5y3

— Johns Hopkins Women's Soccer (@HopkinsWSoccer) November 14, 2026

 
That lead held for just under 20 minutes before senior Caroline Marcus doubled the Blue Jay lead.  After a Raider clearing attempt got caught up in the wind, sophomore Keira Petrucelli collected the loose ball on the wing and pushed forward with a defender on her heel.  After gaining the endline, she slipped a pass to the middle that Marcus poked past a defenseless Rosario from five yards out.
 
The two-goal lead held into halftime and the Blue Jays would tack on two more goals in a 15-minute span midway through the second half to account for the final scoring.  Sophomore Lena Olbyrs chested a cross from junior Gwen Rauvola to herself in the middle of the box and scored from in-tight in the 57^th minute and junior Kendall Frederick added the final strike in the 72^nd minute when she converted a give-and-go with senior Lauren Fang and beat Rosario to the near post from nine yards out to close things out.

2H | 18:51 JHU-4, Rivier-0 Frederick picks the near post ... Fang with the helper to extend the lead. #GoHop https://t.co/VR9JDqQowk

— Johns Hopkins Women's Soccer (@HopkinsWSoccer) November 14, 2026

 
Johns Hopkins held a 22-1 advantage in shots and took all five corner kicks in the game.  Blue Jay goalies Ella Kruntchev and Stephanie Wyszkowski needed to make just one save to record Johns Hopkins' 13^th shutout of the season.
 
The Blue Jays, who have now outscored the opposition 32-4 during their 10-game first-round winning streak, bumped their overall winning streak to 12 games; the 12-game run is currently tied for the third-longest active winning streak in the nation.
 
Johns Hopkins will play the winner of the other first round game at Homewood Field between Christopher Newport and Hamilton in the second round of the tournament on Sunday at 3 pm.
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