|
|
 |
Roster | Schedule/Results | News | Archives |
|
|||
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
     |
  
Johns Hopkins-American Women's Lacrosse Notes
March 23, 2006
Complete Release in PDF Format
Sneak Peak: Johns Hopkins returns home after a week in Hawaii to face the American Eagles. The Jays are looking to move to 6-0 on the season, while the Eagles are playing their third game in four days. A win over American today would be the 300th all-time for the Hopkins women's lacrosse team.
Against the Eagles: The Blue Jays and the Eagles have met seven times dating back to May of 1999. American won that first meeting 10-8, but Hopkins has won the last six. The average margin of victory in those six wins for Hopkins is 6.5.
Against the Patriot League: American University is a member of the Patriot League. Hopkins has played four of the seven teams in the Patriot League and posts a 16-1 record against those teams. The Jays have played Holy Cross (1-0), American (6-1), Lehigh (3-0) and Villanova (6-0). The three teams that Hopkins has not met are Colgate, Bucknell and Lafayette.
Against the ALC: Hopkins is a member of the American Lacrosse Conference, now in just its fifth season. The Blue Jays are 2-0 in league play this season and 17-9 (.654) since the league's inception. Currently the Jays stand in first place in the league after wins over Ohio and Ohio State. Next up for Hopkins is Vanderbilt on April 2.
In the ALC (17-9): 2006: 2-0 2005: 3-3 2004: 4-2 2003: 4-2 2002: 4-2
A Little Reminder:
The #3 Johns Hopkins' women's lacrosse team rolled to 5-0 on the season with a 15-7 win over the Oregon Ducks in the first ever NCAA varsity lacrosse game in Hawaii last Saturday. Junior attacker Alex Nolan scored her first career hat trick and senior goalie Lauren Riddick made 11 saves for the Jays.
Hopkins came out firing, scoring the games first three goals of the game. Junior Steph Janice got things rolling at 2:34 off an assist from senior Meagan Voight. Junior attacker Mary Key scored the first of her four just 23 seconds later. Sophomore attacker Annie Wagner scored her first of the day just 10:32 into the game to push the Jays' lead to 3-0. Oregon's Jana Bradley and Ilsa van den Berg sandwiched a goal around Key's second to make the game 4-2 with 14:16 to play in the opening half.
Nolan then kick started a 5-0 Hopkins' run that would stretch into the second half with the first of her three goals. Sophomore midfielder Lauren Schwarzmann would score her fifth of the season to close out the scoring for the half. The Blue Jays headed into the half with a 6-2 lead.
Sophomore defender Sarah Gallion scored her first career goal just 2:47 into the second, followed by tallies from Wagner and sophomore midfielder Kadie Stamper as Hopkins took a commanding 9-2 lead. Oregon responded with goals from Sarah MacDonald, Cara Mead, Alicia Burkhart and Theresa Waldron, sandwiched around a tally by junior attacker Sarah Walsh to make it a 10-6 game.
Hopkins answered right back, scoring five of the final six goals of the game to take home a 15-7 victory. The Blue Jays are 5-0 to start the season for just the second time as a Division I program and sixth all-time. Saturday's win was the 299th all-time for the program.
Key extended her point scoring streak to 39 consecutive games, the second longest in Hopkins Division I history. She has scored in 22 consecutive games, the third longest streak. Her four goals moved her into third in Hopkins Division I history with 128. Riddick's 11 saves moved her into a tie for second in the school's Division I history with 293 career saves.
Record-Breaker: Junior Mary Key has already etched her name in the Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse Record Book. With just over two seasons under her belt, she ranks third in career goals (128), second in career assists (70), fourth in career points (198) and sixth in career draw controls (69). So far this season, she is averaging 7.4 points per game. At this rate, she is on pace to finish the regular season with 118 points. As a sophomore she broke the single-season marks for points and assists with 87 and 32 respectively. She fell just four goals shy of tying that single-season record.
Record-Breaker II: Senior Lauren Riddick has also made her mark on the Hopkins record book. With a season left to play, she ranks tied for second in career saves (293), third in save percentage (.465) and second in wins (27). She holds the career goals against average (8.43) record and the highest winning percentage (.718).
Home Sweet Home: The Blue Jays have enjoyed much success at Homewood Field, especially of late. Hopkins is 17-3 (.850) at home in the last two-plus seasons. Since moving to Division I in 1999, the Jays are 48-19 (.716) at home. Today's game is the first at Homewood for the Blue Jays in two weeks. Hopkins last played at home on March 12, a 17-7 over Ohio State.
At Homewood (48-19): 2006: 3-0 2005: 5-2 2004: 9-1 2003: 5-2 2002: 7-5 2001: 5-4 2000: 9-2 1999: 5-2
Poll Position: After wins over Ohio and Ohio State on March 10 and March 12, Hopkins moved from #4 to #3 in all three national polls. With just #1 Northwestern (6-0) and #2 Duke (7-0) ahead of the Jays. This is the highest ever national ranking for the Blue Jays in their Division I history. Hopkins remained at #3 this week with a win over Oregon in Honolulu. Northwestern and Duke both remained undefeated to stay at #1 and #2 respectively.
