JOHNS HOPKINS 2009 Blue Jay Women’s Lacrosse Game Notes 2009 RECORDS GAME 8 Series Record: UMBC leads, 12-7-2 Johns Hopkins (3-4, 0-1 ALC) Lately: JHU has won four straight Current Streak: Won 1 UMBC (5-4, 1-0 America East) Last Meeting: JHU-15, UMBC-7 on April 9, 2008 UMBC (5-4, 1-0 America East) at Current Streak: Won 2 in Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins (3-4, 0-1 ALC) Last JHU win: Same COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Janine Tucker (Loyola ‘89) Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Last UMBC win: UMBC-15, JHU-14 on April 14, Record at JHU/Years: 180-81 (.689)/15 4:00 pm 1999 in Baltimore, MD Career Record/Years: Same Homewood Field Fast Fact: JHU has won six of the last seven meet- Baltimore, MD ings and is 4-1 against UMBC since moving to DI. Assistant Coaches: Jen Kasper, Jo Mooney Setting the Scene: SERIES BREAKDOWN Johns Hopkins is in the midst of a three-game homestand as the Blue Jays welcome the UMBC Retrievers to All-Time Record: UMBC leads, 12-7-2 Homewood Field. Hopkins is looking for its second straight win after defeating George Washington in overtime on First Meeting: UMBC-5, JHU-3 (4-29-1976) Thursday. The Retrievers are coming off an 18-11 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday. Last Meeting: JHU-15, UMBC-7 (4-09-2008) Current Streak: JHU won 4 Last Time Out: Johns Hopkins rallied from five goals down midway through the second half, then got two overtime goals to QUICK FACTS defeat George Washington 13-12 on Thursday afternoon at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays snapped a two-game First Year of Women’s Lacrosse __________1976 losing skid to 3-4 on the year while the Colonials slip to 1-8. Freshman Candace Rossi and sophomore Brianna All-Time Record/Years _____ 329-200-4 (.621)/33 Cronin notched hat tricks to lead the Blue Jays. Division I Record/Years _______ 112-65 (.633)/11 All-Time ALC Record ____________22-16 (.579) Series History: The series between the Blue Jays and the Retrievers dates all the way back to 1976, Hopkins first season of varsity Years in NCAA Tournament ____ 12 (Last, 2007) lacrosse. UMBC dominated the series early, going 11-2-2 against Hopkins from 1976 to 1987. The teams met atleast once a year during that stretch. The series resumed in 1998, just one year before Hopkins moved to Division I. Since Home Field __________________Homewood Field then, the Blue Jays are 5-1 against the Retrievers. Surface __________ Sportexe Momentum Turf 151 Capacity _____________________________ 8,500 When Last We Met: With just a 4-3 lead at half time, Johns Hopkins exploded for 11 second half goals en route to a 15-7 win at SPORTS INFORMATION UMBC on April 9, 2008. In the win, senior Kadie Stamper became the 10th player in school Division I history Assistant SID (WLax Contact) _______ Jill Olsen to notch 100 career points with her second hat trick of the season. Sophomore Paige Ibello led the Blue Jays with Olsen Office Phone ____________ (410) 516-0638 four goals while sophomore Lizzie O’Ferrall posted 12 saves between the pipes. Olsen Fax ____________________ (410) 516-7482 Olsen Email _________________ [email protected] Against Her Alma Mater: Assistant coach Jen Kasper will take on her alma mater this afternoon when Hopkins squares off against the 2009 JOHNS HOPKINS SCHEDULE Retrievers. Kasper a 2007 graduate of UMBC, enjoyed a stellar playing career for the Retrievers. A two-time Second Feb. 21 George Mason W, 15-10 Team All-America East selection, she finished her career with 86 goals and 56 assists. As a senior, she led the team 25 #7 Georgetown (ESPNU) L, 6-11 in assists (18) and points (44). Kasper ranked fourth in program history in career assists when she graduated. 