2021 JOHNS HOPKINS MEN’S LACROSSE Game 13 | May 8, 2021 | 8 pm | Panzer Stadium | University Park, PA | B1G Championship #20 JOHNS HOPKINS MEDIA CENTER #1 MARYLAND BLUE JAYS TV _______________________________BTN TERRAPINS Live Video ________foxsports.com/live/btn Overall Record: 4-8 Overall: 11-0 Live Stats _____________ gopsusports.com Big Ten Record: 4-8 Big Ten: 11-0 USILA Rank: T20th USILA Rank: 1st IL/Media Rank: RV SOCIAL MEDIA IL/Media Rank: 1st Twitter ______________@jhumenslacrosse Head Coach Head Coach ______________________ @HopkinsSports Peter Milliman / Empire State ‘12 John Tillman / Cornell ‘91 Instagram _______________ @jhumenslax Overall Record: 69-44 (.611) / 8th Season ______________________ @HopkinsSports Overall Record: 158-58 (.731) / 14th Season Record at Hopkins: 4-8 (.333) / 1st Season Facebook __Johns Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse Record at Maryland: 138-39 (.780) / 11th season The Game 2021 JOHNS HOPKINS • Johns Hopkins returns to the Big Ten Championship game for the third consecutive SCHEDULE & RESULTS (complete) season. The sixth-seeded Blue Jays will take on top-seeded and top-ranked Feb. 20 #10 Ohio State (ESPN3) * ___ L/8-14 Maryland in the title game at Penn State’s Panzer Stadium. Faceoff is set for 8 pm with a 27 @ Michigan (BTN+) * ______W/14-7 live national television audience on BTN. Mar. 6 @ #3 Maryland (BTN+) * ___ L/10-18 13 #12 Penn State (ESPNU) * ___W/13-6 Last Time Out 20 #7 Rutgers (ESPN3) * _______ L/9-15 • The Blue Jays avenged a pair of regular season losses to Rutgers as the Blue Jays upset the 28 @ Penn State (ESPNU) * ____ L/8-11 second-seeded and sixth-ranked Scarlet Knights, 12-10, in the B1G Semifinals. Apr. 4 Michigan (ESPNU) * ______ L/10-13 • Maryland erased an early two-goal deficit and eased past Michigan, 16-8, to advance to 10 @ #14 Ohio State (BTN+) * _ L/12-14 the title game. 17 @ #7 Rutgers (BTN+) * ____ L/11-17 24 #1 Maryland (ESPNU) * ____ L/13-14 The Facts May 1 @ #19 Penn State (BTN) ^ ___W/15-7 • This is the 134th season of Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse. JHU first fielded a team in 1883. 6 vs. #6 Rutgers (BTN) ^ _____W/12-10 • Johns Hopkins enters this week’s game with an all-time record of 997-354-15. May 8 vs. #1 Maryland (BTN) ^ _____ 8 pm • JHU owns 44 national championships with nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA * Big Ten Game ________ ^ B1G Tournament crowns to its credit. JOHNS HOPKINS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Poll Position Director of Athletic Comm.: _______ Ernie Larossa • Johns Hopkins is tied for 20th in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll; the Blue Jays are also Larossa Office Phone: __________ 410/516-0552 receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Larossa Cell Phone: ____________ 410/299-7437 • Maryland checks in at #1 in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Larossa Fax: ___________________ 410/516-7482 Poll this week. Larossa Email: ____________ [email protected] Asst. Director of Ath. Comm.: _________ Jill Guise Series History Guise Office Phone _____________ 410/516-0638 • This week’s game will be the 122nd all-time between Johns Hopkins and Maryland. Athletic Communications Asst: _____ Jeff Jezewski • The Blue Jays lead the all-time series 74-46-1, although Maryland picked up a pair of Jezewski Office Phone:__________ 410/516-0591 regular season wins this year (18-10, 14-13). Coordinator of Digital Media: ____ Matt Lawrence • This week’s game will mark the first time Johns Hopkins and Maryland have met three Lawrence Office Phone: _________ 410/516-3471 times in a season. On the Web: ___________www.HopkinsSports.com • This week’s game will mark the fifth time in the last 22 games (for JHU) dating back to late in the 2019 season that Johns Hopkins and Maryland will meet and the seventh time in the last 39 games (for JHU) dating back to late in the Johns Hopkins and ESPNU 2018 season that the Blue Jays and Terps will meet. • A full series history, including all-time results, can be found on pages Johns Hopkins enjoys an exclusive na- tional television agreement with ESPNU that 16-17. provides the Blue Jays with the mot extensive television coverage in the nation. On This Date All Johns Hopkins home games air on the • Since 1955, this week’s game against Maryland will be the seventh for ESPN family of networks with a majority of Johns Hopkins on May 6. the games airing on ESPNU. Johns Hopkins • The Blue Jays are 3-3 all-time in games