March 2, 2005

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Key Opens The Door: Mary Key scored a career-high six goals and added two assists in Johns Hopkins' 15-4 win over Davidson last week. She had two goals and one assist in the first six minutes. Key's previous career-highs were four goals and seven points.

Getting Offensive: Anne Crisafulli matched her career-high with two goals and added an assist for a personal-best three points against Davidson. She averaged five goals per year in her first three seasons at Hopkins.

The Dirty Work: Lacey-Leigh Hentz led all players with four ground balls and four caused turnovers in the Blue Jays' first game this year. She is the Hopkins Division I record holder for caused turnovers in a career, and she ranks eighth in career ground balls.

Fresh Faces: Hopkins starts three freshmen this year - one at attack, another at midfield and the third at defense. All eight of the rookies played against Davidson, and Lauren Schwarzmann led the crew with two goals off two shots.

Injury Report: Molly Burnett is out three to four weeks with an injured leg. She is a key reserve for the Blue Jays.

Jays In The Preseason: Hopkins was ranked sixth in two preseason polls - the IWLCA Poll and the Lacrosse Magazine Poll - while Inside Lacrosse slotted the Blue Jays at No. 7. In the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) predictions, Johns Hopkins was picked second behind Northwestern.

Early Honors: Key and Hentz were named to the preseason All-ALC team, while Key was selected the preseason ALC Co-Player of the Year. Hentz earned preseason second-team All-America honors by Inside Lacrosse, and Key was named to the first team. Key earned a spot on the Tewaaraton Watch List.

Eye On The Tigers: Princeton won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003 and then lost in the title game to Virginia last season. The Tigers enter the season ranked second behind the Cavaliers and with three preseason first-team All-America picks and Tewaaraton candidates - Lindsey Biles, Elizabeth Pillion and Lauren Vance.

Players To Watch: Biles tallied 55 goals, 16 assists and 44 ground balls last season at the Tiger attack. Pillion had 34 goals, 17 assists and 48 ground balls at midfield, while Vance led the defense with 33 ground balls and 29 caused turnovers.

A New Series: Johns Hopkins and Princeton have never played in women's lacrosse, whereas the men's rivalry dates back to 1890 and spans 74 games.

All In The Family: Erin O'Boyle's older sister, Colleen, is a sophomore goalkeeper on the Princeton lacrosse team.

Hometown Favorite: Sandra Lebo is a native of Princeton Junction, New Jersey, and was a standout athlete at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School. She was a member of the varsity soccer, track and lacrosse teams, and was the team MVP and an all-state pick in soccer.

Scoring Streaks: Key has scored a point in every game of her career at Hopkins, and has scored a goal in every game except the final game last year. Meagan Voight holds the current goal-scoring streak with a goal in the last seven games. She has scored at least one point in the last 12.

Next Up: Johns Hopkins travels to Ohio next weekend for two ALC games. The Blue Jays meet Ohio State on March 11 at 6 p.m. and Ohio University on March 13 at noon. Hopkins defeated Ohio State 13-5 and Ohio University 12-4 last season and is a combined 5-1 against them.

The Underdogs: Last year the Blue Jays defeated four ranked teams, three of which were ranked higher than them in the IWLCA Poll. The highest ranked team ever defeated by Hopkins was No. 6 Notre Dame (13-12, 4/23/04). The 2004 Blue Jays lost five games to ranked teams.

Flying High: The Blue Jays were selected sixth in the preseason (and most recent) IWLCA Poll, the highest ranking in the seven-year history of the Johns Hopkins Division I program. Last year Hopkins was ranked as high as ninth and finished the year ranked 10th.

Broken Record: Key finished the 2004 season with 52 goals, 22 assists and 74 points, setting the Johns Hopkins Division I single-season points record. The previous record was 72 points, set by Danielle Maschuci in 2000.

Streaking: The 2004 team set the program's Division I winning streak record when it won its first 10 games last year. The 1994 Division III Blue Jays started the season 16-0.

Head of the Class: This year's freshman class at Hopkins was ranked the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation by Inside Lacrosse Magazine, second only to Duke.