BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins got a combined 15 points from
Lacey Downey and
Taylor Hoss to lead the Blue Jays to an 18-12 win over 25
th-ranked Ohio State Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten, while the Buckeyes fall to 6-4 and 1-2 in the B1G.
Ava Angello got the Blue Jays on the board less than two minutes in as they capitalized off a
Reagan O'Brien takeaway. Hoss hit Angello in stride and she went low on the run for her 40
th of the season. Less than four minutes later, it was another O'Brien caused turnover that sprung Hopkins' offense and this time it was Hoss on the receiving end.
Paige Willard carried into the offensive end and found Hoss, who fired home a left-handed sidearm to put JHU up 2-0.
Willard pushed the Blue Jays' lead to three with 3:12 to go in the first when she got free in the slot and fired home a pass from
MK Lescault. Camryn Callaghan answered just 67 seconds later with an eight-meter goal to make it 3-1 and that's how the quarter ended. Hopkins needed just 42 seconds in the second quarter to go back up by three. Downey hit a cutting
Samantha DiCarlo and she went behind-the-back for the score.
Lindsey Moneymaker and Callaghan then sandwiched a pair of goals around a Downey score and it was 6-3 Blue Jays with 6:36 to go in the second. Nearly six minutes went by before either team got on the board again and it was the Buckeyes' Brooke Vinson with an unassisted tally with 28.6 seconds on the clock. That sparked a 5-2 Ohio State run that saw the visitors pull within two with 10:41 to go in the third.
Angello scored in transition at the 7:23-mark to ignite a 4-0 Hopkins' run. Four Blue Jays scored during the run, capped by a Downey eight meter at 1:55 to stake JHU to a 14-8 lead. Ohio State battled back, scoring three straight in less than five minutes to pull back within three with 11:03 to go.
McKenzey Craig answered just 46 seconds later to kick-start another four-goal Blue Jay run to push JHU's lead to 18-11. The run ate up a little over six minutes off the clock and Angello put the punctuation on it with her 200
th career goal with 4:00 on the clock. Maddy Paz got one back for the Buckeyes at 1:46, but they could get no closer.
Downey led the Blue Jays with a career-best nine points on four goals and a career-best five assists. Hoss finished with six points (3g, 3a) while Angello (3g, 1a) added four. Angello is just the third player all-time in program history with 200 career goals and is the first to do so since
Mary Key in 2007. O'Brien led the defense with seven caused turnovers and six ground balls.
Kate Tyack led the Buckeyes with five points (3g, 2a) and Callaghan also added a hat trick. Abby Boyle had a game-high 10 draw controls while Kampbell Stone added two goals and five draws.
Hopkins returns to action on Thursday, March 26 as the Blue Jays host the third-ranked Maryland Terrapins. Opening draw for the Big Ten contest is scheduled for 4:00 pm.
Notes: This was the fifth game this season in which multiple Blue Jays had six or more points.
