BALTIMORE, MD – Ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins will host Denison in a first-round NCAA Tournament game on Wednesday at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays (16-4) are hosting an NCAA Tournament game for the fourth straight year.
 
Hopkins is making its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 14^th overall. The Blue Jays have advanced to championship weekend six times with four national championship game appearances. Hopkins is 20-15 all-time in the tournament, including 18-7 under head coach Jane Wells.
 
Hopkins and Denison (16-2) will meet for just the third time ever and first in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Red won the North Coast Athletic Conference for the third time in the last four seasons and are riding a 16-game win streak.
 
The winner will take on the winner of fifth-ranked Stevenson (17-2) and Colby-Sawyer (18-2) on Saturday, November 14 at top-ranked Tufts (18-0). Tufts will take on the winner of 15^th-ranked Swarthmore (12-7) and 22^nd-ranked Scranton (17-2) in the round of 16 game. Saturday's winners will meet on Sunday for the right to go to the Final Four.
 
The winners of the four weekend sites advance to the NCAA Final at McCooey Field in Geneva, NY. The national semifinals will be played on Friday, November 20 with the championship set for Sunday, November 22.