2021 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Johns Hopkins Game Results All Games (As of Apr 11, 2021)
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2021 JOHNS HOPKINS MEN’S LACROSSE Game 9 | April 17, 2021 | 5 pm | SHI Stadium | Piscataway, NJ JOHNS HOPKINS MEDIA CENTER #7 RUTGERS BLUE JAYS TV ______________________________ None SCARLET KNIGHTS Live Video ________________ btnplus.com Overall Record: 2-6 Overall: 6-2 Live Stats ____________scarletknights.com Big Ten Record: 2-6 Big Ten: 6-2 USILA Rank: RV USILA Rank: 7th IL/Media Rank: NR SOCIAL MEDIA IL/Media Rank: 8th Twitter ______________@jhumenslacrosse Head Coach Head Coach ______________________ @HopkinsSports Peter Milliman / Empire State ‘12 Brian Brecht / Springfield ‘95 Instagram _______________ @jhumenslax Overall Record: 67-42 (.615) / 8th Season ______________________ @HopkinsSports Overall Record: 131-116 (.530) / 16th Season Record at Hopkins: 2-6 (.250) / 1st Season Facebook __Johns Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse Record at Rutgers: 66-67 (.496) / 10th season The Game 2021 JOHNS HOPKINS • Johns Hopkins plays the second of two straight on the road as the Blue Jays head to Rut- SCHEDULE & RESULTS gers for the next-to-last regular season game of the 2021 season. Faceoff is set for 5 pm on Feb. 20 #10 Ohio State (ESPN3) * ___ L/8-14 Saturday, April 17 from SHI Stadium. The game will air live on BTNplus.com. 27 @ Michigan (BTN+) * ______W/14-7 Mar. 6 @ #3 Maryland (BTN+) * ___ L/10-18 Last Time Out 13 #12 Penn State (ESPNU) * ___W/13-6 • The Blue Jays fell to 2-6 on the year with 14-12 loss at Ohio State last Sunday. 20 #7 Rutgers (ESPN3) * _______ L/9-15 • Rutgers wrapped up the #2 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament with a 22-10 win 28 @ Penn State (ESPNU) * ____ L/8-11 at Penn State. Apr. 4 Michigan (ESPNU) * ______ L/10-13 10 @ #14 Ohio State (BTN+) * _ L/12-14 The Facts 17 @ #7 Rutgers (BTN+) * ______ 5 pm • This is the 134th season of Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse. JHU first fielded a team in 1883. 24 Maryland (ESPNU) * ________ 2 pm • Johns Hopkins enters this week’s game with an all-time record of 995-352-15. May 1 Big Ten Quarterfinals Campus( Sites) • JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA 6 Big Ten Semifinals @( PSU) crowns to its credit. May 8 Big Ten Championship (@ PSU) * Big Ten Game Poll Position JOHNS HOPKINS • Johns Hopkins is listed as receiving votes in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll; the Blue ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Jays are not ranked in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Director of Athletic Comm.: _______ Ernie Larossa • Rutgers is ranked in the top 10 of both major polls this week as the Scarlet Knights are Larossa Office Phone: __________ 410/516-0552 ranked seventh in the USILA Coaches Poll and eighth in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Larossa Cell Phone: ____________ 410/299-7437 Larossa Fax: ___________________ 410/516-7482 Series History Larossa Email: ____________ [email protected] • This week’s game will be the 42nd all-time between Johns Hopkins and Rutgers. Asst. Director of Ath. Comm.: _________ Jill Guise • The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 34-7. Guise Office Phone _____________ 410/516-0638 • In the last meeting between the two teams, Rutgers outscored the Blue Jays 7-1 in the Athletic Communications Asst: _____ Jeff Jezewski fourth quarter to grab a 15-9 win at Homewood Field (March 20, 2021). Jezewski Office Phone:__________ 410/516-0591 • The teams first met in 1920 with Johns Hopkins claiming a 13-0 victory. Prior to the start Coordinator of Digital Media: ____ Matt Lawrence of Big Ten play in 2015, Johns Hopkins and Rutgers had not met since 1998. Lawrence Office Phone: _________ 410/516-3471 • A full series history, including all-time results, can be found on page 13. On the Web: ___________www.HopkinsSports.com On This Date • Since 1950, this week’s game against Rutgers will be the 13th for Johns Johns Hopkins and ESPNU Hopkins on April 17. • The Blue Jays are 7-5 all-time in games played on April 17 and won their Johns Hopkins enjoys an exclusive na- tional television agreement with ESPNU that last game played on this date, 12-11, in overtime at Penn State in 2016. provides the Blue Jays with the mot extensive • Johns Hopkins and Rutgers have met once previously on this date with television coverage in the nation. the Blue Jays grabbing a 14-9 win at Homewood Field in 1973. All Johns Hopkins home games air on the • The most famous JHU game played on this date came in 2004, when ESPN family of networks with a majority of the top-ranked