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Game Notes | Blue Jays at Nittany Lions in B1G Regular Season Finale

OPENING DRAW
• Johns Hopkins hits the road to take on 19th-ranked Penn State in the Blue Jays' regular season finale Thursday night.
• Hopkins is coming off a 13-6 win over sixth-ranked Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The win pushed the Blue Jays' record to 12-3 overall and 5-2 in the B1G.
• At 12-3, Hopkins is off to its best start since 2015 when the Blue Jays also started the season at 12-3.
• This is just the fifth time since JHU moved to Division I in 1999 that the Blue Jays have at least 12 wins in their first 15 games. In fact, since 1999, Hopkins has had nine seasons of 12 or more wins, and three of those have come in the last three seasons.  
• The Blue Jays started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2014.
 
50 YEARS OF BLUE JAY LACROSSE
• 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 509-328-4 (.607) in 51 seasons, including 291-191 (.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.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• The Johns Hopkins defense held sixth-ranked Michigan to half its scoring average as the Blue Jays beat the Wolverines, 13-6, in Big Ten action Sunday afternoon.
Lacey Downey opened the scoring with an eight-meter goal just over two and a half minutes in. Michigan answered with goals from Caroline Byrd and Calli Norris to grab a 2-1 lead at the 8:36-mark. Less than two minutes later, Downey hit a cutting Samantha DiCarlo and she fired home a left-handed shot from the middle of the fan. Downey then gave the Blue Jays back the lead when she faked a pass to Ava Angello and then blew home a low shot from seven meters out at 3:05.
• DiCarlo and Downey went back-to-back to open the second quarter and Hopkins led 5-2 with 8:25 to go in the half. Byrd then picked the back post from the alley at the 3:27-mark to end a U-M scoreless drought of more than 20 minutes. JHU had the final say of the half when Paige Willard cashed in on an eight-meter with 14.1 ticks on the clock.
• Angello scored in-tight off a Downey helper to make it 7-3 Blue Jays less than four minutes into the third. Ava Class got one back for the Wolverines, scoring on the doorstep at 9:19. Just 73 seconds later, Angello scored a short-handed goal after an MK Lescault takeaway. Taylor Hoss and Eleri Colon then scored back-to-back goals in a 43-second span and just like that it was 10-4 Hopkins with 2:45 to go in the third.
• Michigan battled back, getting goals from Truus van Wees and Byrd to open the fourth and cut the deficit to four. But Downey answered with a pair of goals just 41 seconds apart to put JHU up 12-6 with 6:09 on the clock. The Blue Jays held the Wolverines to just one shot in the final six minutes and Sienna Chirieleison added one more goal for JHU at the 3:07-mark.
• Downey led Hopkins with five goals and two assists, to go with four caused turnovers and three ground balls. Hoss (1g, 2a) and Willard (1g, 2a) add three points apiece, while Angello and DiCarlo each scored a pair. Reagan O'Brien caused four turnovers and Lescault added a pair. Ashley Langdon tied her career high with nine saves. Kendal Crawford picked up a career-high four ground balls and Hannah Johnson had three.
 
I'M HONORED
Lacey Downey was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Week for the fifth time this season after her performance in Johns Hopkins' 13-6 win over sixth-ranked Michigan on Sunday.
• Downey totaled seven points (5g, 2a), four caused turnovers, three ground balls and two draws against the Wolverines. Her five goals came on seven shots, including going 1-of-1 on free position. When Michigan cut the lead to four early in the fourth quarter, Downey scored twice in a 41-second span to push the lead back to six with six minutes to play.
• Downey leads the country in points (76) and assists (35) by a midfielder. In addition, her 76 points this season are the most by a midfielder in Johns Hopkins history, while her 35 assists are tied for the most.
 
MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS
• 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 eighth in the nation with 77 points. She also ranks sixth in the nation with 55 goals and is 10th 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 60 caused turnovers and 4.62 per game. She also ranks ninth in ground balls (45) and eighth in ground balls per game (3.46). She has tallied four caused turnovers 10 times this season and has six or more in a game five times.
• Downey ranks 10th in the nation in points (76), fifth in ground balls (54) and 16th in assists (35). She is also second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers (36) and fifth in goals (41). Downey leads the nation with 17 free position goals, third most in a season in program history.
 
TEWAARATON AWARD
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.
 
HALL OF FAMER
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.
 
RECORD BREAKER - PART I
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 (226) 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 226 and needs two to move into a tie for second in NCAA history and nine to tie the record.
 
