Field Hockey soars in 9-0 win

The record of the past week may be 1-2, but the Johns Hopkins Field Hockey team accomplished a great deal, and at this point are looking a lot better then weeks past.

They initially played against Catholic University last Thursday, and extended their losing streak to six games. But when examined closely, the Blue Jays have changed since their previous losses.

The first half belonged to the Blue Jays, defensively and offensively they had taken over the game and led with a two-goal lead, at a score of 3-1. But Catholic University came out strong in the second half was able to tie the game up.

Going into overtime, the Blue Jays gave up a goal on a penalty stroke with little over nine minutes left in the game.

Even with a 4-3 loss, Hopkins played great against a No. 9-ranked team, who also had a record of 9-1 after the game.

The Blue Jays proved how much their mentality had truly changed when they faced Bryn Mawr, and scored an amazing nine-goal shutout to beat the Mawters, who have yet to beat Hopkins.

Senior forwards Camille Fesche and Ashley Robbins had two goals each in the game, the Blue Jays showed they did have the ability offensively to put their game together.

It was a great win that will put a lot of confidence on the side of the Blue Jays, as not only did they score the goals, but they shutdown Bryn Mawr as well. They have outscored Bryn Mawr 20-0, in their last two meetings.

This past Tuesday night, Hopkins had another of their few home games when they hosted Washington College. It was a very close game, but the Blue Jays got on the board first with goal by Robbins as they led going into the half 1-0.

They were not able to hold the lead for very long as the game was tied at the start of the half, and though Hopkins held a lead in shots at the goal taken with 8-7 at the end of the game, it was a shot by the Shorewomen that put a 2-1 lead with about nine minutes left. The Blue Jays took a time-out, and coming back on the field looked to take control but didn't really connect with the goal.

Head Coach Megan Callahan saw a good game, just some key missed moments, "Today we missed some opportunities for some goals, we had three or four chances at open cages for split seconds. We are playing really good hockey, but we are struggling to make some goals. We have got 98 percent of the game down, we just need to finish."

With time depleting the Jays tried to get on the board again but never got the chance, as they took a conference loss and their record fell to 3-8.

But again all is not lost, Fesche saw a improvement from previous games this year, "I think we played really well, and showed that we are coming together. We had a lot of opportunities to score and doing a much better job on penalty corners. Overall we're progressing as a team. It's tough to lose a conference game, but it just make us more hungry."

Hopefully they can fill this hunger, and continue this aggressive mind set when they face College of Notre Dame on Thursday.