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Johns Hopkins-Georgetown Women's Lacrosse Notes
May 6, 2006
Complete Release in PDF Format
Sneak Peak: Today is Senior Day for the #12 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays as they face the #4 Georgetown Hoyas in the final regular season home game at Homewood Field. The Jays are looking to stamp their ticket to the NCAA Tournament with an upset win today. Georgetown is coming off a 9-8 overtime win over Loyola on April 29.
Déjà Vu: Johns Hopkins is experiencing a little déjà vu this week. On May 7, 2005, the Blue Jays traveled to Georgetown and upset the #6 Hoyas on the eve of the NCAA Selection Show, securing themselves a second consecutive trip to the Tournament.
Hopkins is hoping history will repeat itself today. Though not on the eve of the selection show, which will take place on Monday night this year, the Blue Jays are still looking for a little upset magic and a third consecutive trip to the NCAAs.
Winning Ways: Johns Hopkins, at 12-3 this season, has posted its 20th consecutive winning season and 23rd overall. Since that streak started in the 1987 season, Hopkins has boasts a record of 239-88 (.731). The Blue Jays last posted a losing season in 1986 when they went 8-9.
Record-Breaker:
Junior Mary Key has already etched her name in the Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse Record Book with a season left to pay. She has broken seven Hopkins school records this season and is on the verge of breaking two more. Key has scored 57 goals this season and is just two shy of tying the school D-I single season goals mark. With 98 points this season, she is just one shy of tying the Hopkins all-time single season points record - held by Jenn Ward and set in 1995.
So far this season, Key has broken the single season points (98) and single season assists (41) records. She has broken the single game points record (11 - 7g, 4a), the career assists record (95) and career points record (259). She has broken the record for consecutive games with a point (49) and the record for consecutive games with an assist (18). Her point streak is still active, while her assist streak came to an end on Tuesday.
In addition, Key ranks second in career goals (164) and fourth in career draw controls (86). So far this season, she is averaging 6.53 points per game. At this rate, she is on pace to finish the regular season with 104 points.
Tewaaraton Trophy Nominees: Hopkins junior attacker Mary Key has been named a nominee to the Tewaaraton Trophy. The Tewaaraton Award Foundation narrowed its watch list down to a list of 21 Division I Women's Lacrosse Players. The Tewaaraton Trophy is given annually to the top male and female player in the nation.
Key leads the Blue Jays in goals, assists and points. She also leads the nation in points per game and ranks second in assists and fourth in goals per game. In 15 games, she has tallied 98 points on 57 goals and 41 assists. On March 26, she became just the fourth player in Hopkins' Division I history and eighth overall to reach 200 career points. She is now the school's Division I career points leader with 259. Key has broken six other school records this season and is on the verge of two more.
Against the Hoyas: Johns Hopkins and Georgetown have met 9 times in a series that dates back to 1977. The Blue Jays lead the series 6-3 and have won three of the last four meetings. In last season's meeting, the first since 1990, Hopkins upset the #6 Hoyas 14-10 on the road to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. This season, the Hoyas are ranked #4 and the Blue Jays are once again looking to solidfy their bid for the NCAA Tournament.
Leading the way against the Hoyas, is junior attacker Mary Key with five goals and one assist. Junior attacker Sarah Walsh has four points (3g, 1a) and sophomore middie Kadie Stamper has two points in the series. Senior goalie Lauren Riddick stopped 10 shots in last year's win.
Games Following a Loss: The Blue Jays suffered a tough 15-14 loss at Penn State on Saturday, their third of the season. Hopkins rebounded with a 16-11 win over visiting Towson Tuesday afternoon. In games following a loss, Hopkins is 27-10 since the 1999 season. Last season, the Blue Jays went 4-1 in games following a loss. Hopkins has not lost two in a row since March 5-11, 2005. The Jays lost 9-6 at #2 Princeton on March 5 and then fell 12-9 at Ohio State on March 11. Hopkins then rattled off six straight wins.
Of those 27 wins, five have been one-goal games, while in eight games, Hopkins has outscored its opponent by 11 or more goals. The average margin of victory for the Blue Jays in wins following a loss is 7.85.
