BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins scored six unanswered in the fourth quarter to beat visiting James Madison, 12-10, on a foggy Homewood Field Tuesday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 6-1 on the season while the Dukes drop to 2-3.
 
Trailing entering the fourth quarter? No problem, Johns Hopkins has seen this script before. For the seventh time under head coach Tim McCormack, the Blue Jays trailed entering the final stanza and rallied to win. In fact, in three of those seven games, Hopkins trailed by four or more.
 
After four straight James Madison goals to end the third quarter, it was all Hopkins in the fourth. Taylor Hoss got things started with a highlight-reel behind-the-back score three minutes in. Just two and a half minutes later, Hoss found a cutting Lacey Downey for the quick stick in the slot. Ava Angello then scored twice in a 36-second span and just like that it was a tie game with 3:55 to play.
 
While the Blue Jay offense was cashing in on their opportunities, it was the draw unit that was keeping the ball out of the sticks of the Dukes. Just 64 seconds after Angello tied the game, Downey blew home an eight meter and Hopkins had its first lead in nearly 40 minutes. But the Blue Jays weren't done yet. Downey won the ensuing draw and after running more than a minute off the clock, JHU got its insurance goal. Angello, in the alley, drew four defenders and then found McKenzey Craig open on the doorstep. Craig pumped and then dropped her stick and beat Abigail Beattie low with 1:40 on the clock. Laurel Gonzalez won the draw and the Blue Jays ran out the rest of the clock for the win.
 
In the opening 10 minutes it didn't look like a fourth-quarter comeback would be necessary. Hopkins jumped out to an early 3-1 lead with goals from Downey, Angello and Zoey Smith. But a Chloe Beckley score with 2:04 on the clock sparked a 5-1 JMU run that spanned nearly 19 minutes. Olivia Matthews converted an eight-meter just 1:45 into the third to put the Dukes up 6-4. Craig then scored back-to-back goals just 16 seconds apart to knot the score at six with 6:41 to play in the quarter. James Madison came right back, scoring four goals in the final five and a half minutes to take that 10-6 lead going into the fourth. As the teams changed ends and the fourth quarter started, the fog over Homewood Field lifted and the tide turned for the Blue Jays.
 
Craig finished with a career-high four goals and five points, while Angello poured in seven points on the three goals and four helpers. Hoss handed out three assists to go with her one goal and Downey added a hat trick. Gonzalez and Downey combined to win all six draws in the fourth quarter and the duo totaled seven and three, respectively. Ashley Langdon made a career-high nine saves, including three on free position shots.
 
Jordan Peterson led the Dukes with three goals and Payton Root tallied three points (1g, 2a). Harlowe Healey controlled a game-high 10 draws and Olivia Rongo caused four turnovers and picked up five ground balls.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Sunday, March 8 13th-ranked Stony Brook visits Homewood Field. Opening draw is slated for 11:00 am.
 
Notes: Gonzalez reached 200 career draws in the win, becoming just the sixth player in program history to reach the mark • Hoss is just one point shy of 100 for her career.
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