• Johns Hopkins hosts eighth-ranked Stony Brook in the NCAA Quarterfinals Thursday afternoon.
• The Blue Jays are into the quarterfinals for the second time in program history and first since 2007.
• JHU is making its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 14th since 2004. The Blue Jays earned the number four seed; the second straight year they earned a top eight seed. It is also the highest seed in program history. 
• Hopkins is coming off a 21-13 win over 14th-ranked Army in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The win pushed the Blue Jays' record to 16-4 and punched their ticket to the quarterfinals. 
  • At 16-4, Hopkins is having its best season since the program moved to Division I in 1999 and its best in more than three decades.
• The 16 wins this season are the most in school DI history and tie the program's all-time record, set in 1994. That year the Blue Jays advanced to the NCAA Division III Semifinals and finished with a 16-1 record. JHU is 29-11 in the last two seasons under McCormack.
• In addition, the Blue Jays' six conference wins this season are the most since 2021, when the Big Ten played a double round robin schedule. Outside of that, it is the most conference wins since 1998 - when JHU went 10-0 in its last season in Division III.
• This is just the third time since JHU moved to Division I in 1999 that the Blue Jays have at least 14 wins. In fact, since 1999 Hopkins has had just four seasons of 13 or more wins, and two of those have come in the last two seasons.
• There have been eight seasons of 14 or more wins since the program's inception in 1976. In addition, there have been just four seasons with 15 or more wins in program history.
• The Blue Jays started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2014.
  • Reagan O'Brien was named one of five finalists for the 2026 Tewaaraton Award the Foundation announced last Tuesday night. She is the only defender among the finalists and is Johns Hopkins' first finalist since 2007.
• O'Brien is the first defender to be named a Tewaaraton Award Finalist since 2021. In the 25-year history of the Tewaaraton, there have been just 17 defenders among the finalists.
• A unanimous 2026 First Team All-Big Ten selection, O'Brien was named the Big Ten Defender of Year for the second straight year. She is the national leader in caused turnovers (78) and caused turnovers per game (4.33). She is the only player in the nation averaging more than 3.51 caused turnovers per game. O'Brien also ranks fifth in the nation in ground balls (66) and ground balls per game (3.67).
• O'Brien broke the NCAA Division I record for career caused turnovers in Hopkins' Big Ten quarterfinal win over Rutgers and now boasts 244. She also holds the NCAA single season record with 103, set in 2025. O'Brien's 78 caused turnovers so far this season are third most in NCAA history. In Johns Hopkins history, she ranks third with 189 career ground balls.
• In addition to O'Brien, Ava Angello and Lacey Downey were named Tewaaraton Award nominees on April 16. The Blue Jays' three selections are tied for second most in the nation and it is the first time in program history that Hopkins has had multiple nominees for the Tewaaraton.
  • Johns Hopkins is in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight year and 14th time since moving to Division I in 1999. All 14 appearances have come since 2004. This is JHU's 23rd all-time NCAA Tournament appearance since the program's first appearance in 1987.
• Hopkins is a top eight seed for the second straight year and third time overall. The Blue Jays earned the four seed this year, the highest seed in program history.
• JHU is 7-13 (.350) in 14 Division I appearances, including 5-3 (.625) under head coach Tim McCormack. Hopkins is 13-22 (.371) all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• In addition, the Blue Jays are 3-1 (.750) at home in the Division I Tournament and 8-2 (.800) all-time.
• Hopkins is into the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second time in the Division I Tournament, and first since 2007. The Blue Jays made nine quarterfinals' appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament between 1987 and 1998. Hopkins advanced to the Division III Semifinals five times, with the last appearance coming in 1997.
  • Multiple Johns Hopkins NCAA Tournament records fell in the first and second rounds this past weekend.
• Ava Angello broke the JHU single-game record for goals (7) in a tournament game as well as career goals (31) and points (38) in the tournament.
• Taylor Hoss broke the career tournament record for assists (12) and now counts 14 in six career tournament games.
• Paige Willard notched seven points in the win over Army, the most points by a JHU freshman in an NCAA Tournament game. In addition, Willard and Sienna Chirieleison tied the record for assists by a freshman in a tournament game. Chirieleison had three in the win over UAlbany and Willard had three against the Black Knights.
• Laurel Gonzalez broke the single-game and career tournament records for draw controls. She had 17 in the win over UAlbany to break the previou single game record of 12. In addition, she broke the career record of 18, which she held with Jennifer Barry and now has 47 in four games. 