Blue Jays beat rival and third-ranked Maryland, 14-10, the games airing on ESPNU. Johns Hopkins before an overflow crowd of 10,555 at Homewood Field. is the only lacrosse program in the nation - men or women - with its own exclusive national television agreement. GAME 9 - JOHNS HOPKINS at RUTGERS / 2 Head Coach Peter Milliman Briefly Things to Know - Rutgers Big Ten Standings • The Blue Jays’ season opener against Ohio • Rutgers welcomes Johns Hopkins to SHI Stadium fresh off a 22-10 win at Penn State State was the first game forPeter Milliman as Big Ten Overall last Saturday. the head coach at Johns Hopkins. Record Record Streak • The 22-goal effort for Rutgers was, remark- • Milliman spent three seasons as the head Maryland 8-0 8-0 W9 ably, the third such showing for the Scarlet coach at Cornell from 2018-20 and compiled Rutgers 6-2 6-2 W4 Knights this year. RU punched up 22 in a record of 28-10 while guiding the Big Red. Ohio State 4-4 4-4 W1 earlier wins against Michigan and Ohio State. • Cornell was ranked number two in the na- Johns Hopkins 2-6 2-6 L4 • Rutgers ranks second in the Big Ten and tion when the 2020 season came to an end in Penn State 2-6 2-6 L2 fifth in the nation in scoring offense (15.38). mid-March. Michigan 2-6 2-6 L1 • As noted in this space when the teams met earlier this season, it’s not just about offense Milliman’s Assistants This Week’s Games for 10th-year coach Brian Brecht, his team • Johns Hopkins head coach Peter Milliman is Johns Hopkins at Rutgers (Apr. 17) does many of the little things well. Rutgers Michigan at Penn State (Apr. 16) is third in the nation in turnovers per game joined on the sideline by offensive coordinator Ohio State at Maryland (Apr. 18) (12.62), clears the ball at better than 88% John Grant, Jr., defensive coordinator Jamison (.883) and has converted on 55.6% of its Koesterer and volunteer assistant Dan Annino. extra-man chances thus far. • Grant, Jr. came to JHU after spending the last Tale of the Tape • While the RU offense is worthy of all the two years at Air Force as an assistant coach, press clippings it has received, the Scarlet while Koesterer spent the last four years as an JHU Category RU Knight defense is quietly enjoying a solid assistant coach at nearby UMBC. season and continues to improve. After al- • Annino was an assistant coach for three years 10.50 Scoring Offense 15.38 lowing 43 goals in a three-game span early in at his alma mater, Amherst College, and was 12.25 Scoring Defense 11.62 the season, the unit has allowed a total of just the 2019 IMLCA Division III Assistant Coach 41 in its last four games combined. .579 Extra-Man Offense % .556 of the Year. • RU’s SHI Stadium has proven to be one .650 Man-Down Defense % .545 of the most difficult places to play for the Roster Breakdown opposition. The ‘Knights are 29-8 at home .291 Shooting % .330 since the start of the 2016 season. • The Blue Jays’ 56-man roster includes 20 .495 Faceoff % .406 • A win this week would even head coach Bri- newcomers, including 16 freshmen, three .868 Clearing % .883 an Brecht’s record at Rutgers as he’d improve transfers and one senior who has played on .399 Save % .526 to 67-67 at RU. the men’s basketball team at JHU for three seasons. Scarlet Knights to Watch Adam Charalambides (Gr. • A) Moving Things Around • Enters this week’s game with a team-high • A number of Johns Hopkins players have shifted positions from where they played in 2020. 29 goals and 10 assists for 39 points. Ranks • Three regular starters have played a different position than they did a year ago Connor( DeS- second in the Big Ten in goals per game (3.63) and third in points per game (4.88). imone, Jared Reinson, Cole Williams) and a number of other key contributors have as well. • Enters this week’s game with career totals • In the last three games, Williams has moved back to his traditional spot on attack, while of 134 goals and 45 assists for 179 points. Is Hunter Jaronski moved back to his 2020 position (LSM) against Michigan and Brandon tied for fourth in school history in goals and Shure moved back to LSM from SSDM at Ohio State. ranks 10th in points. Notable JHU Players Who Have Shifted Positions in 2021 Connor Kirst (Gr. • M) Name _____________________________ 2020 Position___________________2021 Position • Transfer from Villanova has made an imme- Connor DeSimone _______________________ Midfield_________________________ Attack diate impact at Rutgers with 21 goals and 12 Hunter Jaronski _____________________________LSM_____________________ SSDM/LSM assists for 33 points. Ranks second on the Alexander Mabbett _______________________ Midfield__________________________SSDM team in goals and assists and third in points.