• Johns Hopkins hits the road for the first time in two weeks, and just the fifth time this season, to take on 11th-ranked Northwestern in Big Ten action.
• Hopkins is coming off a 15-12 loss to third-ranked Maryland on Thursday afternoon. The loss snapped the Blue Jays' six-game win streak and dropped their record to 10-2 overall and 3-1 in the B1G.
• At 10-2, Hopkins is off to its best start since 2014 when the Blue Jays also started the season at 10-2.
• This is just the fourth time since JHU moved to Division I in 1999 that the Blue Jays have at least 10 wins in their first 12 games.  
• The Blue Jays started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2014.
  • Johns Hopkins is 19-6 in the month of March under head coach Tim McCormack.
• Since moving to Division I in 1999, Hopkins is 133-57 (.700) in the month of March.
  • 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of women's lacrosse at Johns Hopkins. JHU made its program debut on March 26, 1976 at Swarthmore.
• JHU earned the program's first win on April 13, 1977 - a 12-7 win over Hood.
• The Blue Jays made the transition to Division I in 1999 and went 10-4 that season. 
• Johns Hopkins is 507-327-4 (.607) in 50 seasons, including 289-190 (.603) as a Division I program. JHU earned its 500th win on February 21, 2026 at Penn.
• Hopkins became just the 12th program in NCAA history, across all divisions, to play 800 games on April 10, 2024.
• The Blue Jays have posted 39 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 22 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 13 in the Division I Tournament. JHU has made the last seven NCAA Tournaments, and all 13 DI appearances have come since 2004.
• JHU has produced 137 all-conference selections and 90 All-Americans in 50 seasons. In addition, 21 players have been inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • Third-ranked Maryland held off a late Johns Hopkins' rally to beat the host Blue Jays, 15-12, Thursday afternoon in Big Ten action.
• Maryland took the early lead on a Kristen Shanahan goal when she picked up a loose ball and scored from the left alley at 11:51. Paige Willard answered two and a half minutes later when she blew home an eight meter. Keeley Block and Lauren Lapointe then scored back-to-back goals just 26 seconds apart to put the Terps up 3-1 and spark a 6-0 run for the visitors. Lapointe capped the run with a pair of goals and Maryland led 7-1 with 9:51 to go in the second.
• Willard got the Blue Jays back on the board when she scored off the dodge at 9:15. Just 92 seconds later, MK Lescault picked the left post on the run. Lapointe got one back for the Terps with an eight meter at 4:58, but McKenzey Craig answered a little over a minute later and it was 8-4 with 3:50 on the clock. Kori Edmondson and Shanahan scored twice in less than two minutes and Maryland led 10-4. It looked like the Terps would take that lead into the half, but Ava Angello beat the clock with a behind-the-back score in the slot to make it 10-5.
• Lacey Downey opened the third quarter when she beat JJ Suriano high-to-low less than two minutes in. Shanahan answered 46 seconds later to spark a 5-0 run that saw the Terps go up 15-6 with 1:56 left in the third.
• Craig halted the run with a free position goal with 1:02 on the clock. That ignited a 6-0 run that saw the Blue Jays pull within three with 1:12 to play. Hoss scored 57 seconds into the fourth off an Angello helper. Samantha DiCarlo then cashed in on a free position, followed by a Craig score on the doorstep and it was 15-10 with 11:35 to play. A little over seven minutes later, Willard scored with a defender on her back. Angello then split a double team to score with 1:12 on the clock and make it a three-goal game. But the Blue Jays could get no closer.
• Craig and Willard led the Blue Jays with three goals each while Angello had a team-high five points (2g, 3a). Downey added two points (1g, 1a), a game-high six ground balls and three draws. Reagan O'Brien caused four turnovers and picked up three ground balls.
  • Johns Hopkins took home three of the four Big Ten weekly honors after earning wins over USC and Ohio State.
