Weather Trouble, More Trouble: Last Friday’s game at Ohio State was moved indoors midway through the first half because of snow. The Blue Jays trailed 5-3 at that point and eventually lost 12-9. It was Hopkins’ first loss to an unranked team since the final game of the 2003 season, when it lost 10-9 to George Mason.

Bouncing Back: The Blue Jays rebounded from the Ohio State loss with a 14-0 shutout win over Ohio two days later. It was Hopkins’ second shutout win in its seven-year history of Division I competition; the first was a 13-0 win at California in 1999.

Key To Winning: Mary Key leads Hopkins’ offense with 14 goals, seven assists and 21 points. She has three times more points than any of her teammates. Key scored a career-high six goals against Davidson and had four goals against Ohio.

Offensive Additions: The second and third highest scorers did not play for Hopkins last year. Sarah Walsh, who missed last season with an injury, has six goals and one assist, while freshman Lauren Schwarzmann has four goals and two assists.

Three Times Five: Three players have five points this year –Meagan Voight and Anne Crisafulli each have four goals and an assist, while Kadie Stamper has five goals, four of which came against Ohio.

Getting Offensive: Crisafulli matched her career-high with two goals and added an assist for a personal-best three points against Davidson. She already has three goals this season, after averaging five goals per year in her first three seasons at Hopkins.

Balanced Attack: Fourteen players have scored at least one point in the first four games, including five of the eight freshmen.

Controlling The Draw: Stamper leads Hopkins with 11 won draw controls, while Key is second with eight. The Blue Jays lead their opponents in draws, 39-37.

Defense Wins: Lacey-Leigh Hentz has a team-high seven caused turnovers and is third in ground balls with eight. Gallion has 10 ground balls, while Kelley Putnam has nine ground balls and five caused turnovers. Hopkins leads its opponents in ground balls (75-53) and in caused turnovers (30-19).

Better At The Start: Hopkins has scored 27 of its 44 goals (61 percent) in the first periods.

Fresh Faces: Hopkins starts three freshmen this year – Schwarzmann at attack, Stamper at midfield and Sarah Gallion at defense. Kirby Houck earned her first career start against Ohio.

Injury Report: Molly Burnett injured her leg before the first game and is out three to four weeks. She is a key reserve for the Blue Jays.

Up Next: Johns Hopkins plays its third straight conference game this Friday, March 18 at Vanderbilt. The Commodores won the ALC last year and were tied for third in the 2005 preseason conference poll. The Blue Jays then visit George Mason on Wednesday, March 23.

Scouting The Commodores: Vanderbilt is 2-1 with wins over Notre Dame (10-9 OT) and Yale (8-7), and a loss to Penn State (15-7). The Commodores were unranked in Week 1 but moved to No. 16 this week.

Players To Watch: Preseason All-ALC selection Kate Hickman has a team-high eight goals, while Kendall Thrift has three goals and eight assists. Vanderbilt and Yale were tied 1-1 at half before the scoring opened up and the Commodores outscored the Bulldogs 7-6. Margie Currie scored all three of her goals this year against Yale.

History Lesson: The Blue Jays have played Vanderbilt three times, beginning in 2002, and have won the last two meetings. Last year No. 12 Hopkins won at home, 12-11, over the No. 9 Commodores. Vanderbilt led 7-5 at the half but Hopkins scored seven goals in the second period and Key finished with two goals and three assists in the win.

Scouting The Patriots: George Mason is currently 1-2 with one game to play before hosting the Blue Jays. The Patriots host Maryland this Wednesday, March 16. Laura King leads the offense with six goals.

Going For The Lead: The all-time series between Hopkins and George Mason is tied 3-3. Hopkins won 13-11 last season but lost the previous two meetings, 11-8 in 2002 and 10-9 in 2003.

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.

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. She holds the longest active scoring streak (four games).

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 Jays were selected sixth in the preseason and Week 1 IWLCA Polls, 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 at No. 10.

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

Sister, Sister: Hopkins has two sets of sisters on its roster this season – senior Anne and sophomore Meghan Crisafulli, and junior Ashley and freshman Lauren Schwarzmann.

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.

Hopkins History: Johns Hopkins women’s lacrosse moved from Division III to Division I at the start of the 1999 season, which was Janine Tucker’s sixth year as head coach. Since then the Blue Jays reached the ECAC championship game three times and won one title (2001) before receiving their first NCAA Divison I bid in 2004. Hopkins went to the NCAA Division III tournament four times under Tucker.