Setting the Stage
• Inside the Game: Navy (3-3, 1-1 Patriot League) will step out of conference play and travel to Baltimore Friday evening to battle #8 Johns Hopkins (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten). Faceoff is set for 7:00 pm at historic Homewood Field. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who owns a 29-22 record in 5 seasons at the helm of the Navy program, while Johns Hopkins' Peter Milliman has posted a 28-26 record in 4 seasons as the Blue Jays' head coach. Friday's contest marks the 93rd meeting in a series that dates back to 1908, Navy's first year as a varsity program.
• Follow the Action: Friday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription based) with Quint Kessenich and Sheehan Stanwick Burch on the call. The game will also be aired tape-delayed on ESPNU next Monday at 11:00 am. Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller will have the radio call on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV. Live stats will also be available on NavySports.com(.)

Countdown to Faceoff
10    Navy has lost just 5 games in the Joe Amplo era (2020-present) when scoring 10 or more goals (23-5, 82.1).
9    Navy players have put together 9 hat tricks this season - 3 by Xavier Arline (Sr / A), 2 by Henry Tolker (Jr / A), 2 by Dane Swanson (Sr / M), 1 by Mac Haley (So / M), 1 by Max Hewitt (Sr / M).
8    Navy has won at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title 8 times (2004-05-06-07-08-15-16-18) since joining the league in 2004.
7    Two of the most historic programs in the sport's history, Navy and Johns Hopkins are among just 7 teams who have won 800 games. Johns Hopkins (1,021) is the only school to reach 1,000 wins, while Navy is the fifth-winningest team (833).
6    Navy has won 6 in a row when leading at the half, including 3 times this spring ... in Joe Amplo's 5 seasons at the helm, the Mids are 22-3 when leading at the half.
5    In their 92 previous meetings, Navy and Johns Hopkins have played just 5 overtime games with each of them taking place in the last 25 years (2000-04-05-10-16). The Blue Jays won 4 of the 5 contests (2000-04-05-16).
4    Jackson Bonitz (Sr / D) is ranked 4th all-time at Navy with 64 caused turnovers. He needs 3 more to tie 3rd-place Chris Fennell (67 / 2014-17), 10 to tie 2nd-place Pat Kiernan (74 / 2011-14) and 20 to tie record holder Matt Rees (84 / 2014-17).
3    Three of Navy's 2024 opponents are ranked among the USILA's top 10 - #1 Army (4.13), #T8 Johns Hopkins (3.15) and #T8 Penn State (L, 13-3 / 2.24).
2    Navy has a pair of two-sport varsity athletes on the team. Xavier Arline (Sr / A) was a four-year quarterback on Navy's football team, starting 14 of the 30 games in which he played. Kai Sasaki (Sr / LSM) earned Second-Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League honors this past fall averaging 15.21 yds/catch and 41.29 yds/gm and scored a team-high 6 touchdowns.
1    Zach Hayashi (Fr / FO), who is ranked #15 nationally and #2 in the Patriot League in faceoff winning percentage (85-141, 60.3), stands #1 in the Naval Academy's Class of 2027 (1,152 students) in Military Order of Merit.

Navy-Johns Hopkins Series
• Friday night's contest marks the 93rd meeting between Navy and Johns Hopkins and the 36th in Baltimore.
• The Blue Jays have dominated the series, holding a 63-28-1 advantage. They owned an amazing 36-game winning streak over the Mids that began in 1975 and was snapped in 2010, when Navy earned a 9-8 overtime win in Annapolis.  
• Johns Hopkins leads the series in games played on its home field, 28-8. The Blue Jays had won 22-consecutive games against Navy at Homewood Field (dated back to May 10, 1969) before the Mids upset JHU 11-10 on March 17, 2023 which was the last time the two met at Homewood Field.
• Max Hewitt (Sr / M) scored a career-high 4 goals, including the game-tying and game-winning targets just 49 seconds apart in the come-from-behind win. Navy outscored Johns Hopkins 4-3 in the final frame, holding the Blue Jays scoreless over the final six minutes
• That win also marked just the third victory by the Mids in the series overall since 1975 (9-8 OT in 2010 / 8-2 in 2012).
• 3 of Navy's last 4 wins in the series have come in Annapolis - 8-2 on 4.21.12 // 9-8 OT on 4.24.10 // 13-12 on 5.4.74.
• Ten of the last 21 games between Navy and Johns Hopkins have been decided by 1 goal, including the last time the two met in Baltimore. Additionally, 5 of those 10 one-goal games have gone into extra minutes.

