The Coach: Matt Smith (Towson, `88) is in his ninth year as head coach of the Blue Jays. He is the program's all-time winningest coach with a 136-30-9 record entering the ECAC Tournament. Smith has led JHU to the NCAA Tournament in five of the last eight years, and has guided the Blue Jays to postseason play in eight straight seasons.

The Results: Gettysburg midfielder Michael Sarbaugh scored the game-winning goal with 27:44 remaining in the match to lift the Bullets over Hopkins, 2-1, at Homewood Field on Friday. Chad Tarabolous (Tulsa, OK/Cascia Hall) scored the only Blue Jays' goal in the 42nd minute when he collected a header from Ryan Hanley (Hickory, NC/St. Stephens) and beat the Gettysburg keeper from 10 yards out.

The ECAC Tournament: Johns Hopkins received the No. 1 seed in the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Region, the conference announced Monday. The Blue Jays will play the winner of Wednesday's Moravian vs. Grove City game Saturday at 2 p.m. on the campus of Western Maryland College. The Green Terror received the No. 2 seed and will host the semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday. On Wednesday, No. 3 seed Franklin & Marshall will host No. 6 seed Frostburg State and No. 4 seed Moravian will host No. 5 seed Grove City. Western Maryland will play the winner of the Franklin & Marshall-Frostburg State game Saturday at 11 a.m., while Hopkins will play the winner of the Moravian-Grove City game at 2 p.m. The championship game will be Sunday at 1 p.m.

Brienza, Hack Named to Academic Honor Roll: Juniors Daniel Brienza (Farmingville, NY/Sachem) and Adam Hack (Staten Island, NY/Curtis) were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll on Friday. Brienza is an economics/computer science major, while Hack is an economics/business major. 21 men's soccer players in the league received the honor.

Tough Competition: JHU's win over No. 18 Drew marked the Blue Jays' first win over a ranked opponent since a 2-1 victory over No. 6 Rowan on October 8, 1998. This season Hopkins also defeated Gettysburg, Western Maryland, Muhlenberg, and Franklin & Marshall, all of whom were ranked in the Mid-Atlantic Region when they played Hopkins.

Tarabolous Named To Centennial Honor Roll: Chad Tarabolous was named to the Centennial Conference Honor Roll this week after scoring the Blue Jays' only goal in the 2-1 loss to Gettysburg. The sophomore midfielder, who ranks second on the team with nine goals and 25 points, also received the honor on September 17.

Doran Heading West: Matthew Doran (Stormville, NY/John Jay) is closing in on the Johns Hopkins and Centennial Conference career records for goals and points. All four records are held by Eric West, who played at Hopkins from 1994-97. Doran is in second place on all four lists, he needs four goals and seven points to overtake West.

Eric West, Johns Hopkins 1994-97 72

Eric West, Johns Hopkins 1994-97 172

A Helping Foot: Aerik Williams (Columbus, OH/Columbus Academy) recorded two assists against Haverford to break the Centennial Conference record for career assists. Williams, who now has 40 career helpers after recording an assist at Gettysburg, broke the previous record of 33 held by Gregory Stevcic of Gettysburg and Frank Adamson of Haverford. Earlier this season Williams recorded an assist against Alvernia to break Eric West's JHU career mark of 28 assists. Williams is tied for the team lead with 13 assists this season.

Doran Moving Up D-III Lists: Matthew Doran has 166 career points, putting him in a tie for 19th place on the career points list in Division III history. Doran's 69 career goals put him in a tie for 14th place in Division III history.

Tick, Tick, Tick: Before Drew's Olaksandr Stakhiv scored with 12 minutes remaining on Oct. 6, Hopkins had recorded six straight shutouts and had gone 642:15 without giving up a goal. Goalkeeper Gary Kane, Jr. (Lansdale, PA/LaSalle College) went 617:40 without giving up a goal, the 11th longest streak in Division III history.

Blue Jays Among Conference Leaders: Matthew Doran leads the conference in goals and assists, and has 19 more points than anyone else in the league. Aerik Williams leads the league in assists per game, while Chad Tarabolous ranks fourth in points per game. Ryan Kitzen (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa) is fourth in goals per game, and goalkeeper Gary Kane, Jr. leads the league with a 0.68 goals against average. As a team, Hopkins leads the Centennial in scoring offense (3.71 gpg) and in scoring defense (0.65 gpg).

2. Arcadia 19-0-1

3. Drew 17-3-1

5. Carnegie Mellon 12-2-0

6. Gettysburg 16-4-0

7. Western Maryland 14-5-0

8. Elizabethtown 13-7-1

9. Muhlenberg 12-6-0

10. Bethany (WV) 14-6-1

9/24 @ Alvernia W 6-0

9/26 @ Washington College * W 3-0

9/29 @ Muhlenberg * W 2-0

10/13 @ Moravian W 3-0

10/17 @ Richard Stockton L 2-4

10/20 @ Dickinson * W 5-0

10/24 @ Gettysburg * W 2-0