• Ava Angello totaled 10 goals, five assists and three grounds balls to earn B1G Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. She tied her career-high with 11 points on seven goals and four assists, to go with two ground balls against USC. Angello followed that with three goals, one assist and one ground ball versus the Buckeyes. Her third goal in the win over Ohio State was the 200th of her career, making her just the third player in program history to reach the mark.
• Lacey Downey totaled six goals, nine assists, four ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers in the two wins. She was named B1G Midfielder for the second straight week and third time this season. Downey scored two goals and assisted on four more, to go with three ground balls, three caused turnovers and one draw versus USC. She then notched a career-best nine points and five assists, along with four goals, one ground ball and one draw control versus the Buckeyes.
• Reagan O'Brien totaled 15 caused turnovers, nine ground balls and one draw control for the week. She notched eight caused turnovers and picked up three ground balls against the Trojans. She became just the fourth player in NCAA Division I history with 200 career caused turnovers. O'Brien followed that with seven caused turnovers, six ground balls and one draw control against Ohio State.
  • Reagan O'Brien and Ava Angello were named to the 2026 Tewaaraton Award Watch List it was announced on February 10. This is the second straight year the duo has been named to the Watch List.
• Angello and O'Brien are the sixth and seventh players in Johns Hopkins history, respectively, to be named to the Tewaaraton Watch List twice. O'Brien is the first defender to do so. This is also the second consecutive season that JHU has had multiple players named to the list. 
• Lacey Downey was added to the Watch List with the second round of additions on Thursday.
  • The come-back win over James Madison is the seventh time under head coach Tim McCormack, that Johns Hopkins trailed entering the fourth quarter and rallied to win. Four of the seven wins came in overtime.
• In three of the comebacks (Rutgers 2023, Stony Brook 2025, James Madison 2026), Hopkins shutout the opponent in the fourth quarter. And in each of those games, the Blue Jays outscored their opponent 6-0 in the fourth.
  • Taylor D'Amore '14 has been selected to the 26th class of inductees into the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame. The induction ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, April 17 and the class will also be honored at the Johns Hopkins-Maryland men's lacrosse game at Homewood Field on Saturday, April 18.
• D'Amore is the 21st women's lacrosse player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The 21 women's lacrosse selections are the most of any women's team and is tied for fourth most among all Johns Hopkins teams.
• D'Amore ranks second in school Division I history in career points (303) and assists (161) and sixth in goals (142). She had at least one point in 58 straight games, the second longest streak in the program's Division I history and had at least one assist in each of her last 28 games, a school Division I record. She led the team in points in each of the last three seasons and led the team in assists and draws in each of her four seasons. D'Amore led the nation in assists (2.65) and points (5.25) per game as a senior.
• A two-time team captain and a four-year starter, D'Amore was a two-time IWLCA All-American and a three-time All-American Lacrosse Conference selection.
  • Reagan O'Brien broke the NCAA Division I single-season record for caused turnovers last season. She broke the 25-year-old record with her 83rd takeaway, in the Big Ten semifinals, and finished the season with 103.
• O'Brien also broke the Johns Hopkins career record for caused turnovers in the semifinals. She surpassed Lacey Leigh Hentz's record of 146, which had stood for 20 years. She now holds the Johns Hopkins game (12), season (103) and career records (217) for caused turnovers.
• On Thursday, O'Brien notched eight caused turnovers to become just the fourth player in NCAA Division I history with 200 for her career. She now ranks third with 217 and needs 11 to move into a tie for second in NCAA history.
  • Laurel Gonzalez wasted no time in making her mark in the Johns Hopkins record book as a freshman in 2025. She set the single-game (18) and single-season (166) marks for draw controls and is already fourth in program history in career draws (232). Her 166 draw controls last season were the fourth most in Big Ten single-season history.
• Gonzalez ranked second in the Big Ten and 14th in the nation with 8.30 draws per game last season. She posted six of the top 10 single-game draw performances in JHU history and had double-digit draws seven times. Gonzalez is also tied for the JHU record for draws in a postseason game (11).
