Setting the Stage
• Opening Draw: Fresh off its additional time win at Jacksonville on Tuesday night, Navy (5-2, 1-1 Patriot League) returns to motion on Saturday when it makes the quick drive to Baltimore to battle #14/12 Johns Hopkins (4-2). Faceoff is slated for 1:00 pm at historic Homewood Field. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who has put collectively a 48-35 document in his 7 seasons at the helm of the Mids’ program, whereas Johns Hopkins’ Peter Milliman has amassed a 44-39 document in 6 years as the program’s head coach. Saturday’s contest marks the 95th assembly in a collection that dates again to 1908, Navy’s first 12 months as a varsity program.
• Follow the Action: The recreation will probably be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription based mostly) with Mike Corey and former Penn lacrosse head coach Mike Murphy on the name. The recreation will probably be proven tape delayed on ESPNU on March 16 at 6:00 pm. The recreation may also be carried stay on 1430 AM WNAV with Joe Miller on the name. Radio protection begins at 12:45 pm with the Navy Lacrosse Pregame Show. Live stats may also be accessible on NavySports activities.com(.)
Countdown to Faceoff
10 – Dan Daly (Sr) is one of solely 10 goalkeepers in program historical past to achieve 400-career saves. He at the moment stands tenth on Navy’s all-time profession saves checklist with 434 saves.
9 – During the Joe Amplo period, Navy has misplaced simply 2 video games when holding its opponent to 9 or fewer objectives. The Mids are 31-2 when attaining that feat since 2020. On Tuesday, Navy held Jacksonville to single digits for the first time in 12 video games.
8 – Navy has gained at the least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title 8 occasions (2004-05-06-07-08-15-16-18) since 2004.
7 – Navy and Johns Hopkins are amongst simply 7 groups who’ve gained 800 video games. Johns Hopkins (1,037) is the solely college to achieve 1,000 wins, whereas Navy is the Fifth-winningest group (852).
6 – Patrick Flaherty (So / LSM) was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week after recording a career-high 6 precipitated turnovers, 4 floor balls and an help in the win over Bucknell final Saturday. The 6 takeaways are the 2nd most in program historical past and the most since Matt Rees’ 6 vs. Air Force on Feb. 6, 2016. As a group, the Mids tied the college document (VMI, 2011) with 18 precipitated turnovers in opposition to the Bison.
5 – Five of Navy’s 2026 opponents are ranked amongst the USILA’s prime 20 this week – #9 Penn State (W, 12-11 / 2-21),#13 Army (4-11), #14 Johns Hopkins (3-14), #19 Towson (L, 12-8 / 2-14) and #20 Boston U. (L, 15-10 / 2-28).
4 – Four gamers have scored 100 factors throughout the Joe Amplo period, together with Mac Haley (Sr / A) who scored his a hundredth level in Navy’s win over VMI (2-17). He is tied for twenty third on Navy’s all-time scoring checklist with 119 factors, simply 4 factors out of the prime 20.
3 – With his 9 faceoff wins in opposition to Bucknell final Saturday, Zach Hayashi (Jr / FO) took sole possession of third on Navy’s all-time faceoff wins checklist (328). He is amongst simply 3 gamers in program historical past to achieve 300-career wins.
2 – AJ Marsh (Jr / D) has produced the 2nd-most factors (18 / 8G, 10A) by a protracted pole in college historical past. He wants 1 extra level to tie the document held by Matt Rees (19 / 2014-17). Marsh’s 8 objectives are the 4th most.
1 – Two of the most historic applications in the sport’s historical past, Navy and Johns Hopkins will meet for the 95th time in collection historical past. It will stand alone as the second-longest collection (video games performed) in Navy historical past (105 vs. Army / 94 vs. Maryland).
The Sport’s Most Historic Rivalries
• With one of the most storied applications in the sport of lacrosse, Navy has historically performed 3 rivalry video games that stand amongst the nation’s longest.
• Army and Navy have met 105 occasions, marking the Seventh-longest rivalry in school lacrosse. The 106th assembly will happen at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y. on April 11.
• Also showing on the checklist of longest rivalries are the Navy-Maryland and Navy-Johns Hopkins collection. The Mids have performed Maryland 94 occasions, which is the 14th-longest rivalry. The two applications, nevertheless, haven’t met since 2019.
• The Navy-Johns Hopkins collection additionally runs 94 video games. After a two-year hiatus attributable to scheduling and one other two attributable to the COVID pandemic, the Mids and Blue Jays rekindled their rivalry in March of 2022 in Baltimore. Navy scored an historic victory (11-10), defeating Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field for the first time since 1969. The Mids earned a 10-9 additional time win in opposition to the Blue Jays on their dwelling discipline in 2024, marking the first time Navy has defeated Hopkins in Baltimore in back-to-back video games since 1963 (10-5) and 1965 (15-6).
• Cornell-Hobart is the longest-running collection in school lacrosse with the two groups assembly 143 occasions. The Big Red defeated the Statesmen 19-8 on Feb. 24.
