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For the 103rd Time It's Johns Hopkins-Maryland
April 12, 2007
Johns Hopkins-Maryland Men's Lacrosse Notes in PDF Format
Setting the Scene: Johns Hopkins and Maryland meet for the 103rd time in a series that dates to a 10-0 Johns Hopkins win in 1895. The Blue Jays are currently 4-4 and have dropped three straight. Maryland carries an 8-3 record into the game and has won six of its last seven.
Looking Back : Johns Hopkins dropped its third straight game last Saturday as the Blue Jays fell to Duke 11-9. Maryland bounced back from a 12-8 loss at Virginia with a gutty 8-7 double-overtime victory at Navy last Friday night.
Poll Position : Johns Hopkins is ranked ninth in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and 10th in this week's Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Maryland enters this week's game ranked seventh by the coaches and seventh by the media. The Johns Hopkins Sports Information Office uses the USILA Poll to reflect JHU's official ranking at the time of a game.
These are the Facts : Johns Hopkins enters the game against Maryland with an all-time record of 862-272-15 (.757). The Blue Jays own eight NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 43 championships.
Pietramala Stands Alone: Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala is the only person in lacrosse history who has won an NCAA Division I Championship as a player (1987) and a head coach (2005). He is also the only person who has been named the national player of the year and the national coach of the year.
Petro Closes on Milestones : The 17-9 win at Syracuse on March 17 not only extended JHU's winning streak to four games at the time, but it also moved Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala to within one victory of a pair of milestones.
Streaking : Johns Hopkins is 60-11 in its last 71 regular season games dating back to the end of the 2001 season and 68-15 overall since the start of the 2002 season.
One-Goal Turnarounds : The 9-8 victory against Hofstra improved Hopkins' recent run of success in one-goal games as JHU is 26-6 in one-goal games under head coach Dave Pietramala. The Blue Jays have won 13 of their last 15 and 17 of their last 20 one-goal games. In its previous 32 one-goal games (covering a span from an 11-10 win over Virginia in 1988 through the 2000 season), Hopkins was 18-14.
More One-Goal Notes : The Blue Jays have come from behind to win 11 times during their last 13 one-goal wins. In eight of those 11 come-from-behind one-goal wins the Blue Jays have come back from a deficit of two goals or more. The latest of these come-from behind wins was the 7-6 double-overtime victory against Princeton as the Blue Jays erased deficits of 2-0, 3-1, 4-3 and 5-4 before prevailing.
Overtime Notes: The 7-6 double-overtime victory against Princeton improved the Blue Jays' record to 11-2 in overtime under head coach Dave Pietramala. The Blue Jays have currently won seven straight overtime games. Players on the 2007 team who have scored game-winning goals in overtime:
• Junior Kevin Huntley punched home the game-winner in the second OT against Duke in 2005. It's Been a While: Last week's 11-9 loss against Duke was Hopkins' third straight defeat. This is the first time Johns Hopkins has dropped three straight games since a four-game skid mid-way through the 1990 season.
April Reign: Flipping the calendar from March to April usually means good things for the Blue Jays, who are 28-3 in the month of April under head coach Dave Pietramala and 52-3 in April since the start of the 1997 season.
What's Back: The Blue Jays were one of the youngest teams in the nation last season, but still fought their way to within one goal of reaching the final four. The Blue Jays return players who accounted for 125 of their 138 (90.6%) goals last season and 55 of 69 (79.7%) assists they accumulated a year ago.
Balanced Extra-Man Scoring: The Blue Jays were held scoreless on three extra-man opportunities in last week's 11-9 loss to Duke and have now converted 7-of-24 (.292) EMO chances this season. The Blue Jays currently rank 22nd in the nation in extra-man offense.
It's Been a While-II: The 13 goals the Blue Jays allowed at North Carolina are the most they have surrendered this season and the most in a regular season game since allowing 15 at Syracuse early in the 2003 season. The 11-goal effort by Duke marks the first time since the final two games of the 2002 season that Johns Hopkins has allowed 10 or more goals in back-to-back games.
35 in a Row: Last year's NCAA Tournament bid was the 35th straight for Johns Hopkins, which missed the inaugural NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament in 1971, but has qualified for every one since. This is the longest streak of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in any Division I Team sport.
10 in a Row: The Blue Jays drew the number four seed in last year's NCAA Tournament. This marked the 10th consecutive year Johns Hopkins has been seeded in the top four in the tournament. By comparison, only two other schools (Syracuse & Georgetown) have even qualified for the tournament in each of the last 10 years.
One of Two: Junior midfielder Paul Rabil is one of just two Division I men's lacrosse players returning this season who earned First Team STX/USILA All-America honors (he joins Princeton goalie Alex Hewitt). Rabil became the first Johns Hopkins sophomore since A.J. Haugen in 1998 to earn First Team All-America when he took top honors a year ago. He led the Blue Jays in scoring last season with 25 goals and 13 assists for 38 points.
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