• Hopkins tied the school tournament record for goals with 21 against both UAlbany and Army. The Blue Jays also broke the team record for draw controls with 23 against UAlbany.
• JHU is just the third school to score 20 or more goals in back-to-back NCAA Tournament games. Boston College did it in 2017 and 2024 and Northwestern did it 2018. 
  • Johns Hopkins placed three Blue Jays on the 2026 USA Lacrosse All-America Team it was announced last Wednesday. Reagan O'Brien and Lacey Downey were named to the first team and Ava Angello was named to the second team. The Blue Jays' three combined selections on the first and second teams are second most in the nation.
• O'Brien earns First Team USA Lacrosse All-America honors for the second straight year. Downey makes her second appearance on the USA Lacrosse All-America team after picking up honorable mention accolades last season. Angello grabs USA Lacrosse All-America honors for the third time in her career. She was named honorable mention in 2024 and 2025.
  • Johns Hopkins produced two of the Big Ten major award winners as Reagan O'Brien was named the Big Ten Defender of the Year and Lacey Downey was named the Midfielder of the Year.
• O'Brien becomes just the second player in Big Ten history to repeat as Defender of the Year. In addition, she is just the seventh player in league history to repeat as a major award winner.
• Downey is the first Blue Jay to earn Big Ten Midfielder of the Year honors since joining the league in 2017. Among midfielders nationally, she is tops in assists (45) and second in points (99). She is tied for second in the nation in free position goals (20) and fifth in ground balls (66). She is also second on the team in caused turnovers (48) and draw controls (40).
  • Nine Blue Jays were recognized by the Big Ten with the announcement of the all-conference honors. Five were named to the All-Big Ten Team, three on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and one on the Sportsmanship Team.
• Ava Angello, Lacey Downey and Reagan O'Brien were named First Team All-Big Ten while Taylor Hoss and Hannah Johnson were named Second Team All-Big Ten. Sienna Chirieleison, Molly Hiney and Paige Willard were named to the All-Freshman Team and Sally Zinsner was selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team. 
• Downey and O'Brien were both unanimous selections to the All-Big Ten Team and Willard was a unanimous pick to the All-Freshman Team.
• Angello is the third player in program history to earn All-Big Ten honors three times. She, Downey and O'Brien each earn First Team All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year. Hoss and Johnson earn All-Big Ten honors for the first time. 
  • Ava Angello and Hannah Johnson will play in their 79th career game on Thursday and with that, will play in more games than any other players in program history. The pair are currently tied with Shelby Harrison, Keegan Barger and Jeanne Kachris, who all played from 2018-22, for most games played.
• Thursday's game is also the 21st game of the season, the most in program history.
  • 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 513-329-4 (.608) in 51 seasons, including 295-192 (.605) 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 42 winning seasons, including 21 straight from 1987 to 2007. Hopkins has also made 23 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 14 in the Division I Tournament. JHU has made the last eight NCAA Tournaments, and all 14 DI appearances have come since 2004.
• JHU has now produced 142 all-conference selections, 90 All-Americans, 11 Tewaaraton Award nominees and two Tewaaraton Award finalists in 51 seasons. In addition, 21 players have been inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • Fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins got a combined 21 points from Ava Angello, Taylor Hoss and Paige Willard as the Blue Jays topped 14th-ranked Army, 21-13, to punch its ticket to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
• Leading by three 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 an 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.
  • Hopkins is ranked fourth in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, eighth in the Kane IL Media Poll and fourth in the USA Lacrosse Poll this week.
• Ten of the Blue Jays' 2026 opponents are ranked in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, nine in the Kane IL Media Poll and six are ranked in the USA Lacrosse Poll.
• Hopkins' schedule is the eighth toughest in the nation and its opponents are a combined 192-106 (.644) on the season.
• 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.
  • Reagan O'Brien broke the NCAA Division I career record for caused turnovers in the Big Ten Quarterfinal win over Rutgers. She entered the game needing three to break the record (235) and it took her just over eight minutes to do so. She finished the game with five and now counts 244 in her career.
• O'Brien now holds the NCAA season (103) and career (244) records for caused turnovers. She broke the 25-year-old single season record (82) in the 2025 Big Ten Semifinals and finished the season with 103.
• O'Brien also broke the Johns Hopkins career record for caused turnovers last season in the Big Ten 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 (244) 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.
