• Johns Hopkins is back at home for its final regular season home game to take on Michigan in a top-10 Big Ten matchup Sunday afternoon.
• Hopkins is coming off a 21-9 win at Oregon last Saturday. The win pushed the Blue Jays' record to 11-3 overall and 4-2 in the B1G.
• At 11-3, Hopkins is off to its best start since 2015 when the Blue Jays also started the season at 11-3.
• This is just the fifth time since JHU moved to Division I in 1999 that the Blue Jays have at least 11 wins in their first 14 games.  
• The Blue Jays started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2014.
  • 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 508-328-4 (.607) in 51 seasons, including 290-191 (.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.
  • Ava Angello, Taylor Hoss and Lacey Downey combined for 22 points to lead ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 21-9 win at Oregon Saturday afternoon.
• Hopkins jumped on top early getting goals from Eleri Colon and Sienna Chirieleison just 71 seconds apart. McKenzey Craig hit a cutting Colon from goal line extended just 45 seconds in to open the scoring. Chirieleison then scored on the doorstep off a feed from Hoss and it was 2-0 JHU less than two minutes in. Lily Fortin and Gabby Santucci then sandwiched goals around an Angello score and it was a one-goal game with 6:32 to play in the first.
• Angello converted an eight meter at 5:23 to spark a four-goal run that saw Hopkins push out to a 7-2 lead. Paige Willard and Downey then scored back-to-back goals in a 50-second span to make it 6-2 after one. Samantha DiCarlo capped the four-goal run with a free position score at 12:11 in the second. Santucci got the Ducks back on the board when she scored on the run after a Francesca Viteritti save on the other end.
• It looked like Hopkins would take a 7-3 lead into the half, but the Blue Jays scored twice in the final 47.8 seconds to push the lead to six. Hoss scored in transition after a Hannah Johnson takeaway and then DiCarlo got her second of the quarter off an Angello skip pass.
• Hopkins opened the third with three goals in just 91 seconds to grab a 12-3 lead. Angello scored a pair, wrapped around a Hoss score on the doorstep. Santucci then scored off the dodge at 11:45, but the Blue Jays answered with scores from Downey and Willard and the lead was 10. Fortin and Lyla Hurley scored back-to-back for Oregon in a 56-second span, but the Jays got goals from Angello and Willard to close out the third and make it a 16-6 game.
• Avery Young scored in transition to open the fourth quarter but a behind-the-back goal from Angello ignited a five-goal run that spanned nine minutes as JHU pushed its lead to 21-7. Four Blue Jays scored during the run, including an eight meter from Ally Campbell and Reese Benford's first career goal. Santucci and Anna Simmons scored in the final 69 seconds to account for the 21-9 final.
• Downey finished with a game-high six assists and eight points and tied the school record for career assists by a midfielder (63). Angello scored a game-high six goals and added an assist, while Hoss notched three goals and four assists. Hoss' seven points tie her career high and is her third career seven-point game. Laurel Gonzalez controlled 14 draws, a season high and the third most in school history.
  • Lacey Downey was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Week for the fourth time this season after her performance in Johns Hopkins' 21-9 win at Oregon on Saturday.
• Downey totaled eight points on two goals and six assists, to go with two ground balls and five draw controls versus the Ducks. She tied the program record for career assists by a midfielder (53) with her sixth of the afternoon. It is Downey's eighth game this season with five or more points and the six assists are a career best.
  • Inside Lacrosse released its Nike Midseason All-Americans on April 1 and the list included three Blue Jays. Ava Angello and Reagan O'Brien were named to the first team and Lacey Downey was named to the second team
• Angello leads Johns Hopkins and ranks sixth in the nation with 75 points. She also ranks fourth in the nation with 53 goals and is seventh in the Big Ten with 22 assists. She has eight games of six or more points this season, including a career-high-tying 11 (7g, 4a) versus USC.
• O'Brien leads the nation with 56 caused turnovers and 4.67 per game. She also ranks fourth in ground balls (44) and sixth in ground balls per game (3.67). She has tallied four caused turnovers nine times this season and has six or more in a game five times.
• Downey ranks eighth in the nation in points (69) and ground balls (51) and is 15th in assists (33). She is also second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers (32) and fifth in goals (36). Downey leads the nation with 16 free position goals, third most in a season in program history.
  • 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 March 26.
  • 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 third 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 (222) for caused turnovers.
• Against USC, 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 221 and needs seven 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 third in program history in career draws (254). 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 has posted seven of the top 10 single-game draw performances in JHU history and had double-digit draws eight times. Gonzalez is also tied for the JHU record for draws in a postseason game (11).
• Gonzalez leads the Blue Jays with 88 draws and ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 6.29 per game. Her 88 draws this season are fifth 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 190 caused turnovers, which ranks third in the NCAA (13.57/game) and is seventh in program history.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays with 56 caused turnovers, while Downey ranks second (32) and freshman Molly Hiney ranks third (20). O'Brien leads the nation with 4.67 per game and Downey ranks 19th (2.29). In addition, Hiney ranks seventh in the Big Ten (1.43) and Hannah Johnson ranks ninth (1.36). 
• O'Brien's 56 caused turnovers are the second most all-time in school single-season history and she now boasts three of the top five single-season totals in JHU history. She is the program leader with 222 career caused turnovers and Johnson is tied for 10th with 74 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 ninth in the IWLCA Coaches Poll and Kane IL Media Poll and seventh in the USA Lacrosse Poll this week.
