Setting the Stage
• Inside the Game: Navy (4-3, 1-1 Patriot League) will look to carry the momentum from its come-from-behind, overtime victory against #8 Johns Hopkins last Friday into Tuesday's home game against Villanova (4-3, 0-0 Big East). Faceoff is set for 7:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. It will be Navy's first home game since Feb. 24. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who owns a 30-22 record in 5 seasons at the helm of the Navy program, while Villanova's Mike Corrado has posted a 141-112 record in 18 seasons as the Wildcats' head coach. The contest marks just the 2nd meeting in a series that dates back to last season's inaugural meeting at Villanova.
• Follow the Action: Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription based) and will also be carried live on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV with Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller on the call. Radio coverage begins at 6:45 pm with the Navy Lacrosse Pregame Show. Live stats will also be available on NavyStats.com(.)

Countdown to Faceoff
10 - Navy has lost just 5 games in the Joe Amplo era (2020-present) when scoring 10 or more goals (24-5, 82.8).
9 - Navy held Johns Hopkins to 9 goals in its win on Friday. It's the first time this season the Blue Jays were held to single digits. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins was the 4th team (of 7) Navy has held to 9 or fewer goals this season.
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 - Navy has held teams to scoring droughts of at least 16 minutes 7 times this season, including twice by Johns Hopkins (22:41, 1-3Qtr / 19:21, 3-4Qtr).
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 - Navy trailed Johns Hopkins by as many as 5 goals (6-1 / 3:05, 1Qtr) in last Friday's win. It's the largest deficit Navy has overcome since trailing Johns Hopkins 5-0 in the 3rd quarter of the Mids' 9-8 overtime win on April 24, 2010.
4 - Four of Navy's 2024 opponents are ranked among the USILA's top 10 - #1 Army (4.13), #7 Penn State (L, 13-3 / 2.24), #13 Johns Hopkins (W, 10-9 OT / 3.15) and #19 Colgate (3.30).
3 - Dane Swanson (Sr / M) has produced hat tricks in each of the last 3 contests - 5 at Boston U., 3 at Lehigh, 3 at Johns Hopkins.
2 - Zach Hayashi (Fr / FO), who is ranked 18th on Navy's single-season faceoff wins leader board with 98, is just 2 faceoff wins shy of becoming only the 3rd Navy freshman to win 100 faceoffs
1 - Jackson Bonitz (Sr / D) leads the team with 14 caused turnovers this spring and needs just 1 more to become only the 2nd player in school history to rank among the program's top 20 three times in a career (Matt Rees 2015, 2016, 2017).

Navy-Villanova Series
• Tuesday night's contest will be just the second meeting between the two programs and the first in Annapolis.
• Villanova, who was ranked #7 nationally, won the inaugural meeting between the two programs with a dominant 17-6 victory on its home field last March (March 21).  

Scouting Villanova
• Eighteenth-year head coach Mike Corrado has led the Wildcats to a 4-3 record heading into Tuesday's contest against Navy. Villanova lost its first-two games of the year to nationally-ranked programs Penn State (18-10) and Yale (13-11), but has 4 of its last 5 contests including a 12-11 victory over Monmouth this past Saturday.
• Tuesday will mark Villanova's 5th road game in 8 appearances this season. The Wildcats are 2-2 on the road with losses to Penn State and Yale and wins over Lehigh (14-8) and Drexel (13-12 OT2).
• Tuesday's contest will be Villanova's first true home game since Feb. 19. The Wildcats played their first-two games at home and have played each of their last 5 either on the road or at a neutral site (Drexel).
• The Wildcats are averaging 11.86 goals per game, reaching double-figure goals in all but 1 game (8 vs. Penn) this season. Meanwhile, the defense is holding its opponents to 11.71 goals per game and has held 2 of its opponents to single digits (9 by Colgate, 8 by Lehigh).
• Matt Licata (Sr / A) leads the Wildcats with 30 points on a team-high 19 goals and 11 assists. He is ranked #29 in points per game (4.29), #29 in goals per game (2.71) and #51 in assists per game (1.57). Colin Michener (R-Fr / A) owns 21 points on 18 goals and 3 assists, while Mason Reale (Gr / M) has 19 points on 6 goals and a team-high 13 assists.
• Villanova's extra-man unit has scored just 3 goals on 25 attempts (12.0) this season with Licata accounting for 2 and Dan Martin (Jr / A) scoring the third.
• Anthony Wilson (R-Fr) is in his first season as the starting goalkeeper where he has played every minute for the Wildcats this spring. He owns an 11.61 goals-against average and a 44.2 save percentage.
• Villanova has recorded an eye-popping 74 caused turnovers to date (10.57 per game). Stephen Zupicich (Gr / LSM) leads the team with 21 takeaways (3.0), while also grabbing 26 ground balls. He is #2 nationally in caused turnovers per game (3.00). Active in the transition game, he has scored 2 goals and added an assist. Jack Shoemaker (So / D) has recorded 11 caused turnovers.
• Justin Coppola (Gr) has taken 177 of the 191 draws for Villanova this spring. He stands #12 in the nation with his  61.6 winning percentage (109-177) and is #10 in ground balls per game (8.29).

