PHILADELPHIA, PA –
Ava Angello and
Lacey Downey combined for 10 goals and four assists to lead seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 15-9 win at 14
th-ranked Penn Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 4-0 on the season while the Quakers fall to 1-1.
The teams traded goals over the opening nine minutes, and they were tied at two.
Sally Zinsner opened the scoring when she scored on the doorstep with the helper coming from Downey. Mary Sack and Lela Greene sandwiched goals around Angello's first of the afternoon and it was 2-2 with 6:06 to play in the quarter.
Angello scored off a pick-and-roll to spark a 4-0 Blue Jays' run that spanned just five-and-a-half minutes. Downey followed with three straight goals and just like that Hopkins led 6-2 58 seconds into the second. Catherine Berkery scored back-to-back goals just 30 seconds apart and the lead was down to two.
Angello scored on a bouncer off a feed from
Taylor Hoss with 5:11 to go in the half to ignite a 4-1 JHU run that bridged halftime. Berkery answered with her third of the afternoon, but Angello had the final say of the half, blowing home a free position goal with 59.1 ticks on the clock.
Downey then opened the scoring with an unassisted tally to stake Hopkins to a 9-5 lead. Penn came right back with scores from Eden Welch and Berkery to pull back within two with 6:29 on the clock. Hoss answered, scoring on the run, off a helper from Angello, to kickstart a 4-0 run. Downey then buried an eight-meter followed by a Hoss behind-the-back score and the Blue Jays led 12-7 after three.
Paige Willard opened the scoring in the fourth when she scooped up a loose ball and scored in tight. And then just like the start of the game, the teams traded goals over the final 10:30 and Hopkins grabbed the 15-9 win.
Downey (5g, 2a) and Angello (5g, 2a) led the Blue Jays with seven points each and it is the second straight game that the Blue Jays have had two players with six or more points. Downey's seven points and five goals are both career high. Downey also caused four turnovers and picked up seven ground balls.
Ashley Langdon finished with a career-best seven saves. Berkery paced the Quakers with five goals while
Patricia Columbia-Walsh handed out three assists. Maggie Bankowski had a game-high nine draws.
Hopkins returns to action on Tuesday, February 24 as the Blue Jays host the Georgetown Hoyas. Opening draw at Homewood Field is slated for 4:00 pm.
Notes: Hopkins is 4-0 to start the season for the first time since 2014 • Angello extended her point and goal-scoring streaks to 43.