28 @ #8 Princeton L, 9-13 Mar. 4 Cincinnati ^ W, 18-9 Extra Lacrosse: 7 @ Ohio State * L, 12-22 Johns Hopkins and George Washington treated fans to some extra lacrosse on Thursday as the two teams needed 15 @ Oregon L, 10-12 overtime to decide a winner. Hopkins rallied from a 9-4 deficit in the second half to take an 11-9 lead. The Colonials 19 George Washington W, 13-12 (2OT) responded with two late goals to force overtime. In the first overtime period, Hopkins got goals from juniors Sam 24 UMBC 4 pm Schrum and Angela Hughes to take a 13-11 lead. In the second overtime, the Colonials got one back but could not 27 Stanford 4 pm get the tying goal as Hopkins held on for the 29 @ Towson 1 pm 13-12 win. JOHNS HOPKINS VS. THE OPPOSITION Apr. 1 Penn 7 pm The following is a compilation of Johns Hopkins’ record versus 4 @ Vanderbilt * 1 pm CST Freshman Five: its 2009 opponents 9 Fresno State 4 pm Freshman attacker Candace Rossi scored 14 @ Maryland 4 pm a game and career-high five goals in Hop- Opponent Record (Streak) Last Meeting 17 Northwestern * (ESPNU) 7 pm kins win over Cincinnati on March 4 to be- 25 Penn State *$ 1 pm Cincinnati ..................2-0 (W2)...................JHU-18, UC-9 (3-04-09) 30 ALC First Round ! TBD come the first freshman to score five goals in Fresno State ...............First Meeting May 1 ALC Semifinals ! TBD a game since Mary Key turned the trick on George Mason ...........7-4 (W1).............JHU-15, GMU-10 (2-21-09) 2 ALC Championship ! TBD April 14, 2004 against Villanova. George Washington ...7-0 (W7)..JHU-13, GWU-12 (2OT) (3-19-08) Rossi followed that with a five-goal per- Georgetown ...............6-7 (L4) ....................GU-11, JHU-6 (2-25-08) ^ Friends of Jaclyn game formance at Ohio State on March 7. She is Maryland ...................0-10 (L10) ...............UM-16, JHU-8 (3-17-08) * ALC game the first freshman in program history to notch Northwestern .............2-6 (L6) ................. NU-14, JHU-12 (4-18-08) $ Power in Pink game five goals in back-to-back games. Rossi leads Ohio State ..................5-3 (L1) ............... OSU-22, JHU-12 (3-07-09) ! ALC Tournament (State College, PA) the Blue Jays in goals (15), points (15), draw Oregon .......................3-1 (L1) ................. UO-12, JHU-10 (3-15-09) controls (16) and caused turnovers (7). Penn...........................5-2 (L2) ......................UP-9, JHU-8 (4-02-08) 2009 ALC STANDINGS ALC Overall Penn State ..................2-5 (W2).................JHU-10, PSU-8 (4-26-08) Red, White and Blue: Northwestern 1-0 9-0 Princeton ...................1-4 (L3) ....................PU-13, JHU-9 (2-28-09) Ohio State 1-0 7-1 Three players with ties to Johns Hopkins Stanford .....................2-0 (W2)...................JHU-16, SU-6 (3-22-00) Vanderbilt 1-1 4-3 were selected to the 2008-09 U.S. Devel- Towson ......................9-6 (W8).................JHU-12, TU-10 (3-12-08) Penn State 0-1 4-4 opmental Team in the fall. Junior defender Johns Hopkins 0-1 3-4 Angela Hughes and freshman middie Col- UMBC .......................7-12-2 (W4) ...... JHU-15, UMBC-7 (4-09-08) leen McCaffrey, along with 2008 graduate Vanderbilt ..................5-4 (L2) ................... VU-10, JHU-7 (5-03-08) Lauren Schwarzmann were named to the team. In fact, 2009 IWLCA/UnderArmour Poll McCaffrey was the only player without college experi- TALE OF THE TAPE March 24, 2009 ence selected for the U.S. National Team pool when it was announced in August. Rk School Record Pts (1st) Last 1. Northwestern 9-0 400 (20) 1 In March: 2009 Record 3-4 5-4 2T. Maryland 8-0 365 2 Since moving to Division I, Johns Hopkins is 77-27 IWLCA Rank RV NR Penn 7-0 365 3 (.738) under head coach Janine Tucker in the month of 4. North Carolina 7-2 319 6 March. The Blue Jays had won four straight in the month Goals Scored 83 116 5. Duke 8-2 296 7 of March before their loss at Ohio State. Goals/Game 11.69 12.89 6. Georgetown 5-3 291 4 Goals Allowed 89 86 7. Princeton 5-1 289 9 Welcome Back Brianna: Goals Allowed/Game 12.54 10.67 8. Syracuse 6-2 274 8 Sophomore Brianna Cronin played in her first game 9. Notre Dame 8-1 234 10 on Feb. 21 since suffering a torn ACL on March 27, 2008. Free Position Made-Att 20-47 29-62 10. Virginia 6-3 223 5 The middie scored nine goals in eight games last season 11. Vanderbilt 4-3 210 11 Free Position Pct. .426 .468 and picked up where she left off, coming off the bench 12. Boston University 5-3 178 12 to score in the win over George Mason. Cronin scored 13. Loyola 6-1 140 20 Assists 19 53 eight goals in the first four games of the season, on just 14. Stanford 6-2 128 15 Assists/Game 2.71 5.88 10 shots. She was held scoreless in the loss at Ohio State, 15. Penn State 4-4 86 17 snapping a five-game goal scoring streak that dated back 16T. Dartmouth 3-3 78 19 Ground Balls 142 162 to last year. Cronin ranks second on team with 12 goals. Ohio State 7-1 78 18 GB/Game 20.28 18.00 18. James Madison 4-3 59 16 Youth Abounds: 19. Cornell 5-2 55 14 Draw Controls 85 102 Johns Hopkins sports a young line-up in 2009.