  • 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 just 40 games into her career, is already the program leader in career draws (313). Her 166 draw controls last season were the fourth most in Big Ten single season history.
• Gonzalez leads the Blue Jays with 147 draws and ranks third in the Big Ten with 7.35 per game. Her 147 draws this season are second most all-time in Johns Hopkins history and she is the only player in program history with multiple 100 draw control seasons. 
• Last season, Gonzalez ranked second in the Big Ten and 14th in the nation with 8.30 draws per game. She has posted nine of the top 13 single-game draw performances in JHU history and has had double-digit draws 11 times. Gonzalez also set the JHU record for draws in a postseason game (17) in the win over UAlbany.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 11 times this season. Six 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, 39 times. In the win over UAlbany, the Blue Jays held the Great Danes scoreless for nearly 38 minutes from the first quarter to the third.
• In the regular season 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 15 times under McCormack, including six times this season.
  • Ava Angello entered the NCAA Tournament just four points shy of becoming only the third player all-time in Johns Hopkins history to notch 300 points and it took her less than 13 minutes to do so. She joined Taylor D'Amore '14 (303 points) and Mary Key '07 (383) in the exclusive club.
• Angello now ranks second in program history with 311 points. In addition, she is the ninth player in Big Ten history to reach the mark.
• Laurel Gonzalez broke the school record for career draw controls and became the first player in program history to reach the 300 milestone in the Blue Jays' first round win over the Great Danes. She now has 313 in her career and is tied for second among active players in the Big Ten. 
  • 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. Hopkins also had 20 in the win over USC and has had four games of 20 or more CTs in the last two seasons. The Blue Jays lead the Big Ten and rank third in the nation with 13.35 caused turnovers per game.
• In the win over Army, JHU tied the school Division I season record with 267 caused turnovers. It is 24 shy of tying the all-time school record (291), set in 1998.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays with 78 caused turnovers, while Downey ranks second (48), Hannah Johnson ranks third (30) and Molly Hiney ranks fourth (26). O'Brien leads the nation with 4.33 per game and Downey ranks 18th (2.40). In addition, Johnson ranks fourth in the Big Ten (1.50) and Hiney ranks 11th (1.30). 
• O'Brien's 78 caused turnovers are the second most in school history and third in NCAA history. She now boasts three of the top six single season totals in Johns Hopkins history and two of the top three in NCAA history. She is the program and NCAA leader with 244 career caused turnovers, while Johnson is seventh in JHU history with 85 takeaways in her career. Hiney's 26 this season are fifth most by a freshman in JHU history.
• JHU finished last season with 258 caused turnovers, then the second highest single season total in program Division I 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 seventh in school history.
  • 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 • 232), 200 career caused turnovers (Reagan O'Brien • 244) and 200 career draw controls (Laurel Gonzalez • 313). 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).
• In the win over UAlbany on Friday, Angello became just the third player in school history, all time, to reach 300 career points. She now ranks second in program history with 311 points (232g, 79a). She ranks second in points and goals and 10th in assists all-time in Johns Hopkins history. 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 612 points.
• Hopkins graduated a pair of 100-point scorers in Ashley Mackin (181) and Campbell Case (127) from last year's team.
  • Ava Angello tallied her 100th point of the season in the win over Army on Sunday. It is just the fourth 100-point season in 51 seasons of Hopkins' lacrosse. She is the first Blue Jay to reach the mark since Taylor D'Amore scored 105 in 2014.
• Lacey Downey enters the NCAA Quarterfinals just one point shy of 100 for the season. In addition, Taylor Hoss currently sits at 93 points on the season. 
  • Hopkins boasts three players with 90 or more points in Ava Angello (100), Lacey Downey (99) and Taylor Hoss (93). At this point last season, JHU had only one player with 90 points (Angello • 90). In fact, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the nation to have three players with 80+ points.
• This is the second straight year and just the fourth time in program history that Hopkins has had two players with at least 80 points. Prior to last year, it hadn't happened since 1995 with Jenn Ward (99) and Francine Brennan (97). This is the first time in Johns Hopkins history that the Blue Jays boast three players with 80 or more points.
• Twenty-three Blue Jays have notched at least one point this season and 10 of those have reached 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).
• Last season, Mackin (66) and Angello (65) both eclipsed the 60-goal mark. It was the first time in school Division I history, and just the second time ever, that two Blue Jays accomplished the feat in the same season. The last time it happened was in 1994, with Rebecca Savage (71) and Ward (60).