RECORD BREAKER - PART II
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 92 draws and ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 6.13 per game. Her 92 draws this season are fourth most all-time in Johns Hopkins history and she needs eight to become the first player with multiple seasons with 100 draw controls.
 
GETTING DEFENSIVE
• Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 15 or more minutes, nine times this season. Five times the Blue Jays have held their opponents scoreless in a quarter. 
• Under head coach Tim McCormack, Hopkins has held its opponent scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 37 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.
 
TAKEAWAYS
• 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 207 caused turnovers, which ranks third in the NCAA (13.80/game) and is seventh in program history.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays with 60 caused turnovers, while Downey ranks second (36), freshman Molly Hiney ranks third (21) and Hannah Johnson ranks fourth (20). O'Brien leads the nation with 4.62 per game and Downey ranks 18th (2.40). In addition, Hiney ranks sixth in the Big Ten (1.40) and Johnson ranks seventh (1.33). 
• O'Brien's 60 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 226 career caused turnovers and Johnson is 10th with 75 takeaways in her career. Hiney's 21 this season are seventh most by a freshman in JHU history.
• JHU finished last season 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 three years under defensive coordinator Dorrien Van Dyke, the Blue Jays have turned in three of the seven best caused turnover totals in program history. In 2024, JHU totaled 213 takeaways, which ranks sixth in school history.
 
POLL POSITION 
• Hopkins is ranked sixth in the IWLCA Coaches Poll and seventh in both the Kane IL Media and USA Lacrosse Polls this week.
• Nine of the Blue Jays' 2026 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA Coaches and Kane IL Media Polls and six are ranked in the USA Lacrosse Poll.
• Hopkins' schedule is the sixth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 138-74 (.651) on the season. In addition, JHU is seventh in the NCAA's RPI with a value of .67344.
• 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.
 
HOME SWEET HOME(WOOD)
• 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.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN 
• 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 (288), goals (213) 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 66 games on defense. She has totaled 97 ground balls and 75 caused turnovers in 73 career games played and is 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 226 career caused turnovers. She holds the JHU single-game (12), season (103) and career records for takeaways. She has also totaled 168 ground balls to rank seventh in school Division I history and sixth among all active NCAA DI players.
 
200 CLUB
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 • 213), 200 career caused turnovers (Reagan O'Brien • 226) and 200 career draw controls (Laurel Gonzalez • 258). 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 288 points (213 goals, 75 assists) in 73 career games. She ranks fourth in points, second in goals and ninth in assists all-time in Johns Hopkins history. She needs 12 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.
 
CENTURY CLUB
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 556 points.
• Hopkins graduated a pair of 100-point scorers in Ashley Mackin (181) and Campbell Case (127) from last year's team.
 
GETTING OFFENSIVE - PART I
• Through 15 games, Hopkins boasts three players with 60 or more points in Ava Angello (77), Lacey Downey (76) and Taylor Hoss (63). At this point last season, JHU had only two players with 45 or more (Ashley Mackin • 73 / Angello • 62). In fact, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the nation to have three players with 60+ points.
• 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 each 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. Hopkins has totaled 364 points so far this season, which ranks fifth in school history, and its 139 assists rank third. In the 2024 and 2025 seasons, JHU 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) and the goal totals are tied for second and fourth all-time.
 
GETTING OFFENSIVE - PART II
• Eight of the Blue Jay freshmen have notched at least one point through 15 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 96 points on 68 goals and 28 assists in 15 games. The freshmen account for 30.2 percent of the team's goals (225) and 26.4 percent of the team's points (364).
Paige Willard leads the JHU freshmen with 32 points (24g, 8a) 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 (24).
 
GETTING OFFENSIVE - PART III
• 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.
 
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
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 57 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.
 
LENDING A HAND
• 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 9.27 assists per game. JHU is assisting on 61.17 percent of its goals (225g, 139a) and ranks fourth 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' 139 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.
 
LENDING A HAND - PART II
Lacey Downey broke the school record for career assists by a midfielder (63) in the win over Michigan on Sunday and now counts 65 in her career. She did so in just her 35th game in the Hopkins' Blue & Black. Among all players, she is ninth in school Division I history and tied for 13th all-time.
• Downey is tied for 16th in the nation in assists and is tops among midfielders. She has handed out 35 assists far this season, tied for seventh most in school Division I history. In addition, Downey's 35 assists are tied for most by a midfielder all-time in JHU history.
Taylor Hoss is also making her way up the all-time assist chart at Johns Hopkins. She is 49 games into her career and already ranks 10th all-time in Johns Hopkins history with 69 helpers. This season, she ranks second behind Downey with 33 assists and is tied for 19th in the nation.
• This is the second straight season and just the third time in program history that JHU has two players with 30 or more assists. Prior to last season, the only other time it happened was in 1995.
 
