The Basics
• Score: #8 Johns Hopkins-5, Bryn Mawr-0
• Records: JHU (5-2, 1-0 CC) • BMC (5-1, 0-1 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: Sophomore Abby Birk had a hand in three goals to lead the eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey team to a 5-1 win over undefeated Bryn Mawr Saturday in both teams' Centennial Conference opener.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped on top of Bryn Mawr early, scoring a pair of goals in the first quarter. Birk put the home team on top midway through the quarter as the Blue Jays cashed in on a corner. She inserted the corner to senior Katie McErlean at the top of the circle. McErlean fired a hard shot at the Bryn Mawr goal and Birk tipped it in at the left post. With just 1:36 to play in the quarter, McErlean pushed the lead to two, scoring on a rocket of a shot off a Birk corner insert.
• Freshman Sadie Abboud staked Hopkins to a 3-0 lead with 1:20 to go in the second quarter when she dribbled into the circle and then hit a shot that went off the pads of Owls' goalie Maggie Titus and inside the bottom left corner.
• Birk got back in the scoring column just 4:16 into the third quarter when she banged home a pass from sophomore Bryn Rolon. Just two minutes later, Bryn Mawr got on the board after four straight penalty corners. Mary Cugini took a shot off the fourth corner that was stopped by sophomore Kaitlin Hall, but Meghan O'Shea batted the loose rebound into the cage to make it a 4-1 game.
• Hopkins answered quickly, pushing its lead back to four just 99 seconds later. Sophomore Maddie Brown-Scherer shot from the middle of the circle and freshman Tessa Erickson redirected it at the left post.  
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 26-0-1 all-time against Bryn Mawr and has won 24 straight in the series.
• It is the 38^th win at Hopkins for head coach Jane Wells, who now sits alone in third place on the program's wins' list.
 
Inside the Box Score
• The five goals are the most allowed by the Owls since a 6-1 loss at Dickinson on October 13, 2018. Bryn Mawr had allowed just one goal this season. In fact, in the previous nine games, Bryn Mawr had allowed a total of five goals.
• Birk's five points and two goals tie her career high. She is now tied for 21^st in school history with 12 career assists.
• McErlean eclipsed the 50-point mark for her career – the 22^nd player in program history to do so. She ranks 21^st in school history in points (52) and is tied for 17^th in assists (14).
• Hall finished with six saves in the win while Titus finished with 12. In addition, Kelcie Eberharth made a defensive save for the Owls.
• Hopkins outshot Bryn Mawr, 24-12, and had an 11-5 advantage in corners.  
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, September 25 as the Blue Jays host the 12^th-ranked Messiah Falcons. Game time is slated for 7:00 pm at Homewood Field.