• Under head coach Tim McCormack and offensive coordinator Nicole Graziano, the Blue Jays are re-writing the Hopkins' record book. Hopkins has totaled a school-record 492 points, 305 goals and 187 assists so far this season.
• Johns Hopkins has produced the top three point and assist single season totals and three of the top five goal totals in program history under McCormack and Graziano. 
  • Eight of the Blue Jay freshmen have notched at least one point through 20 games this season, while three (Paige Willard, Sienna Chirieleison and McKenzey Craig) have tallied at least 30 points. This is just the second time in program history that Johns Hopkins has three freshmen who reached the 30-point mark. The last time it happened was in 1999 with Jamie Larrimore (58), Erinn Dennis (35) and Erin Wellner (31).
• The eight freshmen have combined for 136 points on 95 goals and 41 assists in 20 games. The freshmen account for 31.14 percent of the team's goals (305) and 27.64 percent of the team's points (492).
• Willard leads the JHU freshmen with 38 goals and 50 points and is fourth overall on the team in goals and points. Her 38 goals and 50 points are the most by a Blue Jay freshman since Ava Angello tallied 38 goals and 53 points in 2023. In addition, she ranks fifth in school history in goals by a freshman and fourth in points.
• Chirieleison and Craig are tied for second among their classmates, and fifth overall, in goals (21). Chirieleison is second in points (34) and leads the freshmen in assists (13). Her 13 assists are tied for sixth most by a freshman in school history. Craig is third among her classmates in points (32).
  • For the first time in program history, Johns Hopkins had four players with six or more points in the win over Army. Ava Angello (7), Lacey Downey (6), Taylor Hoss (7) and Paige Willard (7) combined for 27 points in the win over the Black Knights.
• Sunday's game was the 11th time under head coach Tim McCormack that at least two players had six or more points in the same game. Since the program moved to Division in 1999, it has happened 25 times. It is also the fourth time this season, and 18th time overall, that JHU had a player with at least five goals (Angello, 6) and at least five assists (Hoss, 5).
• Hoss has been involved in eight of the 11 games in which multiple players scored at least six points. Angello has been involved in seven of the last 10 and Downey in six of the last seven.
  • After playing three of its first four games on the road, Hopkins played eight of its final 12 regular season games within the friendly confines of Homewood Field. However, two of those final four road games included 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.
• Hopkins returned to Homewood Field for the first time in nearly a month to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Jays are back home for the NCAA Quarterfinals. It is JHU's first home quarterfinal game since 1994 (Division III). 
  • There are five Blue Jays ranked in the top five in seven categories in Johns Hopkins Division I single season history.
• Ava Angello broke the single season record with her 68th goal against UAlbany and now counts 74 on the season. She and Lacey Downey are fourth (100) and fifth (99) respectively, in points. Downey is also tied for the school record with 20 free position goals.
• Laurel Gonzalez is second in program history with 147 draw controls on the season. She is 19 shy of her tying her own program record.
• Taylor Hoss and Downey rank third (51) and fifth (45) respectively, in assists. Hoss needs two helpers to move into a tie for second and three to move into a tie for first. Downey needs four helpers to move into a tie for fourth.
• Reagan O'Brien ranks in the top five in two categories. She is second in caused turnovers (78) but is 25 shy of her own single season record. She and Downey are also tied for third in ground balls, five shy of second. Downey is also fifth in caused turnovers and is four shy of third.
  • Hopkins' overtime loss to Maryland in the Big Ten Semifinals snapped a streak of nine straight overtime wins. It was the Blue Jays' first overtime loss since February 25, 2023. JHU is now 9-2 in overtime games under head coach Tim McCormack.
• Hopkins has played three overtime games this season and 52 in program history. The Blue Jays are now 26-26 (.500) in overtime games, including 22-18 (.550) since moving to Division I in 1999. JHU's double overtime win at Duke was the 16th that needed multiple overtimes.
  • Ava Angello has posted her fourth straight season with 40 or more goals and second with 60 or more. She scored 40 goals as a freshman in 2023 and followed that with 53 goals in 2024, 65 in 2025 and now a school-record 74 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. In the Big Ten Semifinals, she became just the second player in school Division I history, and fourth all-time, with back-to-back 60-goal seasons. She broke the school Division I record with her 68th goal against UAlbany. 
• Angello became just the third player in Johns Hopkins history to score 70 goals in a season against Army. She joined Rebecca Savage (77 • 1994) and Monique Muri (70 • 1983) as the only players to do so.