Eight of Hopkins opponents this season were ranked in the atleast one of the national preseason polls (Northwestern, Princeton, Maryland, Georgetown, Penn State, Towson, Vanderbilt, Penn). The Jays have faced just one ranked opponent far this season, the Princeton Tigers. Hopkins defeated the Tigers 8-7 on March 4.
Upsets: Hopkins win over #3 Princeton on March 4 went down as the biggest win in the Blue Jays Division I history. Prior that win, the Jays had never beaten a team in the top-five. The highest team ever beaten by the Jays was a #6 team - twice. Last season, the Blue Jays upset #6 Georgetown 14-10 on the road on the eve of the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Selection Show. In 2004, Hopkins upset #6 Notre Dame 13-12 in South Bend, IN.
Upsets: 4/22/00 [NR] vs. #14 George Mason W, 14-13 (OT) 4/29/00 [NR] vs. #16 Yale W, 11-10 4/28/01 [#20] vs. #13 Yale W, 13-6 3/9/02 [#20] at #14 William & Mary W, 11-9 4/6/02 [#17] vs. #13 Ohio State W, 11-10 4/27/03 [#19] vs. #14 North Carolina W, 12-2 3/21/04 [#15] vs. #13 Boston U. W, 17-10 4/5/04 [#12] vs. #9 Vanderbilt W, 12-11 4/23/04 [#9] at #6 Notre Dame W, 13-12 5/7/05 [#11] at #6 Georgetown W, 14-10 3/4/05 [#8] vs. #3 Princeton W, 8-7 [] indicates JHU ranking
Streaking: Junior Mary Key enters today's game with a 39-game point streak, the second longest in Hopkins Division I history. She is three games shy of tying Heidi Pearce's (`03) record of 42 games. Key also has a 22-game goal streak, third longest in Hopkins history, 11 games shy of Danielle Maschuci's (`00) record.
Seven other Blue Jays carry scoring streaks into today's game. Junior Sarah Walsh has a nine-game point streak. Sophomore Lauren Schwarzmann has a five-game point streak. Senior Meagan Voight, junior Steph Janice and sophomore Annie Wagner all have four-game point streaks. Junior Alex Nolan has a three-game point streak and sophomore Kadie Stamper has a two-game point streak.
Streaking II: Senior Lauren Riddick has started 39 consecutive games in net for the Blue Jays and is 28-11 (.718) as a starter. She boasts the second longest games started streak and the highest winning percentage by a Hopkins goalie in Division I history. Jen McDonald (`03) started 51 consecutive games in goal and posted a 32-19 (.627) record. Sara Love (`00) went 22-10 (.688) as a Division I starting goalie.
A Key to Our Success: Junior Mary Key has been instrumental in the Blue Jays success since she stepped foot on the Homewood campus. She has tallied a point in every game of her career and scored in all but one of those games. With 198 career points in just 39 games, Key is averaging 5.07 points per game for her careeer.
Hopkins is 28-10 when Key scores a goal. When she scores three or more goals, the Blue Jays are almost unbeatable at 23-1.
On the Tube: Three of Johns Hopkins' games will be televised this season. Last Saturday's home-opener against Princeton and the Jays' April 9 home game against Maryland will be carried by ESPNU.
When Hopkins travels to Evanston, IL to face defending NCAA Champion Northwestern on April 23, CSTV will be carrying the game.
Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List: The Tewaaraton Trophy is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award honoring the top female and male varsity collegiate lacrosse player in the United States.
The Women's Selection Committee has named their preseason "watch list". The players on this list were nominated by coaches across all three divisions. Among them are junior Mary Key, who was named to the list for the second consecutive season.
Preseason Pickings I: The Blue Jays were picked third with 26 points in the 2006 ALC Preseason Poll as voted on by the league's coaches. Hopkins was just edged out of second by Penn State with 27 points. Defending ALC and NCAA Champion Northwestern was picked #1.
Preseason Pickings II: Junior Mary Key and sophomore Lauren Schwarzmann were named to the 2006 ALC Preseason Team as decided on by the league's coaches.
Inside Lacrosse also named to Blue Jays to its preseason All-America Team. Key was named First Team, while sophomore Kadie Stamper was named to the Second Team.
Family Affair: The Hopkins Lacrosse Program has become a family affair in recent years. Three sets of sisters have played for Head Coach Janine Tucker over the last four seasons. It started with Meghan Burnett `02 and her sister Molly `06. Next to join the program were the Crisafulli sisters. Anne graduated in 2005, while her sister Meghan is a junior this season. Ashley Schwarzmann came to the Blue Jays in 2003, followed by her sister Lauren in 2005. In addition, Kristen Miller `05 followed in her brother Pat's (`02) footsteps choosing to play college lacrosse for Hopkins. Marlena Wittelsberger `04 followed her father's path. Franz Wittelsberger `76 was a four-time All-American for Hopkins and stills rank third all-time in career goals with 151. Junior Alex Nolan followed in both her father and her mother's footsteps. Her father Bill `74 was a two-time All-American for the Blue Jays and a member of the 1974 national championship team. Her mother Shellee played for the Hopkins women's lacrosse team.
Players Notes included in Full Release. |
 |
|
|
||||||
 |
