BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins will travel to Williamstown, MA for the NCAA First and Second Rounds this weekend. Hopkins will take on Roger Williams (14-1-5) in Saturday's first round match-up at Cole Field.
 
Host and second-ranked Williams (11-2-3) will take on John Jay (9-7-2) in the other first-round match. Saturday's winners will meet on Sunday for the right to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.
 
Hopkins is making its 21^st NCAA Tournament appearance and 11^th under head coach Craig Appleby. JHU is 23-18-8 all-time in the tournament with 11^th NCAA Sweet 16 appearances.
 
JHU earned the automatic bid to the tournament after winning its 12^th Centennial Conference Championship, 1-0, over Haverford on Sunday. Roger Williams won its second straight Conference of New England to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks are in the tournament for the 10^th time overall.
 
Saturday's game will be the first-ever meeting between Johns Hopkins and Roger Williams. Hopkins has also never faced Williams and has met John Jay just once, when the JHU won 5-0 in the 2019 NCAA First Round.
 
Williams earned an at-large bid to the tournament after falling in penalty kicks to Amherst in the NESCAC Semifinals. The Bloodhounds punched their ticket to the tournament after prevailing in a shootout over Medgar Evers to win its first CUNYAC title since 2019.