Navy vs. Big East
• The Mids have played just 26 games and own an 8-18 (30.8) record against the Big East which is comprised of Denver, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's and Villanova.
• Navy has played half of the teams in the Big East and 2 of the 3 the Mids have played just once, including Villanova.
• Navy has played Georgetown 24 times (7-17) and Providence once (1-0). Navy has never played Marquette, a program current Navy head coach Joe Amplo started, Denver or St. John's.

Newsworthy Notes from the Johns Hopkins Win
• The win marked just the 9th time Navy has defeated Johns Hopkins on its home field, including each of the last 2 games played at Homewood Field. Prior to the 2022 and 2024 wins, the Mids had not won at Homewood Field since 1969.
• Only 3 Navy coaches have defeated Johns Hopkins on its home field - Hall of Famers Dinty Moore (1953, '55) and  Willis Bilderback (1959, '61, '63, '65, '69), along with Joe Amplo (2022, '24). Only 4 (add George Finlayson) have defeated them multiple times during their careers regardless of the site.
• Navy trailed Johns Hopkins by as many as 5 (6-1 / 3:05, 1Qtr) in Friday's win. It's the largest deficit Navy has overcome since trailing Johns Hopkins 5-0 in the 3rd quarter of the Mids' 9-8 overtime win on April 24, 2010.
• Navy's defense held Johns Hopkins to single digits for the first time this season (avg. 13.00).
• Navy's defense held Johns Hopkins scoreless in the 2nd quarter. It's the only time the Blue Jays have been held without a goal during a quarter this year.
• Navy's defense held Johns Hopkins scoreless for 2 long periods of time - 22:41 (3:05 1Qtr - 10:24 3Qtr) and 19:21 (10:24 3Qtr - 6:03 4Qtr). It's 2 of the four-longest droughts by a Navy opponent this season.
• It was just the 6th time (2000, '04, '05, '10, '16, '24) in the 93-game history the game was decided in overtime and only the 2nd win (2010, '24) by the Mids in the extra frame.
• It was Navy's first overtime game since defeating #6 Army 12-11 at West Point on April 23, 2022. That game also marked the last time Navy defeated a team ranked in the top 10.
• Max Hewitt (Sr / M) scored the game-winning goal in each of Navy's last 2 wins over Johns Hopkins.

Poll Busters
• Navy owns a 165-210 all-time record against teams ranked in the top 25.  
• After dropping back-to-back decisions to #9 Johns Hopkins (12-9) and #7 Villanova (17-6) last March, Navy won back-to-back games against #17 Boston U. (10-8) and #13 Loyola (11-10).
• The last time Navy earned back-to-back victories against nationally-ranked teams was in 2021 when the Mids earned a 14-12 win at #15 Loyola before posting a 9-4 victory against #10 Army.
• Thanks to its remarkable come-from-behind overtime victory last Friday against #8 Johns Hopkins, Navy has now won road games against nationally-ranked opponents in each of the last 4 seasons. The Mids dealt #15 Loyola a 14-12 loss at Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore on April 17, 2021, earned a 12-11 overtime victory against #6 Army at Michie Stadium in West Point on April 23, 2022 and knocked off #13 Loyola (11-10) for a second time in Baltimore on April 7, 2023.