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 (6.57), ranks second in assists (2.93) and fourth in goals (3.64) per game. Junior attacker Sarah Walsh ranks 30th in assists per game (1.36). Senior goalie Lauren Riddick ranks 13th in goals against average (8.71) and sophomore midfielder Kadie Stamper ranks 10th in draw controls (3.43).
The team is also ranked in several categories. Hopkins ranks 9th in winning percentage (.786), 14th in scoring defense (8.79), 11th in scoring margin (4.21), 12th in scoring offense (13.00), 10th in draw controls (13.79) and 43rd in ground balls (22.36).
Home Sweet Home: The Blue Jays have enjoyed much success at Homewood Field, especially of late. Hopkins is 7-1 this season and 23-5 (.821) at home dating back to April 25, 2003. Since moving to Division I in 1999, the Jays are 52-20 (.722) at home. In 31 seasons at Homewood, Hopkins posts a record of 171-75-2 (.694).
Century Club: Junior Sarah Walsh and sophomore Kadie Stamper have both reached the century mark this season. On April 29 at #20 Penn State, Walsh became just the eighth player in Hopkins Division I history to tally 100 career points. She now has 110 and ranks seventh in school D-I history. On April 23 at #2 Northwestern, Stamper became just the second player in school D-I history to record 100 draw controls. She ranks second behind Jamie Larrimore (202) with 107. Senior Meagan Voight is on the verge of joining Walsh and Stamper in the Century Club. With 95 career points, Voight is just five shy of becoming the ninth player and second this season to eclipse the 100-point mark.
All-Time Record: Hopkins enters today's game with an overall record of 306-178-4 (.631) in 31 seasons. Only 15 women's lacrosse programs, including seven Division I, have won 300 or more games. The Blue Jays made the move to the Division I level in 1999. Hopkins is 89-43 (.674) in eight Division I seasons.
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 two of those games. With 259 career points in just 49 games, Key is averaging 5.28 points per game for her career. This season she is averaging 6.53 points per game.
Hopkins is 36-11 when Key scores a goal. When she scores three or more goals, the Blue Jays are almost unbeatable at 29-2.
300 and Counting: On March 26, Johns Hopkins earned its 300th win all-time and now post a record of 306-178-4 (.631). Hopkins is just the 15th school in any division and seventh in Division I to reach the 300 win mark. Division III Ursinus (480 wins) and Division I Maryland (461 wins) are the leaders in their respective divisions.
150 and Counting: The Blue Jays win over Oregon on March 18 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. She is the second coach this season to reach this milestone as Dartmouth Head Coach Amy Patton earned her 150th win on March 4, 2006. Tucker now posts a record of 157-60-0 (.724). Maryland Head Coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time wins leader with 336.
Upsets: Hopkins' win over #3 Princeton on March 4 went down as the biggest win in the Blue Jays' Division I history. A win today over #4 Georgetown would be just as big as the Jays are looking to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Prior that win over Princeton, the Jays had never beaten a team ranked 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.
Poll Position: Hopkins dropped in the polls for the fourth consecutive week. The Blue Jays had been ranked as high as #2 in the polls heading into their meeting with then #7 Maryland. It is the highest ever national ranking for the Blue Jays in their Division I history. Hopkins is ranked #13 this week in the Bounce Entertainment/Inside Lacrosse Poll and #12 in both the IWLCA and Lacrosse Magazine Polls.
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 six ranked opponent far this season, Princeton, Penn, Vanderbilt, Maryland, Northwestern and Penn State. Georgetown, currently ranked #4, will be the Jays' seventh ranked opponent in 2006. Hopkins is 3-3 against ranked opponents this season and 20-33 under Head Coach Janine Tucker.
A Little Reminder: Junior attacker Mary Key became the school's Division I career points leader Tuesday afternoon in Johns Hopkins' 16-11 win over visiting Towson.