• Eight of the Blue Jays' 2026 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, nine 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 126-64 (.663) on the season. In addition, JHU is 10th in the NCAA's RPI with a value of .66519.
• 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. In those two trips to Evanston and Eugene, the Blue Jays traveled nearly 7,800 miles.
• 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 (286), goals (211) and assists (75). A three-time Honorable Mention All-American and two-time All-Big Ten pick, she ranks second all-time in school history in goals, fourth in points and ninth in assists.
• Johnson is a two-time captain and has started 65 games on defense. She has totaled 94 ground balls and 74 caused turnovers in 72 career games played and is tied for 10th 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 222 career caused turnovers. She holds the JHU single-game (12), season (103) and career records for takeaways. She has also totaled 167 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 • 211), 200 career caused turnovers (Reagan O'Brien • 222) and 200 career draw controls (Laurel Gonzalez • 254). 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 286 points (211 goals, 75 assists) in 72 career games. She ranks fourth in points, second in goals and ninth in assists all-time in Johns Hopkins history. She needs 14 points to become only the third player in program history to notch 300 career points. Angello is fourth among all active players in NCAA Division I in career goals and fifth in points.
  • 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 Ava 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. The trio of Angello, Hoss and Downey have combined for 544 points.
• Hopkins graduated a pair of 100-point scorers in Ashley Mackin (181) and Campbell Case (127) from last year's team.
  • Through 14 games, Hopkins boasts three players with 60 or more points in Ava Angello (75), Lacey Downey (69) and Taylor Hoss (60). At this point last season, JHU had only two players with 40 or more (Ashley Mackin • 73 / Angello • 62).
• Twenty-three Blue Jays have notched at least one point this season and eight of those have tallied at least 11 points. In addition, two Blue Jays need just one point to reach double digits.
• 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 14 games this season, while three have tallied at least 23 points. This is the first time since 2015 that Johns Hopkins has three freshmen with at least 20 points. It is also just the fourth time in program history, all time, that it has happened.
• The eight freshmen have combined for 91 points on 66 goals and 25 assists in 14 games. The freshmen account for 31.1 percent of the team's goals (212) and 26.4 percent of the team's points (344).
• Paige Willard leads the JHU freshmen with 29 points (23g, 6a) 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 second among the freshmen, and fifth on the team, in points (23).
  • For the first time in program history, Johns Hopkins had three players with seven or more points in the win at Oregon. Lacey Downey (8), Ava Angello (7) and Taylor Hoss (7) combined for 22 points in the win over the Ducks. It is also the second time this season, and 16th time overall, that JHU has boasted a player with at least five goals (Angello, 6) and at least five assists (Downey, 6).
• Saturday's game at Oregon was the ninth 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 23 times.
•  Angello and Hoss have each been involved in six of the last nine games in which multiple players scored at least six points. In addition, Downey has been involved in four of the last five games.
  • Ava Angello has now posted her fourth straight season with 40 or more goals and third with 50 or more. She scored 40 goals as a freshman in 2023 and followed that with 53 goals in 2024, 65 in 2025 and now 53 in 2026. Angello is the first player to score 40 or more goals four times 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 is now the fourth player in Johns Hopkins' history to score 50 goals in a season three times.
• 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.
  • 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 third in the nation with 9.43 assists per game. JHU is assisting on 62.26 percent of its goals (212g, 132a) and ranks fifth in the nation in assist-to-goal ratio.
• The Blue Jays have handed out double-digit assists in seven games this season and have now posted 22 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.
• Hopkins' 132 assists this season are third most all-time in Johns Hopkins' single-season history. In 2025, Hopkins broke the school 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.
  • Lacey Downey tied the school record for assists by a midfielder (63) in the win over Oregon on Saturday. She did so in just her 34th game in the Hopkins' Blue & Black. Among all players, she is tied for ninth in school Division I history and tied for 14th all-time.
• Downey is tied for 15th in the nation in assists and is tops among midfielders. She has handed out 33 assists far this season, eighth most in school Division I history.
• Taylor Hoss is also making her way up the all-time assist chart at Johns Hopkins. She is 48 games into her career and already ranks 10th all-time in Johns Hopkins history with 67 helpers. This season, she ranks second behind Downey with 32 assists and is tied for 17th in the nation. 
  • Hopkins and Michigan meet for the 12th time in a series that began in 2014. The Blue Jays lead the all-time series, 7-4, including 6-4 since joining the Big Ten in 2017.
• This is the just the second meeting at Homewood Field in the series in the last five meetings. In addition, this is just the second meeting in the series in which both teams are ranked in the top 10.
• Michigan's win in Ann Arbor last season snapped a streak of six straight games in which the road team won.
  • 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 60 points (28g, 32a) through 14 games. In fact, she is just one point 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 53 goals and 75 points in 14 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 (23). Hiney's 20 caused turnovers are seventh most by a freshman all-time in JHU history. Willard is fourth on the team in goals (23) and points (29) while Craig ranks fifth in goals (16) and points (22).
• 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 wraps up the regular season on Thursday, April 16 at 18th-ranked Penn State. Opening draw at Panzer Stadium is slated for 6:00 pm with the game televised on the Big Ten Network. 
 
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