The Basics
• Score: #8 Johns Hopkins-6, Catholic-0
• Records: JHU (4-1) • CUA (2-3)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story: The eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey rolled past visiting Catholic, 6-0, on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped on top of Catholic early when senior Katie McErlean converted a penalty stroke just 3:14 into the first. Just 31 seconds later, sophomore Abby Birk centered a pass to classmate Myra Granato, who redirected a low shot past Cardinals' goalie Maysen Elliott.
• The lead grew to three less than a minute after Granato's goal with an unassisted tally from sophomore Maddie Brown-Scherer. Her goal was three for the Blue Jays in a span of just 85 seconds.
• Brown-Scherer scored her second of the afternoon with 4:45 to play in the half to stake Hopkins to a 4-0 lead. Birk dumped the ball down to Brown-Scherer in the middle of the circle, and she scored on a one-timer to the left post.
• Junior Michaela Corvi got in on the scoring action at the 43:19-mark to push the lead to five. Brown-Scherer sent a long pass to Corvi, who took a touch and then slotted a low shot under a charging Elliott and inside the left post.
• Sophomore Megan Abate capped the scoring with 4:23 to play in the game. Off a Blue Jay corner, sophomore Avery Seward took a shot from close range that was stopped by Cardinals' defender Nicole Tsiaras, but Abate was there to put the rebound home.  
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 21-4-1 all-time against Catholic and wins its third straight in the series. Today was the first meeting between the two since 2006.
• Head coach Jane Wells' earns her 37^th win at Johns Hopkins, tying current Blue Jay women's lacrosse coach Janine Tucker for third on the program's win list.
• The Blue Jays' six goals are the most they've scored since a 7-0 win over McDaniel on October 10, 2018 and are tied for the second most scored under Wells.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Brown-Scherer's five points are a career-high, while her two goals match her high. Birk also tied her career-high with two assists.
• Sophomore Kaitlin Hall made her first career start and finished with one save in one half of action. Senior Jodie Baris played the second half and made two saves to preserve the shutout.
• Hopkins outshot Catholic, 18-5, and had an 8-6 advantage in corner.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, September 18 as the Blue Jays travel to the Eastern Shore to take on the fourth-ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls. The non-conference contest is scheduled for a 6:00 pm start at Sea Gull Stadium.