played on May 8 since 1955. is the only lacrosse program in the nation - men or women - with • JHU has won two straight and three of its last four on this date. its own exclusive national television agreement. GAME 13 - JOHNS HOPKINS vs. MARYLAND (B1G CHAMPIONSHIP) Big Ten Tournament Schedule Big Ten Standings Saturday, May 1 - Quarterfinals Big Ten Overall 4 pm - #5 Michigan-15, #4 Ohio State-11 Record Record Streak 6 pm - #6 Johns Hopkins-15, #3 Penn State-7 Maryland 11-0 11-0 W13 Rutgers 8-3 8-3 L1 Thursday, May 6 (at Penn State) - Semifinals Johns Hopkins 2-8 4-8 W2 5 pm - #1 Maryland-16, #5 Michigan-8 Ohio State 4-6 4-7 L3 7:30 pm - #6 Johns Hopkins-12, #2 Rutgers-10 Penn State 4-6 4-7 L1 Michigan 2-8 3-9 L1 Saturday, May 8 (at Penn State) - Finals 8 pm - #6 Johns Hopkins vs. #1 Maryland (BTN) This Week’s Games - B1G Championship - JHU in the Big Ten Tournament Johns Hopkins vs. Maryland (May 8) • Johns Hopkins is making its sixth consecutive appearance in the Big Ten Tournament. Only Johns Hopkins and Maryland have appeared in every tournament since the league Tale of the Tape was formed in 2015. JHU Category UM • Since the formation of the Big Ten in 2015, Johns Hopkins has won the Big Ten Tournament title twice (2015, 2018) and advanced to the title game one other time (2019). 11.25 Scoring Offense 16.55 • Johns Hopkins’ two Big Ten titles and now four appearances in the league championship 12.17 Scoring Defense 9.64 game are tied with Maryland for the most in league history. • Johns Hopkins’ seven wins in the tournament and 10 games played in the tournament are .469 Extra-Man Offense % .458 both the most in league history. .600 Man-Down Defense % .576 • Johns Hopkins will tie the record for most consecutive appearances in the title game with this week’s game against Maryland (Maryland (2016-18)). .316 Shooting % .397 • JHU improved to 4-0 all-time in the tournament against #3 seeds with the 15-7 quarterfinal .522 Faceoff % .474 win at third-seeded Penn State. .861 Clearing % .875 • JHU’s record vs. each seed in tournament history: vs. #1 (1-1), vs. #2 (1-2), vs. #3 (4-0), vs. .432 Save % .541 #4 (1-0). • There has never been a Big Ten men’s lacrosse championship game that hasn’t involved Things to Know - Maryland either Johns Hopkins, Maryland or both (2018, 2021). • Top-ranked and top-seeded Maryland rolled into the Big Ten Championship game B1G Tournament Breakdown with a 16-8 win over fifth-seeded Michigan in Title Gm. Tourn. the semifinals. School Titles Appear. Record • The Teps improved to 11-0 with the win and Johns Hopkins 2 4 7-3 are now 16-1 in their last 17 games dating Maryland 2 4 6-3 back to the start of the 2020 season. Michigan 0 0 1-1 • Head coach John Tillman, who is in his Ohio State 0 2 2-4 11th season in College Park, boasts the most Penn State 1 1 2-4 balanced team in the nation as the Terps Rutgers 0 1 1-4 rank second in the nation in scoring offense (16.55) and 11th in scoring defense (9.64). Their 27 points per game, .397 shooting Head Coach Peter Milliman Briefly percentage and 12.1 turnovers per game all • The Blue Jays’ season opener against Ohio State was the first game forPeter Milliman as lead the nation. the head coach at Johns Hopkins. • Fifth-year seniorJared Bernhardt, the odds- • Milliman spent three seasons as the head coach at Cornell from 2018-20 and compiled a on favorite to win the Tewaaraton Award, is record of 28-10 while guiding the Big Red. the man who stirs the drink for UM as he • Cornell was ranked number two in the nation when the 2020 season came to an end in counts 51 goals and 21 assists for 72 points mid-March. to his credit. • Slowing Bernhardt, which nobody has Milliman’s Assistants done this season, doesn’t ensure success as • Johns Hopkins head coach Peter Milliman is joined on the sideline by offensive coordinator five other players have 10 or more goals and seven have 10 or more points. John Grant, Jr., defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer and volunteer assistant Dan Annino. • Defensemen Nick Grill and Brett Makar and • Grant, Jr. came to JHU after spending the last two years at Air Force as an assistant coach, goalie Logan McNaney lead a unit that has while Koesterer spent the last four years as an assistant coach at nearby UMBC. held six opponents under 10 goals. Grill and • Annino was an assistant coach for three years at his alma mater, Amherst College, and was Makar both earned First Team All-B1G, while the 2019 IMLCA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year.