BALTIMORE, MD – Fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins got a combined 21 points from
Ava Angello,
Taylor Hoss and
Paige Willard as the Blue Jays topped 14
th-ranked Army, 21-13, to punch its ticket to the NCAA Quarterfinals. JHU improves to 16-4 and makes the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007. The Black Knights finish the season with a 15-5 record.
Leading by three midway at 6:35 in the second, Angello sandwiched a pair of goals around a
Samantha DiCarlo eight meter, in span of just two minutes and 21 seconds to stake Hopkins to a 11-5 lead. Three minutes later, Lily Valentini scored in-tight off a restart to ignite a 5-2 Army spurt that bridged halftime. Angello answered Valentini's score with her third of the quarter at 1:16, but the Black Knights would score twice in the final 37 seconds to make it 12-8 at the half.
Lacey Downey opened the third with a goal in traffic off a Hoss helper to push the lead to five. Army came right back with goals from Chloe Garrett and Brigid Duffy and just like that the lead was down to three with 8:51 to go in the third.
Thirty-two seconds after Duffy's goal, Downey scored off a give-and-go with Hoss to spark a methodical 8-2 run. It spanned just over 18 minutes and saw five different Blue Jays score. Meanwhile, the Hopkins' defense forced eight turnovers and allowed just eight shots as the Blue Jays pushed out to a 21-12 lead with 5:16 on the clock. Reilly got Army back on the board just 43 seconds later, but JHU held Army to just three shots and forced a pair of turnovers in the final 4:23 to secure the win.
Hoss opened the scoring just 38 seconds in off a backdoor cut, but Reilly answered for the Knights with an unassisted tally at 10:06 to tie the game. A little over three minutes later, Hoss got under her defender and blew home a shot from the left alley to put JHU back on top. That kick-started a four-goal spurt, in less than two minutes, as the Blue Jays grabbed a 5-1 lead. Willard capped the run with a sidearm rip off the dodge at 4:44. Geneva Milch Cesoni then converted an eight-meter shot and over the ensuing nine minutes, the teams would trade goals. Cesoni book-ended the run at the 9:33-mark with her second of the afternoon, making it an 8-5 game.
Angello (6g, 1a), Willard (4g, 3a) and Hoss (2g, 5a) led the Blue Jays with seven points each. Angello now has 74 goals on the season, just the third 70-goal season in Johns Hopkins' history. She is also just two shy of tying
Mary Key's school record for career goals (234).
Downey added six points (3g, 3a) while
McKenzey Craig tallied five (3g, 2a). Downey also picked up five ground balls and caused four turnovers.
Reagan O'Brien had three ground balls to go with a caused turnover and draw control.
Laurel Gonzalez controlled a game-high 12 draws.
Reilly paced the Black Knights with seven points (3g, 4a) while Valentini added six (4g, 2a). Duffy chipped in three points while also notching five draws and a pair of ground balls. Reilly also controlled four draws and picked up two ground balls.
Hopkins will take on fifth-seeded Stony Brook in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Thursday, May 14 at Homewood Field. The game will be televised on ESPNU with opening draw yet to be announced.
Notes: Hopkins broke the school single season record for assists with its fifth of the day and now counts 187 on the season • JHU also tied the school record with its 16th win.
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