• In the win over UAlbany, Angello became the second player in program history to with back-to-back seasons of 90 or more points. She finished with 90 points last season and now has 100 in 2026. Key is the only other player to accomplish the feat, with 101 points in 2006 and 121 in 2007.
  • The come-back win at Penn State is the eighth time under head coach Tim McCormack that Johns Hopkins trailed entering the fourth quarter and rallied to win. Five of the eight 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.
  • 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 9.35 assists per game. JHU is assisting on 61.31 percent of its goals (305g, 187a) and ranks eighth in the nation in assist-to-goal ratio.
• The Blue Jays have handed out double-digit assists in nine games this season and have now posted 24 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' 187 assists this season are the most all-time in Johns Hopkins' history. It is the third straight year that the Blue Jays have broken the single season assist record. JHU handed out 176 assists in 2025 and 161 in 2024. 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 assist-to-goal ratio. The Blue Jays assisted on 62.40 percent of its goals (258g, 161a) in 2024.
  • Lacey Downey broke the school record for career assists by a midfielder (63) in the win over Michigan and now counts 75 in her career. She did so in just her 35th game in the Hopkins' Blue & Black. Among all players, she is eighth in school Division I history and 11th all-time in career assists.
• Taylor Hoss leads the team, and is tied for 12th in the nation, with a career-high 51 assists. She is third all-time in school history with her 51 assists and is three shy of tying Mary Key's single-season record (54). Downey is second on the team, and tied for 17th in the nation, with 45 assists. She is tops among midfielders in the nation in assists and she holds the school single season record for assists by a midfielder.
• Hoss is also making her way up the all-time assist chart at Johns Hopkins. She is 54 games into her career and is eighth all-time in Johns Hopkins history with 86 helpers. Her 51 assists this season are the most by a Blue Jay since Taylor D'Amore had 53 in 2014. 
• 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. That season Francine Brennan (45) and Jenn Ward (31) both eclipsed the mark. This is the first time that two Blue Jays have notched at least 40 assists.
  • Hopkins and Stony Brook meet for the 14th time in a series that began in 2010. The Seawolves lead the series, 7-6, but the Blue Jays have won the last three meetings. This is the first meeting between the two in the NCAA Tournament.
• Associate head coach Dorrien Van Dyke is a 2017 graduate of Stony Brook, where she had a standout career for the Seawolves. She totaled 197 goals, 71 assists, 112 ground balls and 179 draw controls while leading Stony Brook to a 72-12 record and four America East titles. Van Dyke was a three-time IWLCA All-Region selection and was named a Third Team All-American by the IWCLA as a senior.
  • 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 picked up right where she left off and has 93 points (42g, 51a) in 20 games, surpassing last season's total of 61 points (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 74 goals and 100 points in 20 games. Three times this season she has scored as many goals (or more) than the other team. She scored eight in a 17-7 win over Liberty, seven in a 20-5 win over USC and seven in a 21-7 win over UAlbany.
• Lacey Downey has taken her game to a new level in 2026. She ranked fourth on the team last year with 58 points (28g, 30a), averaging 2.90 points per game. She surpassed last season's total just 13 games into this season and currently has 99 points (54g, 45a) and is averaging 4.95 points per game.
  • 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).  
  • 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 is third on the team in draw controls (15) and is fourth in caused turnovers (26) and ground balls (32). Her 26 caused turnovers are fifth most by a freshman all-time in JHU history. Willard is fourth on the team in goals (38) and points (50) while Sienna Chirieleison is fifth in points (34) and Craig is sixth (32). Chirieleison and Craig are tied for fifth in goals with 21 each. In addition, Chirieleison is also fourth on the team in assists (13), which is tied for sixth by a freshman all-time in JHU history.
• Willard's 38 goals are fifth most by a freshman all-time in school history and her 50 points are fourth most by a JHU freshman.
• 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.
  • Taylor D'Amore '14 was inducted into the 26th class of the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame on April 17. She is the 21st women's lacrosse player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and the 21 women's lacrosse selections are the most of any women's team and are 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, two-time Tewaaraton Award nominee and a three-time All-American Lacrosse Conference selection.
  • 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. 
  • With a win on Thursday, Johns Hopkins would face the winner of top-ranked Northwestern and 10th-ranked Colorado in the NCAA Semifinals on Friday, May 22 at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL.
 
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