June 15, 2004

2004 Johns Hopkins Women's Lacrosse Season Review
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The Coach: Janine Tucker is 134-50 (.732) in 11 seasons at Hopkins. Tucker is the all-time winningest coach at Homewood and has led the Blue Jays to double-digit win totals in each of her 11 seasons.

Year	Record	Notes
1994	16-1 (.941)	NCAA III Semifinals
1995	15-3 (.833)	NCAA III Semifinals
1996	11-5 (.688)
1997	12-4 (.750)	NCAA III Semifinals
1998	14-3 (.824)	NCAA Quarterfinals
1999	10-4 (.714)	First Division I Season
2000	12-6 (.667)	ECAC Finals
2001	11-6 (.647)	ECAC Champions
2002	10-8 (.588)	ECAC Finals
2003	11-5 (.688)
2004	12-5 (.706)	NCAA First Round
Totals	134-50 (.728)	

Pearce Named Division I First Team All-American: Heidi Pearce was named to the IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-America First Team, becoming the first Blue Jay to earn Division I First Team All-America honors. Pearce is the third Hopkins player to be selected a D-I All-American, as Danielle Maschuci was named to the third team in 2000 and Jamie Larrimore was selected to the third team in 2001.

Pearce, Key Selected All-Region: Heidi Pearce was named to the IWLCA/US Lacrosse Division I All-South Region First Team while Mary Key was selected to the second team. Pearce, Key and Lacey-Leigh Hentz were also named to the womenslacrosse.com Division I All-America Second Team, while Key was selected to the Rookie Team and shared Rookie of the Year honors with Northwestern's Kristen Kjellman.

Three Blue Jays Earn All-ALC Honors: Heidi Pearce, Lacey-Leigh Hentz and Mary Key were named to the American Lacrosse Conference First Team on May 12. Pearce, who was named to the all-conference first team in 2002 and to the second team last year, started all 17 games on the Blue Jay midfield this season while leading the team with 30 draw controls. Hentz, who was named to the all-conference first team for the third straight year, started every game on the Hopkins defense while leading the team with 54 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers. Key, who started all 17 games on attack, led the team with 52 goals, 22 assists and 74 points.

Pearce Named To Tewaaraton Nominee List: Heidi Pearce was one of 20 Division I players nominated for the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top women's lacrosse player in the nation.

Hopkins Finish No. 10 In IWLCA Poll: The Blue Jays received 159 points and finished in the No. 10 spot in the final IWLCA Poll.

Blue Jays Finish Third in ALC: Hopkins finished third in the American Lacrosse Conference this season with a 4-2 mark. The Blue Jays are the only team in the league to finish with a winning conference record in each of the league's first three years.

American Lacrosse Conference Standings
	ALC	Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
Vanderbilt	5	1	10	5
Northwestern	5	1	14	2
Johns Hopkins	4	2	12	4
Penn State	3	3	6	11
Ohio University	3	3	8	8
Ohio State	1	5	5	11
Davidson	0	6	4	13

A Challenging Schedule: The Blue Jays went 4-5 in their nine games this season against teams ranked in the IWLCA Poll. Hopkins defeated No. 19 Ohio State, No. 13 Boston University, No. 9 Vanderbilt, and No. 6 Notre Dame, while falling to No. 7 Maryland, No. 6 Duke, No. 11 Northwestern, No. 18 Penn State and No. 5 James Madison. The sixth-ranked Fighting Irish were the highest-ranked team ever defeated by Hopkins.

A Dominant Start: Hopkins won its first 10 games of the season for the first time in six years at the Division I level. The Blue Jays won their first four games during the 1999 season but dropped their season-openers in each of the next four years. The last time JHU opened the season with at least 10 wins was in 1994, when the Blue Jays started 16-0 in Janine Tucker's first season at Homewood. The 10-game winning streak was also the longest since Hopkins moved to Division I. The Blue Jays won eight in a row from March 10 to April 5 in the 2000 season.