Historic Series
• One of the oldest programs in the sport of lacrosse, Navy is in its 117th year of having a varsity men's lacrosse team. It is the fifth-oldest program in Div. I men's lacrosse.
• Four of Navy's opponents this spring are among the sport's top 10 oldest, including Friday night's foe Johns Hopkins. Now in its 137th season, Johns Hopkins is the oldest program and is the only team to reach 1,000 wins (1,021).
• Navy has already played Lehigh (135th yr) and Penn State (111th yr) and will play Army (107th yr) a month from now.
• Navy and Johns Hopkins will meet for the 93rd time when the two teams clash in Baltimore on Friday. It's the 3rd-most games Navy has played against an opponent behind Army (103 gms) and Maryland (94 gms).
• See page 8 in the notes packet for more info on the most historic and successful programs in Div. I lacrosse.

Scouting Johns Hopkins
• Fourth-year head coach Peter Milliman has led Johns Hopkins to a 5-2 mark this season, playing 5 teams ranked among the USILA's top 20. After dropping their opener to Denver in overtime 13-12, the Blue Jays won 5 in a row, including back-to-back wins over nationally-ranked North Carolina (13-9) and Virginia (16-14) - on the road. Syracuse, however, snapped the Blue Jays' winning streak last weekend in Charlotte, defeating Johns Hopkins 14-13.
• Seven different players have produced double digits in the scoring column this season, including Jacob Angelus (Gr / A) who leads the team with 30 points on 13 goals and a team-best 17 assists. Meanwhile, Garrett Degnon  (Gr / A) owns 24 points on a team-high 21 goals and 3 assists.
• Degnon, a sixth-year player for the Blue Jays, wears #40 in honor of former Navy lacrosse player and fellow DeMatha Catholic High School alum Brendan Looney. Looney, a Navy SEAL, was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 21, 2010
• After starting four years for Cornell, Chayse Ierlan is in his first year standing between the pipes for the Blue Jays. He owns a 10.20 goals-against average and a 54.5 save percentage. Ierlan has recorded double-digit saves in 6 of the 7 games this season, including a 16-save performance in the win at Virginia.
• Beaudan Szuluk (Gr / D), who began his career at Lafayette in 2020, leads the team with 10 caused turnovers.
• Logan Callahan (Jr) and Tyler Dunn (Sr) have shared the faceoff duties this spring with Callahan taking the bulk. Callahan is 71-135 (52.6) and has a team-high 39 ground balls, while Dunn is 22-50 (44.0) and has grabbed 13 ground balls.

Navy vs. the Big Ten
• Outside of teams in the Patriot League, Navy has faced teams that currently make up the Big Ten more than any other conference. The Mids own a 123-134-2 (47.9) record against the Big Ten which is comprised of Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The only team Navy has not faced in the Big Ten is Michigan, a program that was elevated to varsity status in 2012.
• Navy has faced Maryland the most, meeting 94 times with Maryland leading the series 60-33-1. Meanwhile, Friday night's contests marks the 93rd meeting between Navy and Johns Hopkins with the Blue Jays leading 64-28-1.
• Navy dropped a 13-3 decision to nationally-ranked Penn State on Feb. 24 in what was the first meeting between the two programs since 2003 when they were both members of the ECAC Lacrosse League.