• Gonzalez leads the Blue Jays with 66 draws and ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 5.50 per game. Her 66 draws this season are tied for the ninth most all-time in Johns Hopkins history.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 15 or more minutes, eight times this season. Five times the Blue Jays have held their opponents scoreless for a quarter. 
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins has held its opponent scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 36 times. 
• In the win over Stony Brook, Hopkins held the Seawolves scoreless in the third quarter as the Blue Jays rallied from a 7-6 halftime deficit to win 13-11. JHU has now held opponents scoreless in a quarter 14 times under McCormack, including five times this season.
  • Hopkins tallied 21 caused turnovers in the season-opener at Liberty on February 7. Reagan O'Brien (six) and Lacey Downey (four) combined for half of those. In total, 11 Blue Jays notched at least one caused turnover versus the Flames. JHU has now totaled 173 caused turnovers, which ranks second in the NCAA (14.42/game) and is 10th in program history.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays with 51 caused turnovers, while Downey ranks second (31) and freshman Molly Hiney ranks third (20). O'Brien leads the nation with 4.64 per game and Downey ranks 12th (2.58). In addition, Hiney ranks fourth in the Big Ten (1.67) and Hannah Johnson ranks eighth in the B1G (1.33). 
• O'Brien's 51 caused turnovers are the fourth most all-time in school single-season history. She is the program leader with 217 career caused turnovers and Johnson is 12th with 70 takeaways in her career.
• Hopkins finished 2025 with 258 caused turnovers, the second highest single-season total in program history. The Blue Jays were just nine shy of tying the record (267), set in 2000. In the last two years under defensive coordinator Dorrien Van Dyke, the Blue Jays have turned in two of the six best caused turnover totals in program history. In 2024, JHU totaled 213 takeaways, which ranks sixth in school history.
  • Hopkins is ranked seventh in the IWLCA, sixth in the Kane IL Media Poll and eighth in the USA Lacrosse Poll this week.
• Nine of the Blue Jays' 2026 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, eight are ranked in the Kane IL Media Poll and six are ranked in the USA Lacrosse Poll.
• Hopkins' schedule is the fifth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 103-50 (.673) on the season. In addition, JHU is sixth in the NCAA's RPI with a value of .68475.
• JHU was ranked in the top 10 in all three polls in the preseason. It is the second straight year the Blue Jays were ranked in the top 10 in both the IWLCA and USA Lacrosse preseason polls. It is the first time JHU is ranked in the top 10 in the Inside Lacrosse preseason poll since 2007.
  • After playing three of its first four games on the road, Hopkins will play eight of its final 12 regular season games within the friendly confines of Homewood Field. However, two of those final four road games include trips to Northwestern and Oregon.
• During that four-game opening stretch, the Blue Jays traveled to three states (Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania) and covered nearly 1,300 miles.
  • Graduate student Sally Zinsner and seniors Ava Angello, Hannah Johnson and Reagan O'Brien have been selected as captains for the 2026 season.
• Zinsner transferred to Homewood after a standout career at Holy Cross. She ranks fifth in program history in career points (182) and sixth in goals (133). She led the team in points as a junior (78) and senior (68) and is a two-time All-Patriot League selection (First Team in 2025, Second Team in 2024).
• Angello is the Blue Jays' active career leader in points (276), goals (202) and assists (74). A three-time Honorable Mention All-American and two-time All-Big Ten pick, she ranks second in school Division I history in goals, third in points and sixth in assists.
• Johnson is a two-time captain and has started 63 games on defense. She has totaled 89 ground balls and 71 caused turnovers in 70 career games and is tied for 11th in school Division I history in caused turnovers.
• A consensus First Team All-American and the 2025 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, O'Brien is the NCAA's active leader with 217 career caused turnovers. She holds the JHU single-game (12), season (103) and career records for takeaways. She has also totaled 163 ground balls to rank seventh in school Division I history and fifth among all active NCAA DI players.