Hopkins In The NCAA: The Blue Jays ranked ninth in Division I this year with 12.59 goals scored per game and 19th with 9.29 goals allowed per game. Hopkins was also 12th with both 25.29 ground balls per game and a +3.29 scoring margin, and 13th with a .706 winning percentage. Mary Key ranked ninth in the nation with both 4.35 points per game and 14th with 3.06 goals per game, and led all freshmen in both categories. Lacey-Leigh Hentz was the other Blue Jay in the rankings, as she was 15th with 3.18 ground balls per game.

Hopkins In The ALC: The Blue Jays led the conference with 25.29 ground balls per game. Hopkins also ranked second with 12.59 goals per game and with 9.29 goals allowed per game, fourth with 11.65 draw controls per game and fifth with 8.94 caused turnovers per game. Below are the Blue Jays ranked among the conference individual leaders.

Jays Among National and Conference Leaders:
Player	Stat	No.	Nation	ALC
Lauren Riddick	GAA	9.31	-	2nd
	SV%	44.2	-	5th

Mary Key	PPG	4.35	9th	1st
	GPG	3.06	14th	1st
	APG	1.29	-	5th
	DCPG	1.59	-	T-9th

Heidi Pearce	PPG	3.41	-	6th
	GPG	2.35	-	8th
	APG	1.06	-	6th
	DCPG	1.76	-	T-7th
	GBPG	2.47	-	T-5th
	CTPG	1.23	-	T-4th

Erin Riordan	APG	.82	-	T-10th

Kate Gilland	GBPG	2.47	-	T-5th
	CTPG	1.23	-	T-4th
Lacey-Leigh Hentz	GBPG	3.18	15th	2nd
	CTPG	1.88	-	2nd

Pearce On The Career Charts: Heidi Pearce ranks fifth at Hopkins with 152 career goals, seventh with 201 career points and ninth with 49 career assists. She ranks second on the Division I career goals list and is third in both career points and career assists. Pearce is also the Hopkins Division I career leader with 230 ground balls, second with 109 caused turnovers and third with 76 draw controls.

Key Continues Impressive Season: Mary Key led the Blue Jays with 52 goals, 22 assists and 74 points this season. Key's 74 points are a Hopkins Division I single-season points mark, breaking Danielle Maschuci's previous record of 72 set during the 2000 season.

Hopkins Division I Single-Season Leaders
Goals
	59	Jamie Larrimore	2000
	59	Danielle Maschuci	2000
	52	Mary Key	2004
	51	Danielle Maschuci	1999
	48	Jamie Larrimore	1999

Assists
	31	Erin Wellner	2002
	29	Erin Wellner	2000
	22	Mary Key	2004
	21	Erin Wellner	2001

Points
	74	Mary Key	2004
	72	Danielle Maschuci	2000
	69	Jamie Larrimore	2000
	65	Jamie Larrimore	2002
	65	Erin Wellner	2000

Blue Jays in the NCAA Tournament: Hopkins made its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first in its six years at the Division I level. The Blue Jays competed in nine Division III Tournaments, advancing to the semifinals six times.

1987	Quarters	Western Maryland	L/11-12

1988	Semis	Trenton State	L/7-13

1989	Quarters	St. Lawrence	L/7-9

1990	Quarters	Ursinus	L/2-14

1993	Quarters	Denison	W/12-9
	Semis	William Smith	L/9-20

1994	Quarters	Denison	W/13-9
	Semis	William Smith	L/9-11

1995	Quarters	Ursinus	W/16-6
	Semis	William Smith	L/9-16

1997	Quarters	Roanoke	W/15-7
	Semis	Middlebury	L/6-20

1998	Quarters	Denison	W/22-8
	Semis	Middlebury	L/6-18

2004	1st Round	@ #5 James Madison	L/9-14

Hopkins In Division I Postseason: This year marked the fourth time in six Division I seasons that the Blue Jays participated in postseason play. Hopkins appeared in the ECAC Tournament during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons, winning the title in 2001.

2000	ECAC Semis	Connecticut	W/14-10
	ECAC Champ	#15 Cornell	L/4-16

2001	ECAC Champ	Pennsylvania	W/18-12

2002	ECAC Champ	Harvard	L/8-9

2004	NCAA 1st Round	@ #5 James Madison	L/9-14