The Basics
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Score: #8 Johns Hopkins - 2, #7 TCNJ, - 1
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Records: JHU (4-1-1) • TCNJ (3-1)
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Location: Ewing, NJ • Lions Stadium
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The Short Story: Hopkins used a 71
st minute goal from
Maddy Rocks to knock off #7 TCNJ in a top-10 matchup.
How it Happened
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Emily Maheras scored her team-best fourth goal of the season off a feed from
Maddy Rocks in the 28
th minute to tie things up at 1-1 after a 26
th minute goal from Randi Smith put TCNJ on top 1-0.
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Rocks broke a 43-minute tie in the 71
st to give Hopkins the lead for good.
Maggie Coulson sent a free kick off the crossbar, but
Rocks was there to tap it in for the Blue Jays. The goal was her first of the 2019 season.
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Caitlin Hendricks turned away TCNJ's final on goal look in the 86
th minute, saving a low shot from Ally Weaver.
Hendricks had five saves in the contest, earning her second win this season.
What it Means
• Hopkins defeats TCNJ on the road for the first time since 2011.
• The win is the Blue Jays first against a top-10 team on the road since 2013 at #5 Carnegie-Mellon.
• Head Coach
Leo Weil picks up win number 397 for his career.
• The Blue Jays improve to 7-12-2 against TCNJ, picking up a one-goal victory for the second year in-a-row.
Inside the Box Score
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Maheras takes the team lead in goals and points with four and nine respectively.
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Maheras now has 17 goals for her Hopkins career.
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Rocks registered her first multi-point game since Shenandoah (9/1) last season.
Up Next
• The Blue Jays make one final trip to New Jersey, traveling to Glassboro to take on Rowan on Saturday at 6 pm.