AGAINST THE NITTANY LIONS
• Hopkins and Penn State meet for the 30th time in a series that began in 2002. The Nittany Lions lead the all-time series, 17-12, however the Blue Jays are 7-4 in the series since joining the Big Ten in 2017.
• Penn State is 7-5 in State College and won the last meeting, 16-13, in 2024.
• Eighteen of the 29 all-time meetings were decided by three or fewer goals. In fact, eight of those 18 were decided by just one goal.
 
ON A ROLL
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 63 points (29g, 34a) through 15 games. She surpassed last season's total of 61 points (20 games) in Sunday's win over Michigan.
• 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 55 goals and 77 points in 15 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.
 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
• The Blue Jays' 2026 roster includes one graduate student, five seniors, 11 juniors, 11 sophomores and 11 freshmen.
• The 39-woman roster features players from 14 states, the District of Columbia and one Canadian province (Ontario). The Blue Jays also represent all four United States time zones.
• By state, the Blue Jays hail from New York (11), New Jersey (5), Pennsylvania (3), Virginia (3), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (2), California (2), Illinois (2), Michigan (2), Florida (1), South Carolina (1), Oregon (1), Georgia (1) and Colorado (1).  
 
IMPACT FRESHMEN
• 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 (21) and draw controls (13) and is fourth in ground balls (24). Her 21 caused turnovers are seventh most by a freshman all-time in JHU history. Willard is fourth on the team in goals (24) and points (32) while Sienna Chirieleison ranks fourth in assists (9) and fifth in points (24). In addition, Craig is fifth in goals (16).
• Four Blue Jays were named to the Nike Lacrosse/IL Women Power 100 Freshmen rankings this Fall, including three in the top 35. 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.
 
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
• 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.
• In addition, Sienna Chirieleison's uncle Chris Chirieleison '89, played football and lacrosse at Johns Hopkins. In fact, he still holds the school record for longest run, when he rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown at Ursinus on October 11, 1986. 
 
ON THE TUBE
• 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.
 
ON TAP
• Johns Hopkins will travel to Ann Arbor for the 2026 Big Ten Tournament next week. The quarterfinals are slated for Wednesday, April 22 with the semifinals on Friday (April 24) and championship on Sunday (April 26). Hopkins' seeding in the tournament will be determinted after this weekend's games.
 
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Campbell Case

#21 Campbell Case

Att.
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Ashley Mackin

#27 Ashley Mackin

Att.
5' 7"
Senior
Quinlan O

#6 Quinlan O'Brien

Def.
5' 10"
Senior
Charlotte Smith

#34 Charlotte Smith

Att.
5' 5"
Senior
Ava Angello

#18 Ava Angello

Att.
6' 0"
Senior
Eleri Colon

#22 Eleri Colon

Mid.
5' 5"
Sophomore
Kendal Crawford

#45 Kendal Crawford

Def.
5' 11"
Sophomore
Samantha DiCarlo

#26 Samantha DiCarlo

Mid.
5' 6"
Junior
Lacey Downey

#40 Lacey Downey

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5' 3"
Junior
Morgan Giardina

#14 Morgan Giardina

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5' 6"
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Players Mentioned

Campbell Case

#21 Campbell Case

5' 8"
Graduate Student
Att.
Ashley Mackin

#27 Ashley Mackin

5' 7"
Senior
Att.
Quinlan O

#6 Quinlan O'Brien

5' 10"
Senior
Def.
Charlotte Smith

#34 Charlotte Smith

5' 5"
Senior
Att.
Ava Angello

#18 Ava Angello

6' 0"
Senior
Att.
Eleri Colon

#22 Eleri Colon

5' 5"
Sophomore
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Kendal Crawford

#45 Kendal Crawford

5' 11"
Sophomore
Def.
Samantha DiCarlo

#26 Samantha DiCarlo

5' 6"
Junior
Mid.
Lacey Downey

#40 Lacey Downey

5' 3"
Junior
Mid.
Morgan Giardina

#14 Morgan Giardina

5' 6"
Senior
GK
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