  • Ava Angello became just the second player in Johns Hopkins Division I history, and third all-time, to score 200 career goals in the win over Ohio State. Hopkins is now only the second school in NCAA Division I history to boast a player with 200 career goals (Angello • 202), 200 career caused turnovers (Reagan O'Brien • 217) and 200 career draw controls (Laurel Gonzalez • 232). Hopkins is the first to have all three on the same team.
• Angello notched her 200th career point (150 goals, 50 assists) in the 2025 Big Ten semifinals versus Northwestern. She reached the milestone in just 56 games, the seventh fastest all-time in school history to reach the mark. Angello was the eighth player in school Division I history, and 13th all-time, to reach the mark and the first to do since Maggie Schneidereith in 2020. Schneidereith finished her career in 2021 with 249 points (151 goals, 98 assists).
• Angello now boasts 276 points (202 goals, 74 assists) in 70 career games. She ranks fourth in points, third in goals and ninth in assists all-time in Johns Hopkins history. She needs 24 points to become only the third player, all-time, in program history to notch 300 career points. Angello is fourth among all active players in NCAA Division I in career points and goals.
  • Lacey Downey needed four points entering the USC game to reach 100 for her career. She reached the mark just 28 seconds into the second quarter, with her assist on Taylor Hoss' goal. She is the second player this season to reach the milestone, and third current Blue Jay, joining Hoss and Angello. Downey is the 53rd player all-time in program history to score 100 career points. She reached the mark in just her 30th game with the Blue Jays, tied for the sixth fastest to 100 points in JHU history.
• Hoss entered the game versus Stony Brook needing just one point to reach 100 for her career and she wasted no time. She reached the milestone with her assist on MK Lescault's goal just 2:15 into the first quarter.
• This is the sixth straight season and 15th time overall that JHU has had at least three players on the same team with 100 career points. 
• Hopkins graduated a pair of 100-point scorers in Ashley Mackin (181) and Campbell Case (127) from last year's team.
  • Through 12 games, Hopkins boasts three players with 50 or more points in Ava Angello (65), Lacey Downey (55) and Taylor Hoss (51). At this point last season, JHU had two players with 50 or more (Ashley Mackin • 71 / Angello • 50).
• Hopkins brought back three of its top four goal scorers and their top three in assists in Angello, Hoss and Downey. In total, the Blue Jays returned 54 percent of their goals (147 of 272), 62.5 percent of their assists (110 of 176) and 57.3 percent of their total points (257 of 448). Hopkins returned seven players that notched a point in 2025, including six that tallied at least 10 points.
• JHU boasted a balanced attack in 2025 as four players scored at least 28 goals and five had at least 40 points. It was the second straight year, and just the third time in program history, that Hopkins had five players with 40 or more points - Angello (90), Mackin (85), Hoss (61), Downey (58), Charlotte Smith (40).
• It was the first time since 1995 that Hopkins had two players - Angello and Mackin - with 80 or more points in a season. The last to do so were Jenn Ward (99) and Francine Brennan (97). In fact, it was just the third time in JHU history that two players reached the 80-point mark.
• In addition, it is the first time in school Division I history, and just the second time ever, that the Blue Jays have had two players with 60 or more goals. The last time it happened was in 1994, when Rebecca Savage scored 71 goals and Ward scored 60.
• Under head coach Tim McCormack and offensive coordinator Nicole Graziano, the Blue Jays are re-writing the Hopkins' record book. In the last two seasons, JHU has turned in the top two point, goal and assist totals in program history. The last two seasons' point and assist totals rank first and second all-time (since 1976) in program history. The last two seasons' goal totals are tied for second and fourth all-time.
  • Eight of the Blue Jay freshmen have notched at least one point through the first 12 games this season, while three have tallied at least 19 points. The eight have combined for 80 points on 57 goals and 23 assists. The freshmen account for 31.8 percent of the team's goals and 27.3 percent of the team's points (293).
