• Johns Hopkins hosts UAlbany in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday at Homewood Field.
• 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 15-14 overtime loss to fourth-ranked Maryland in the Big Ten Semifinals. The loss dropped the Blue Jays' record to 14-4. 
  • At 14-4, Hopkins is having its best season since 2015 when the Blue Jays were also 14-4 through 18 games.
• The 14 wins this season are the most under head coach Tim McCormack and the most since that 2015 season. In fact, JHU is 27-11 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.
• 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 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 (75) and caused turnovers per game (4.69). 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 (62) and ground balls per game (3.88).
• O'Brien broke the NCAA Division I record for career caused turnovers in Hopkins' Big Ten quarterfinal win over Rutgers and now boasts 241. She also holds the NCAA single season record with 103, set in 2025. O'Brien's 75 caused turnovers so far this season are third most in NCAA history. In Johns Hopkins history, she ranks eighth with 185 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 5-13 (.278) in 13 Division I appearances, including 3-3 (.500) under head coach Tim McCormack. Hopkins is 11-22 (.333) all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• In addition, the Blue Jays are 1-1 (.500) at home in the Division I Tournament and 6-2 (.750) all-time.
  • 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. She leads the nation in caused turnovers (75) and caused turnovers per game (4.69). O'Brien is averaging nearly 1.2 CTs per game more than any other player in the nation. She is also fifth in the nation in ground balls (62) and ground balls per game (3.88). Her 75 caused turnovers so far this season are the third most in NCAA history.
• Downey is the first Blue Jay to earn Big Ten Midfielder of the Year honors since joining the league in 2017. She leads Hopkins and ranks 10th in the nation with 90 points. She is also tied for the team lead, and is 20th nationally, with 41 assists. Among midfielders nationally, Downey is tops in assists and second in points. She ranks third in the nation in free position goals (18) and is sixth in ground balls (57). She is also second on the team in caused turnovers (40) and draw controls (39).
  • 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. 
  • 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 511-329-4 (.608) in 51 seasons, including 293-192 (.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.
  • Johns Hopkins rallied from a five-goal halftime deficit to take the lead but ultimately fell in overtime to Maryland in the Big Ten Semifinals.
• Trailing 10-5 at the half, Paige Willard scored off a pick-and-roll with Taylor Hoss just 65 seconds into the third. Maisy Clevenger answered 34 seconds later, and it was 11-6. Samantha DiCarlo and Willard then went back-to-back in a 60-second span, and the deficit was three at the 9:22-mark. Kori Edmondson cashed in on an eight-meter at 4:56, but Lacey Downey then got free in the right alley and scored on the run just 25 seconds later to make it 12-9.
• Sienna Chirieleison hit Ava Angello on the doorstep at the 3:07-mark and then Willard scored on a quick finish off a Downey helper and it was a one-goal game at the end of three. Angello and Hoss opened the fourth with back-to-back goals just 34 seconds apart and Hopkins had its first lead since the first quarter with 11:22 to play.
• Maryland battled back with goals from Edmondson and Lauren Lapointe to grab a 14-13 lead at the 4:49-mark. The lead was short-lived however as Hoss hit Angello in traffic 47 seconds later and the score was knotted at 14. Both teams had their chances in the final four minutes of regulation and nearly four minutes of overtime. But it was the Terrapins that broke through when Keeley Block scored off a give-and-go with Jordyn Lipkin with 1:10 on the clock to win it.
• UM jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the game's opening nine minutes. Downey then scored three goals in two minutes and 48 seconds to put JHU up 4-3 after one. Lapointe and Kristen Shanahan scored back-to-back goals to open the second and the Terrapins led 5-4 with 11:30 to go. Downey then blew home her fourth of the half 53 seconds later. Block answered less than a minute later to spark a 5-0 run to end the half and give Maryland a 10-5 lead at the break.
• Downey finished with a game-high five goals and eight points. The eight points broke the JHU record for points in a Big Ten Tournament game. Hoss added five points (2g, 3a) while Angello and Willard each had a hat trick. Laurel Gonzalez controlled eight draws while Reagan O'Brien notched three ground balls, two caused turnovers and two draws. Hannah Johnson and Kendal Crawford caused two turnovers and picked up a ground ball each.
  • 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 241 in her career.
• O'Brien now holds the NCAA season (103) and career (241) 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 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 (241) 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 is already second in program history in career draws (284). Her 166 draw controls last season were the fourth most in Big Ten single season history.
• Gonzalez leads the Blue Jays with 118 draws and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 6.56 per game. Her 118 draws this season are third 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 seven of the top 10 single-game draw performances in JHU history and has double-digit draws nine times. Gonzalez is also tied for the JHU record for draws in a postseason game (11).
  • Ava Angello enters the NCAA Tournament just four points shy of becoming only the third player all-time in Johns Hopkins history to notch 300 points. She would join Taylor D'Amore '14 (303 points) and Mary Key '07 (383) in the exclusive club.
• In addition, Angello would become the ninth player in Big Ten history to reach the mark. 
  • 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.
  • Johns Hopkins has held opponents scoreless for 15 or more minutes, 10 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, 38 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.
  • 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 is now back at Homewood Field for the first time in nearly a month to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
  • 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. JHU has now totaled 245 caused turnovers, which ranks third in the NCAA (13.61/game) and is fourth in program history.