Scouting Johns Hopkins
• Sixth-year head coach Peter Milliman has led Johns Hopkins to a 4-2 mark this season, enjoying 3 groups at the moment ranked amongst the USILA’s prime 20. The Blue Jays opened the season profitable 3 in a row in opposition to Robert Morris (17-2), Towson (13-11) and Loyola (13-7) earlier than dropping a 17-9 resolution to North Carolina. Johns Hopkins bounced again with a 14-13 win over Virginia earlier than falling to Syracuse 12-8 at dwelling final Saturday.
• As a group, Johns Hopkins ranks amongst the prime 10 in 4 statistical classes – #7 in clearing proportion (90.4), #7 in turnovers per recreation (13.50), #9 in assists per recreation (8.50) and #10 in extra-man offense (52.6). If there was a class in which the Blue Jays have struggled, it might be faceoff profitable proportion. Johns Hopkins stands forty ninth nationally, profitable 47.8 % (74-157) of the attracts thus far.
• Six completely different gamers have produced double digits in the factors column this season, together with 4 with double-figure objectives. Matt Collison (Sr / M) leads the group with 21 factors on 13 objectives and 8 assists, whereas Chuck Rawson (Jr / M) has produced 20 factors on 10 objectives and 10 assists.
• Hunter Chauvette (Jr / A) leads the group with 17 objectives, whereas Brooks English (Sr / M) has dealt out a team-best 12 assists.
• Dash Lamitie has began every of the 5 video games in which he is performed and has posted a 48.0 save proportion and a ten.38 goals-against common. Oran Gelinas has 1 begin in 4 appearances ands has a 55.8 save proportion and a ten.26 GAA.
• Reece DiCicco (So / SSDM) leads the group in precipitated turnovers (12) and floor balls (23), whereas English has 7 precipitated turnovers and 17 floor balls.
• Joe Hobot (So) has taken the bulk of the faceoffs this season, profitable 43 of the 74 (58.1) attracts he is taken. Carter Kryszak (So) has gained 13 of the 23 (56.5) faceoffs he is taken.
Navy-Johns Hopkins Series
• Saturday’s contest marks the 95th assembly between Navy and Johns Hopkins and the thirty eighth in Baltimore.
• The Blue Jays have dominated the collection, holding a 64-29-1 benefit. They owned a tremendous 36-game profitable streak over the Mids that started in 1975 and was snapped in 2010, when Navy earned a 9-8 additional time win in Annapolis.
• Johns Hopkins leads the collection in video games performed in Baltimore, 28-9. Navy, nevertheless, has gained back-to-back video games in opposition to the Blue Jays on their dwelling discipline, defeating Johns Hopkins 11-10 on March 18, 2022 and 10-9 (OT) on March 15, 2024. Max Hewitt (’24) scored the game-winner for the Mids in each of these Navy victories.
• Navy has overwhelmed Johns Hopkins simply 4 occasions since 1975 (9-8 OT in 2010 / 8-2 in 2012 / 11-10 in 2022 / 10-9 OT in 2024).
• Eleven of the final 23 video games between Navy and Johns Hopkins have been determined by 1 objective, together with every of the final 2 performed at Homewood Field. Additionally, 6 of these 11 one-goal video games have gone into further minutes.
Navy Vs. The Big Ten
• Outside of the Patriot League, Navy has confronted groups that at the moment make up the Big Ten greater than another convention. The Mids personal a 125-137-2 (47.7) document in opposition to the Big Ten which is comprised of Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The solely group Navy has not confronted in the Big Ten is Michigan, a program that was elevated to varsity standing in 2012.
• Navy has confronted Maryland the most, assembly 94 occasions with the Terps main the collection 60-33-1. Meanwhile, Saturday’s contest marks the 95th assembly between Navy and Johns Hopkins with the Blue Jays main 64-29-1.
• Navy earned a 12-11 victory over Eleventh-ranked Penn State on Feb. 21 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Program Ties
• Navy’s Alec Gregorek (So / A) is the older brother of Johns Hopkins sophomore attackman Liam Gregorek. Alec attended the Naval Academy Prep School after graduating from Shoreham-Wading River in 2023.
• Meanwhile, Gavin Gregorek was a 4-year member of Navy’s lacrosse group. He graduated final spring and was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy and is serving as a Naval Flight Officer.
• Alec Gregorek is Navy’s 2nd-leading scorer with 23 factors on a team-high 19 objectives and 4 assists. He has scored a number of objectives in all 7 contests this season.
• Liam Gregorek has seen motion in 3 contests had has 1 shot on objective thus far.
Amplo Earns Coaching Victory #100
• Navy head coach Joe Amplo earned his a hundredth win as a collegiate head coach on Tuesday when the Mids posted a 10-9 additional time win at Jacksonville.
• Amplo has put collectively a 100-88 document in 14 years as a collegiate head coach / 48-35 at Navy (7 yrs), 52-53 at Marquette (7 yrs).
• Amplo is now simply 2 wins shy of posting his fiftieth victory at Navy.