• Paige Willard leads the JHU freshmen with 24 points (19g, 5a) and is fourth overall on the team in goals and points. McKenzey Craig is second among her classmates, and fifth overall, in goals (16). Sienna Chirieleison leads the freshmen, and ranks fourth overall, in assists (9). She is also third among the freshmen, and sixth on the team, in points (19).
  • For the fifth time this season, Hopkins had two players with six or more points in the win over Ohio State. Lacey Downey notched a career-best nine points (4g, 5a) and Taylor Hoss added six (3g, 3a). It is the eighth time under head coach Tim McCormack that at least two Blue Jays had six or more points in the same game. Since the program moved to Division in 1999, it has happened 22 times.
•  Ava Angello has been involved in five of the last eight games in which multiple players scored at least six points. 
• For the second time this season, Hopkins had two players with at least seven points each in a game against USC. Angello had 11 points (7g, 4a) while Hoss notched seven (5g, 2a). In addition, Downey (2g, 4a) added six points and it was just the third time in school Division I history that three players tallied at least six points in a game.
• In the win over Colgate, Angello had seven points (5g, 2a) while Hoss notched six (1g, 5a). At Penn, Angello (5g, 2a) and Downey (5g, 2a) had seven points each. And in the win at Duke, Hoss (2g, 4a) and Paige Willard (4g, 2a) had six points each.
  • Ava Angello has now posted her fourth straight season with 40 or more goals. She scored 40 goals as a freshman in 2023 and followed that with 53 goals in 2024, 65 in 2025 and now 44 in 2026. Angello is the first player to accomplish the feat since Mary Key (2004-2007) and just the third all-time in program history.
• Last season, Angello became the first player with back-to-back 50-goal seasons since Key, who scored 50 or more goals in each of her four seasons (2004-2007).
• Angello's 90 points last season are the most by a Blue Jay since Taylor D'Amore totaled 105 points in 2014. In addition, her 90 points are the fourth most in school Division I history and sixth all-time.
  • Paige Willard notched six points (4g, 2a) in the win at Duke. She is the first freshman with six points since Ava Angello had six on six goals at Monmouth on March 7, 2023.
• McKenzey Craig scored the overtime winner versus the Blue Devils. She is the first freshman to do so since Angello scored the overtime winner versus Towson on April 18, 2023. In fact, she is just the third freshman in program history to score an overtime game-winner. Joining Angello and Craig is Abbey Hurlbrink, who did so at 23rd-ranked Michigan on April 22, 2021.
  • Hopkins assisted on 17 of 20 goals in the win over USC - 85 percent of its goals. Nine players had at least one assist, led by Ava Angello and Lacey Downey with four each. The 17 assists tied the school single-game record, set last year versus Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
• The Blue Jays lead the Big Ten and rank second in the nation with 9.50 assists per game. JHU is assisting on 63.68 percent of its goals (179g, 114a) and ranks fourth in the nation in assist-to-goal ratio.
• The Blue Jays have handed out double-digit assists in six games this season and have now posted 21 double-digit assist games under head coach Tim McCormack. Hopkins had nine double-digit assist games in 2025 (out of 20 games), including that single-game record of 17 against Liberty.
• In 2025, Hopkins broke the school single season record for assists for the second straight year. JHU finished with 176 assists, 15 more than 2024 (161). The 2024 team broke the previous record by 31 - a record that had stood since 1994. Hopkins led the Big Ten and ranked seventh in the nation in assists in 2024 (8.05). Last year, the Blue Jays led the conference and ranked third in the nation (8.80).
• Hopkins assisted on 64.70 percent of its goals (272) last season, which led the nation. It was the second straight year that JHU led the nation in goal-to-assist ratio. The Blue Jays assisted on 62.40 percent of its goals (258g, 161a) in 2024.
