The Basics
• Score: #9 Johns Hopkins-8, Washington College-1
• Records: JHU (7-2, 2-0 CC) • WC (1-7, 0-3 CC)
• Location: Chestertown, MD • Roy Kirby Jr. Stadium
• The Short Story: Sophomore Maddie Brown-Scherer notched a hat trick to lead the ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey team to an 8-1 win over host Washington College Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• The Blue Jays jumped out to a two-goal lead in the opening quarter with goals from sophomore Bryn Rolon and Brown-Scherer.
• Hopkins erupted for three goals in just a four-minute span early in the second quarter to push out to a 5-0 lead. Brown-Scherer got the spurt going with a transition goal at the 3:15-mark. Senior Katie McErlean then scored off a blast from the top right of the circle. Sophomore Izzy Thompson made it a five-goal game when she scored off a long pass from junior Danika Berman. The Blue Jays nearly made it four goals in less than five minutes, but a defensive save by Madison Hackett prevented that.
• The Blue Jays opened the third-quarter with three goals in just over five minutes to extend their lead to 8-0. Junior Valerie Henderson backhanded a loose ball from six yards out 7:05 into the quarter. Freshman Sam Chabot then deflected an Abby Birk shot for her first career goal. Brown-Scherer scored what turned out to be the final Hopkins' goal just 31 seconds later and a shot from the top of the circle.
• Anna Harrington prevented the shutout with a shot to the left post off a penalty corner with 13:21 to go in the game.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 27-10 all-time against Washington College and has won eight straight in the series.
• The eight goals are the most the Blue Jays have ever scored against the Shorewomen. In addition, the eight goals are equal to the total scored by Hopkins in the previous three meetings combined. It is also the most goals scored by Hopkins since a 12-0 win over Notre Dame (MD) on October 2, 2016.  
 
Inside the Box Score
• Brown-Scherer's hat trick is the first of her career and the first by a Blue Jay since Clare Kavanagh on September 16, 2017.
• McErlean moved into 16^th place in school history with 58 career points and 22 career goals.
• Sophomore Kaitlin Hall made three saves to earn the win for the Blue Jays. Kayla Zapcic started the game and made two saves before giving way to Caroline Kral, who made 11 saves.
• Hopkins outshot Washington College, 31-6 and had a 14-3 advantage in corners.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, October 5 as the Blue Jays travel to the Main Line to take on Haverford. The Centennial Conference contest is slated for a 1:00 pm start.