HARRISONBURG, VA – Ashley Mackin scored a school Division I record nine goals to lead Johns Hopkins to a 17-8 win at 14th-ranked James Madison Wednesday evening. The Blue Jays win their sixth straight as they improve to 8-2 on the season, while the Dukes slip to 6-4.
Savannah Derey sandwiched a pair of goals around Mackin’s first strike and James Madison led 2-1 just four minutes into the game. Mackin then scored back-to-back goals in a four-minute span to give Hopkins’ its first lead at 4:07. Samantha DiCarlo scored on an eight-meter just 73 seconds later and it was 4-2 Blue Jays.
Olivia Matthews opened the second quarter with a free position goal to cut the deficit in half. Hopkins answered with some quick passing that ended with an MK Lescault feed to Mackin front for a turn-and-fire at 11:16. Maddie Epke came right back for the Dukes, spinning and scoring to make it 5-4.
Mackin scored twice in the eight and a half minutes of the second to spark a 6-0 Hopkins’ run that saw the Jays go up 11-4. Ava Angello extender her goal scoring streak to 29 games when she went high-to-low off a feed from Lacey Downey to open the third quarter. Downey then blew home a shot from eight meters off a helper from Campbell Case. Megan Kielbasa scored in traffic at 7:35 and three minutes later, Mackin capped the run with her seventh of the afternoon.
Epke ended a Dukes’ scoring drought of nearly 24 minutes when she scored on a low shot with 1:13 to play in the third. Brianna Mennella then scored off a dodge from behind just 35 seconds into the fourth to make it 11-6. Hopkins answered with goals from Smith, Lescault, Angello and Mackin in a just five minutes and seven seconds to push its lead to 15-6.
The Dukes snapped the run of four straight Blue Jay goals with an Epke eight meter score at 6:51. Mackin answered with her record-breaking goal off a pass from DiCarlo with 4:59 on the clock. Angello then capped a five-point day when she scored on the doorstep just over two minutes later. Derey had the final say of the game, scoring for the Dukes with 1:07 on the clock.
Mackin’s nine goals are the most in school Division I history and the most since Rebecca Savage scored nine in 1994. The nine goals are also the most in the nation this season. Angello finished with five points (3g, 2a) and now ranks ninth in school Division I history with 126 career goals. Downey (1g, 2a), Lescault (1g, 1a), Campbell (2) and DiCarlo (1g, 1a) also had multi-point games.
Reagan O’Brien had a career-high seven ground balls to go with four caused turnovers. She became just the fourth player in program history with 100 career caused turnovers. Paris Colgain had a game and career-high five caused turnovers. Laurel Gonzalez controlled six draws and Morgan Giardina made seven saves in the win.
Epke led the Dukes with three goals and 15 draw controls while Derey added a hat trick. Menella also tallied three points with a goal and two assists. Adanya Moyer finished with nine saves and four ground balls.
Hopkins returns to action on Sunday, March 30 as the Blue Jays host the Oregon Ducks. Opening draw at Homewood Field is slated for 1:00 pm.