  • Hopkins and Northwestern meet for the 27th all-time in a series that began in 2002. The Wildcats lead the series 22-4 and have won the last 11 meetings.
  • Taylor Hoss ended last season on roll as she totaled 16 goals and 16 assists over the final eight games of the season. The 32 points were more than 52 percent of her season total of 61 points in 20 games. During that stretch, she notched 10 points (4g, 6a) in the Big Ten Tournament to earn All-Tournament Team honors.
• Hoss' 16 goals in the last eight games of the season came on just 19 shots on goal. She tallied three hat tricks during that stretch and had a pair of six-point games. She has picked up right where she left off and has 51 points (22g, 29a) in the first 12 games of the season. In fact, she is just 10 points from matching her total from last season (61 in 20 games).
• During the same eight-game stretch, Ava Angello totaled 40 points on 26 goals and 14 assists. Her 26 goals came on 53 shots on goal (.491). Angello didn't miss a beat in the offseason as she has totaled 44 goals and 65 points in the first 12 games. Twice this season she has scored more goals than the other team as she scored eight in a 17-7 win over Liberty and seven in a 20-5 win over USC.
  • Inside Lacrosse put out its Early Season Freshman Impact rankings on March 19 and it included three Blue Jays. Molly Hiney was ranked 10th, Paige Willard was 15th and McKenzey Craig was named to the Also Considered list.
• Hiney ranks third on the team in caused turnovers (20) and draw controls (13) and is fourth in ground balls (21). Hiney's 20 caused turnovers are seventh most by a freshman all-time in JHU history. Willard is fourth on the team in goals (19) and points (24) while Craig ranks fifth in goals (16) and points (21).
• Four Blue Jays were named to the Nike Lacrosse/IL Women Power 100 Freshmen rankings this Fall, including three in the top 35.
• Sienna Chirieleison leads the quartet as she was ranked 11th, followed by Zoey Smith (31st) and Craig (33rd) in the top 35. Willard was an honorable mention selection.
• Chirieleison was a three-time USA Lacrosse All-American at Trinity, where she totaled 532 goals, 105 assists, 449 ground balls, 299 caused turnovers and 330 draw controls. She broke the Pennsylvania state record for career goals.
• Smith earned USA Lacrosse All-America honors twice at Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science. She finished her career with 411 goals, 55 assists and 354 draw controls and holds the school record for goals in a season (126) and career.
• A three-time USA Lacrosse All-American, Craig led Plant to a pair of state championships. She was named the Hillsborough Area Lacrosse Player of the Year as a senior.
• Willard was a two-time USA Lacrosse All-American at Skaneateles, where she totaled 126 goals, 138 assists, 74 ground balls and 80 draw controls. She led her team to a state championship as a sophomore.
  • Athletics at Johns Hopkins is a family affair and this year's team is no different.
• Freshmen Georgia and Mary Pavlou are the 14th pair of sisters to don the Hopkins Blue & Black.
• Senior Reagan O'Brien played alongside her older sister, Quinlan O'Brien '25, for three seasons.
• Senior goalie Morgan Giardina and sophomore midfielder Emmy Haugen are both following in the footsteps of their fathers, Scott Giardina and AJ Haugen. Giardina was a two-time All-American goalie and led the Blue Jays to the NCAA Semifinals as a senior in 1992. Haugen was a three-time First Team All-American midfielder and was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
  • Hopkins will play four nationally televised regular season games in 2026. JHU will face Ohio State (March 22) and Michigan (April 12) on ESPNU. In addition, Hopkins will face Northwestern (March 29) and Penn State (April 16) on the Big Ten Network.
• The Big Ten Semifinals and Championship games will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
  • Johns Hopkins hits the road for the second straight game as the Blue Jays make the trek to Eugene to take on the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. Opening draw at Papé Field is slated for 12:00pm. It is the Blue Jays' first trip to Eugene since 2009 and just the second ever.
  
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