May 2, 2007

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Sneak Peak: Hopkins hosts the first ever American Lacrosse Confernce Tournament at historic Homewood Field this weekend. The ALC Champion will earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Hopkins, the #3 seed, will face #2 seed Vanderbilt in the second semifinal Friday evening.

Against the ALC: Hopkins went 2-2 in the ALC this season and earned the #3 seed into the inaugural ALC Tournament. The Blue Jays are 20-13 (.621) in conference games since the league's inception in 2001. Hopkins earned wins against Ohio State and Penn State and lost to Northwestern and Vanderbilt.

Against Vanderbilt: Hopkins and Vanderbilt have met six times and the Blue Jays lead the series 4-2. Hopkins hae won four straight in the series until an 11-10 overtime loss in Nashville on April 8. Senior attacker Mary Key has tallied 17 points (10g, 7a) in her career against the Commodores. In this season's meeting, she scored five goals and added an assist. Junior middie Lauren Schwarzmann netted a hat trick in the April meeting and has nine points in three career games against Vanderbilt.

Streaking - Part I: Hopkins has played well down the stretch in 2007, having won four of the last five. The Blue Jays only loss during the stretch came to the #1 Northwestern Wildcats. In their four wins, the Blue Jays have averaged 14.75 goals while allowing only 9.25 to their opponents. Hopkins has also knocked off two ranked teams, #5 Virginia and #15 Penn State, in the last five games.

300 and Climbing: Senior attacker Mary Key joined some elite company on March 14 when she became the 15th player in NCAA Division I history to reach 300 career points mark. With 367 points, she ranks sixth all-time and is the NCAA's active career points leader. She is just six points shy of tying Amy Appelt (Virginia `05) for fifth all-time.

Century Club: Senior attacker Mary Key is also climbing up the NCAA Division I career assists list. She ranks second with 142 and is the active career leader in the NCAA. She is only the seventh player in NCAA Division I history with atleast 200 career goals and 100 career assists.

Hot Hand: Junior Lauren Schwarzmann has had a hot hand of late. The middie has scored 17 goals and tallied three assists in the last six games. Schwarzmann has totaled 35 points on the season, with 20 of those coming in the two weeks. Her 27 goals this season are a single-season high, surpassing the 17 she scored as a freshman in 2005. Her 32 draw controls are also a career-high.

Century Club - Part II: Head Coach Janine Tucker has been at the helm of the Blue Jays program since 1994 and helped guide the team through the transition from Divison III to Division I in 1999. She needs just one win to reach 100 as a Division I head coach. Since moving up to DI, Tucker and Hopkins have a record of 99-50 (.664). Tucker's overall record with the Blue Jays stands at 167-66 (716).

Streaking - Part II: Senior Mary Key enters tonight's game with a 66-game point streak, the longest in Hopkins history. Key's streak dates back to her first game in a Blue Jays uniform - February 29, 2004. It is also the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.

Five other Blue Jays bring point streaks into today's game. Junior Lauren Schwarzmann is riding a six-game point streak. While freshman Sam Schrum brings a three-game point streak into tonight's game. Seniors Steph Janice and Sarah Walsh, as well as junior Kadie Stamper, all have points in their last two games.

Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee: Hopkins senior attacker Mary Key has been named one of the 17 final nominees for the 2007 Tewaaraton Trophy. A nominee the past two seasons, Key led the nation in scoring in 2005 and 2006. The 17 nominees, representing 11 schools, will be trimmed to five finalists for the award, which will be presented on May 30.

A Key to Our Success: Senior 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 two of those games. With 363 career points in 65 games, Key is averaging 5.58 points per game for her career. So far this season, Key has tallied 101 points in 15 games (6.73 ppg). Hopkins is 44-18 (.709) when Key scores a goal. When she scores three or more goals, the Blue Jays are almost unbeatable at 35-8 (.814).

Blue Jays In the National Ranks: The women's lacrosse national rankings are dotted with Blue Jays. Junior attacker Mary Key leads the nation in points per game (6.73), ranks second in goals (3.73) and third in assists (3.00) per game. Key also ranks 45th in draw controls (2.40). Junior midfielder Kadie Stamper ranks tied with Key for 45th in draw controls (2.40). Senior defender Cherie Michaud ranks 42nd in ground balls (2.53).

The team is ranked 10th in draw controls (13.93), 15th in ground balls (19.73), 17h in scoring offense (12.73) and 23rd in scoring margin (1.93).

Top-Freshmen: Hopkins entered the season with one of the most highly touted recruiting classes in the nation. Inside Lacrosse ranked the Jays Class of 2010, fifth. Freshmen attackmen Brett Bathras and Sam Schrum and defender Angela Hughes were all named "Players to Watch". In addition, freshman middie Kim Dubansky was named a "Blue Chip" recruit.

