Big Sun Comes to T.O.

Our Raptors and BlueJays won

Breaking : #20 Johns Hopkins takes down #2 Maryland.
Do this and you get :
a winning record
a trophy the size of full grown boar shaped like a crab
bragging rights across Baltimore

and a chance to do it again in 1 week
Yes.
By a quirk of something or other, in the B1G, JHU's conference, the last 5 weeks are play in games for the B1G championship. Thus, first in conference plays 4 and 2 ( Maryland ) plays 3 ( JHU ). 
Penn State beat Rutgers by a goal and you got it play them again in a week.
The score  was 16 - 11. Hop started slow, so slow it seemed like game over by 8 min of the first quarter.
Then somehow the BJ s go on a 6 - 1 run and the game looks like its on.
The Columbia blue go on to solidify the lead and play real defence.
However, all fairy tales come to an end and # 18 ( in Division 1 )or whatever Hopkins will have to beat # 4 Maryland. Their rankings will change b/c of this win for JHU.
This 2019 has been a year of upsets from week 1. Usually, though by this time of the year, the chemistry or personality of the team is set and predictable.
Hopkins men's lax has a roster of good to very good players. No real stud or game changer in one player.
But in basic lacrosse such a winning face-offs and taking groundballs ( called the 50 - 50 game ) the BJ s have been up and down. In stats, JHU is 6 - 1 if they win the groundball battle.
There were games when the Hop face-off guy, Kyle Prouty won 18 of 29 ( very good ) and Hopkins despite an 7 possession edge, won by a goal.
Erratic and peripatetic. And very much how its been for several years.

Go Jays Go !

Cooler and dryer out there, but SUNNY