Meggie McNamara gave Towson an early 1-0 lead when she scored just 1:48 into the game after picking up a loose ball on a failed Hopkins' clear. The Blue Jays came right back, tying the game at 1-1 less than two minutes later with a record breaking goal from Key. Junior attacker Sarah Walsh fed the ball to Key from behind the goal and Key scored on a quick release shot. The goal was her 254th career point, breaking Jamie Larrimore's record of 253, a four-year old record. That goal kick-started a four-goal run, giving the Jays a 4-1 lead.
Key finished with six goals, giving her 259 career points on 164 goals and 95 assists. She extended her record point streak to 49 games. Her record 18-game assist streak came to an end. Walsh finished with a career high six assists and eight points in the game, moving her into seventh on the Hopkins' Division I points list with 110. Sophomore Kadie Stamper scored four goals for the second consecutive game. Sophomores Lauren Schwarzmann, Annie Wagner and Kirby Houck, and junior Steph Janice all scored for the Blue Jays. Freshman Amelia Harris finished with a career high 11 saves, improving to 3-0 on the season. Shannon Witzel led the Tigers with five goals, while Hillary Fratzke had four and a game-high nine draw controls. Mandy Corry finished with 10 saves in net for Towson.
Player of the Week Honors: Junior midfielder Steph Janice was named the American Lacrosse Conference Player of the Week on April 4 for her four goal effort against Vanderbilt. She was also named to the womenslacrosse.com and insidelacrosse.com Honor Rolls.
On March 6, junior Mary Key was named the American Lacrosse Conferenc, as well as the womenslacrosse.com and insidelacrosse.com Player of the Week. She scored three goals and tied a career-high with three assists in Hopkins' 8-7 upset of #3 Princeton. Key was named ALC Player of the Week the following week on March 13 after scoring 10 goals and adding six assists in Hopkins' wins over ALC opponents Ohio and Ohio State.
Record-Breaker II: Senior Lauren Riddick has also made her mark on the Hopkins record book. With two regular season games left in her career, she ranks second in career saves (337) and minutes played (2777:23), third in save percentage (.457) and tied for first in wins (32). She holds the career goals against average (8.66) record and the highest winning percentage (.696).
Streaking: Junior Mary Key enters today's game with a 49-game point streak, the longest in Hopkins Division I history. Key's record 18-game assist streak ended on Tuedsay against Towson. On April 23, her 28-game goal streak came to an end when she was held without a goal at Northwestern. It ranks as the third longest in Blue Jays' Division I history. Since then, she has scored a goal in the last three games.
Six other Blue Jays carry scoring streaks into today's game. Sophomore Annie Wagner has a 14-game point and goal streak.In Hopkins' D-I history, her goal streak ranks as the seventh longest and her point streak is the 10th longest. Junior Sarah Walsh has a seven game point streak. Senior Meagan Voight has a six game point streak. Sophomore Kadie Stamper has a three game point streak. Junior Steph Janice has a two game point and goal streak and sophomore Lauren Schwarzmann has a two game point and assist streak going.
Streaking II: Senior Lauren Riddick started 39 consecutive games in net for the Blue Jays. A streak that ended on March 26 when she missed the game against American due to injury. It is the second longest games started streak by a Hopkins goalie in Division I history. She returned to the starting lineup on April 2 against Vanderbilt and started seven consecutive games. Riddick is now 32-14 (.696) as a starter, the best winning percentage in Hopkins' 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.
Against the ALC: Hopkins is a member of the American Lacrosse Conference, now in just its fifth season. The Blue Jays are 3-2 in league play this season and 18-11 (.621) since the league's inception. Hopkins finished third in the conference in 2006 with losses at Northwestern and Penn State. In 2007, the ALC will hold its first ever conference tournament. It is scheduled for May 3-6 at Homewood Field on the campus of Johns Hopkins.
On the Tube: The Blue Jays played their third nationally televised game on April 23 when they faced the Northwestern Wildcats. It was their first game on CSTV this season. Hopkins' game on April 9 against #7 Maryland and the March 4 home-opener against Princeton were both televised by ESPNU.
Hopkins is 1-2 in televised games this season. The Blue Jays upset then #3 Princeton 8-7 but fell to #7 Maryland 14-11. On Sunday, the Jays lost to the defending NCAA Champion Wildcats 17-5.
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.
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