The freshmen class has made an immediate impact for the Blue Jays this season. Schrum ranks third on the team with 26 goals and eight assists. She is fourth on the team with 34 points. Schrum is also fourth in draw controls (24) and fifth in ground balls (23). In Monday's win at Towson to end the regular season, Schrum led the team with four goals, including three straight in the second half as Hopkins pushed its lead to four. In addition, Bathras, Hughes, Dubansky and Danielle Ensley have all tallied points so far this season.

Goalie Lizzie O'Ferrall has played in 10 games so far this season, starting in seven. She posts a 10.28 goals against average with a .417 save percentage and a 4-3 record.

Record-Breaker: Senior Mary Key has left her mark all over the Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse Record Book, but she's not done yet. She entered the 2007 season with 14 school records to her name. She has since added four more records to her resume - all-time career goals and assists, all-time single-season points and assists, Division I career goals and DI single-game points.

On Monday, Key broke the school's all-time single-season record for assists and enters this weekend's tournament with 47. She also broke the all-time single-season record for points in a season and now has 105. Key is also on pace to break the schools' Division I single-season record for goals (60) - which she set last season. She is averaging 3.73 goals, 3.00 assists and 6.73 points per game.

Records Watch: Fifth-year senior Sarah Walsh and juniors Kadie Stamper and Lauren Schwarzmann are also leaving their marks on the Hopkins record book. Walsh currently ranks eighth all-time with 59 career assists and is six shy of tying seventh-place Danielle Maschuci (`00). She is seventh in Hopkins Division I history with 89 goals, third in assists and fifth in points (148).

Stamper ranks second all-time in career draw controls with 149. She is now 53 shy of tying Jamie Larrimore's record of 202. In school D-I history, Stamper ranks 10th in goals (70) and 11th in points (82), second in draw controls and eighth in caused turnovers (53).

Schwarzmann ranks 11th in goals (54) and 10th in points (83), seventh in assists (29) and eighth in draw controls (61). In addition, her 27 goals and 32 draw controls this season are both single-season highs for the middie.

Rare Company: Freshman attacker Sam Schrum joined some rare company this season. She scored a goal in each of her first eight career games, joining Hopkins All-Americans Jamie Larrimore (`02), Heidi Pearce (`04) and Mary Key (`07) as the only players in school Division I history to score a goal in each of their first five career games.

She currently ranks third on the team with 26 goals and assists (8) and fourth in points (34).

All-Time Record: Hopkins, now in its 32nd season of women's lacrosse, enters tonight's game with an overall record of 316-185-4 (.630). When it defeated American 15-7 on March 26, 2006, Hopkins became just the seventh Division I school to win 300 or more games. Hopkins was the 15th school in any division to reach the 300-win mark. The Blue Jays made the move from Division III to Division I in 1999 and at 99-50 (.662), are looking for their 100th Division I win.

Home Sweet Home: Hopkins plays its home games at historic Homewood Field, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2007. The Blue Jays have enjoyed much success at Homewood, especially of late. Hopkins is 8-2 at home this season and is 31-8 (.795) dating back to April 25, 2003. Since moving to Division I in 1999, the Jays are 60-23 (.723) at home. In 31-plus seasons at Homewood, Hopkins posts a record of 179-78-2 (.695).

500 and Counting: Hopkins game at Vanderbilt on April 8 was the 500th in the program's history. Only 18 other programs in NCAA history (Division I and III) have played 500 or more games.

Poll Position: Hopkins opened the season ranked #10 in the IWLCA and Inside Lacrosse Media preseason polls. The Blue Jays jumped to a tie for eighth in the coaches poll and 11th in the media poll

Eight of Hopkins opponents opened the season ranked in the top-20 of the IWLCA preseason poll, including five who were ranked in the top-10. While three other Hopkins opponents, Denver, Oregon and Ohio State, have moved up into the top-20 this season.

Tonight's game will be the 11th time time this season, Hopkins has faced an opponent ranked in either the IWLCA or Inside Lacrosse polls. The Blue Jays are 4-6 thi season against ranked opponents.

150 and Counting: The Blue Jays win over Oregon on March 18, 2006 was the 150th career win for head coach Janine Tucker. Coach Tucker is just the 12th coach all-time to reach the 150-win plateau and just the sixth active coach with 150 wins. Tucker now posts a record of 167-66 (.716). Navy head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time wins leader with 336.

I'm Honored: Freshman goalie Lizzie O'Ferrall earned womenslacrosse.com Rookie of the Week honors on April 16 after back-to-back career games against UMBC and Virginia. The rookie posted nine saves in each game to earn back-to-back wins.

Senior attacker Mary Key was named both the Nike/Inside Lacrosse and WomensLax.com Player of the Week on March 26. Freshman attacker Sam Schrum earned American Lacrosse Conference Player of the Week honors on March 12. In addition, Key has been named to the womenslacrosse.com Honor Roll three times so far this season.

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