• O'Brien leads the Blue Jays with 75 caused turnovers, while Downey ranks second (40), Hannah Johnson ranks third (27) and Molly Hiney ranks fourth (23). O'Brien leads the nation with 4.69 per game and Downey ranks 25th (2.22). In addition, Johnson ranks fifth in the Big Ten (1.50) and Hiney ranks 10th (1.28). 
• O'Brien's 75 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 241 career caused turnovers, while Johnson is 10th in JHU history with 82 takeaways in her career. Hiney's 23 this season are sixth 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 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 • 219), 200 career caused turnovers (Reagan O'Brien • 241) and 200 career draw controls (Laurel Gonzalez • 284). 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 296 points (219 goals, 77 assists) in 76 career games. She ranks third in points, second in goals and ninth 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.
  • Hopkins boasts three players with 79 or more points in Lacey Downey (90), Ava Angello (85) and Taylor Hoss (79). At this point last season, JHU had only two players with 56 or more (Angello • 79 / Ashley Mackin • 73). In fact, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the nation to have three players with 70+ 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).
• 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 421 points so far this season, which ranks second all-time in school history. JHU's 158 assists rank third in program history and the 263 goals rank fourth.
• 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.
  • Eight of the Blue Jay freshmen have notched at least one point through 18 games this season, while three (Paige Willard, Sienna Chirieleison and McKenzey Craig) have tallied at least 26 points. This is just the second time in program history that Johns Hopkins has three freshmen with at least 25 points. The last time it happened, Jamie Larrimore (58), Erinn Dennis (35) and Erin Wellner (31) all eclipsed 30 points in 1999.
• The eight freshmen have combined for 109 points on 79 goals and 30 assists in 18 games. The freshmen account for 30.04 percent of the team's goals (263) and 25.9 percent of the team's points (421).
• Willard leads the JHU freshmen with 31 goals and 39 points and is fourth overall on the team in goals and points. Craig is second among her classmates, and fifth overall, in goals (18). Chirieleison is second among the freshmen, and fifth overall, in points (27). She also leads the freshmen, and ranks fourth on the team, in assists (10).
  • 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).
• The win 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 61 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). In the Big Ten Semifinals, she became just the second player in school Division I history with back-to-back 60-goal seasons. Angello is the fourth all-time in JHU history to do so.
• Angello's 90 points last season were the most by a Blue Jay since Taylor D'Amore totaled 105 points in 2014. In addition, her 90 points ranked fourth in school Division I history and sixth all-time.
  • There are five Blue Jays ranked in the top 10 in seven categories in Johns Hopkins Division I single season history entering the NCAA Tournament.
• Among them, Lacey Downey, Laurel Gonzalez and Reagan O'Brien each rank in the top five in three categories. Downey needs one free position goal to move into a tie for second and two to tie Dene' DiMartino's record of 20, set in 2016. Gonzalez ranks third with 118 draw controls and needs 15 to move into a tie for second. O'Brien is second in caused turnovers but is 28 shy of her own single season record (103). Downey is fifth in CTs and needs 12 to move into a tie for 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 8.78 assists per game. JHU is assisting on 60.07 percent of its goals (263g, 158a) and ranks ninth 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' 158 assists this season are third most all-time in Johns Hopkins' single season history. The Blue Jays need three assists to move into a tie for second in school history (161) and 18 to tie the record (176). 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 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 71 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.
• Downey and Taylor Hoss are tied for the team lead, and tied for 20th in the nation, with 41 assists each. The pair are also tied for fourth in school Division I history in assists. Downey 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 52 games into her career and already ranks 10th all-time in Johns Hopkins history with 76 helpers. Hoss and Downey's 41 assists 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.
  • Hopkins and UAlbany meet for just the third time in a series that began in 2023. This is the first meeting between the two in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Blue Jays are 2-0 all-time against the Great Danes. 
  • 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 79 points (38g, 41a) in 18 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 61 goals and 85 points in 18 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.
• 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 enters the NCAA Tournament with 90 points (49g, 41) and 5.00 points per game.
  • 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.
  • 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 ranks third on the team in draw controls (13) and is fourth in caused turnovers (23) and ground balls (28). Her 23 caused turnovers are sixth most by a freshman all-time in JHU history. Willard is fourth on the team in goals (31) and points (39) while Craig is fifth in goals (18) and Sienna Chirieleison is fifth in points (27). Chirieleison is also fourth on the team in assists (10).
• 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.
  • Head coach Tim McCormack welcomed one graduate transfer - attacker Sally Zinsner (Holy Cross) - to Homewood this Fall. Zinsner totaled 133 goals, 49 assists, 54 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers in 54 games with the Crusaders. She earned All-Patriot League honors as a junior and senior.
• The Blue Jays also welcomed 11 freshmen to campus this year. Joining Hopkins in August were Ally Campbell, Sienna Chirieleison, McKenzey Craig, Anya Dunn, Molly Hiney, Brooke Koffler, Maddie Moore, Georgia Pavlou, Mary Pavlou, Zoey Smith and Paige Willard.
  • 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 Friday, Johns Hopkins would face the winner of 14th-ranked Army West Point and Fairfield on Sunday, May 10. Opening draw is slated for 12:00 pm at Homewood Field.

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