March 21, 2005

BALTIMORE, MD -- Tickets for this Saturday's men's lacrosse game between top-ranked Johns Hopkins (4-0) and second-ranked Virginia (6-0) will be on sale this week in the Johns Hopkins Athletic Center (located adjacent to Homewood Field). A capacity crowd is expected at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field for this week's showdown between the nation's two top-ranked teams. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance to avoid long lines on game day and ensure themselves tickets to the game. Seating capacity at Homewood Field is 8,500 and only 1,500 standing-room-only tickets will be sold as ticket sales will be capped at 10,000.

Tickets for the Johns Hopkins-Virginia game are available in the Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics during regular business hours (Monday — Friday / 9:00 am — 5:00 pm / cash or checks only — no credit cards) all week. Tickets will also be available at the gate on Saturday beginning at 11:30 am. Ticket prices are as follows: Field-level ($20), reserved ($10), general admission ($7). Group tickets (20 or more) are available for $5.00, but must be purchased in advance. Group tickets are not available on game day.

Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the Hopkins-Virginia game and park on the opposite side of campus. A campus map with available parking lots is available on the Johns Hopkins web site (http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/parking.html). There are approximately 1,000 parking spots available on campus for game-day parking. The heaviest concentration of available parking is located in the southwest corner of campus near Garland Hall and Wyman Park Hospital. It is approximately a five-minute walk from these parking lots to Homewood Field. Gates to Homewood Field will open at 11:30 am with faceoff scheduled for 1:00 pm.