Johns Hopkins–Virginia lacrosse rivalry

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Johns Hopkins–Virginia lacrosse rivalry
First meeting1904
Johns Hopkins 9, Virginia 0
Latest meetingMarch 2, 2024
#7 Johns Hopkins 16, #2 Virginia 14
TrophyDoyle Smith Cup
Statistics
Meetings total97
All-time seriesJohns Hopkins leads, 62–34–1
Trophy seriesVirginia leads, 12–8
Largest victoryJohns Hopkins, 15–0 (1931)
Longest win streakJohns Hopkins, 10 (1904–1951, 1980–1986)
Current win streakJohns Hopkins, 1 (2024–Present)

The Johns Hopkins–Virginia lacrosse rivalry is an

USILA Man of the Year Award.[3]

The rivalry features two of the three most dominant programs in lacrosse history, with the Jays and Cavaliers winning nine and seven national titles respectively since the creation of the

NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.[4] The series has contained 16 NCAA postseason matchups, with Hopkins leading those matches 10–6.[5] An annual fixture from 1948 to 2019, Johns Hopkins leads the series 62–32–1 through 2024 thanks largely to its early dominance, but Virginia has held the upper hand, 20–14, since 1994.[4]

These rivals have met three times to decide national titles, with the Cavaliers defeating the Blue Jays for their first and third NCAA championships (

in 1980
(in two overtimes) for their third consecutive and fourth overall NCAA championship.

Series history

Pre-NCAA era (1900s to 1970s)

The teams first squared off in 1904, meeting twice during the season. At this time, lacrosse was not recognized as a varsity sport at Virginia.[7] A 22 year gap would follow before playing again during the second "official" year of lacrosse for the Cavs.[7] These six early games all resulted in large Hopkins victories, as the Jays outscored UVA by a margin of 72–4. The series would resume in 1948 and become an annual game.[8] In 1952, the Cavaliers beat Hopkins for the first time, winning a narrow 13–12 game. Virginia would claim its first national championship that season, heralding the programs arrival at the top of the sport.[9] After the win in Baltimore, the teams met the following season in Charlottesville for the inaugural match at home for the Cavs against the Jays. Virginia would again triumph, but would not notch another win until 1963. Through the 1969 season, the series was firmly under Hopkins' control, as they held a 24–3–1 advantage against their southern rival.[4]

Increasing national significance (1970s to 1990s)

The 1972 season was a crucial one in the history of the rivalry. Hopkins had taken the regular season matchup but the teams would meet again for the first time in the

The following year, the teams would again meet for a postseason rematch, this time won by Johns Hopkins in the Final Four,[12][13]
by way of four goals from Rick Kowalchuk and three from Franz Wittelsberger. The regular season meeting was also significant as the first between the schools when ranked #1 and #2, incidentally, in the inaugural year of the polls.

Another important period began in 1979, as JHU and UVA played in four consecutive tournaments. The

quarterfinals behind five Chase Monroe goals.[17] A mid-game confrontation between Monroe and teammate Quint Kessenich, a future ESPN and ABC sports analyst, was also noted.[17]

The Blue Jays generally held the advantage during this stretch of the rivalry's history, only dropping two games between UVA's 1972 title win and a 1987 regular season victory by Virginia. However, the series was a must-see fixture, with both teams ranked in the Top 10 of the polls, and often the Top 5. The first game since the introduction of the weekly polls in 1972 to not feature Top 10 teams was in 2004, in which Virginia entered the game ranked #17. Indeed, each game of the rivalry's modern history has occurred between two ranked teams, as of 2020.

Dom Starsia flips the narrative (1990s to 2010s)

Virginia takes on rival Johns Hopkins

Legendary UVA head coach

2003, the two would square off in their first title game matchup since 1980.[23] Playing at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, #2 Virginia would beat #1 Johns Hopkins in their own backyard by a 9–7 score. Goalie Tillman Johnson, UVA's all-time saves leader at 204, was named tournament MOP after saving 13 Hopkins shots.[24]

In addition to the annual regular season game, the programs would meet in two additional postseason games before the end of the decade. In the

Four years later, the Cavaliers routed Hopkins 19 to 8 behind five Shamel Bratton goals for the worst postseason defeat in Blue Jays history.[26] Virginia advanced to their fourth Final Four in five years and secured the 300th career victory for Starsia. The first game played for the Doyle Smith Cup occurred in 2006,[3] won by a 12–6 score by #1 Virginia. Since the introduction of the trophy,[3] UVA leads the series 10 to 7. Beginning in this period, the increasing importance of recruiting rankings in collegiate lacrosse added a new dimension to the rivalry, due to the national brand presence for the historic powers.[27]

Recent years (2010 to present)

In 2011, Johns Hopkins snapped a six game skid to Virginia with a 12–11 victory. One new element of the rivalry began in 2014, when attackman Wells Stanwick, younger brother of former Cavaliers star

2015 tournaments, unseeded Hopkins defeated the Cavaliers in Charlottesville in the first round.[29] The 2014 postseason contest enabled JHU head coach Dave Pietramala to tie former coach Bob Scott for the most career victories at the university.[30] In 2018, Hopkins overcame a seven goal halftime deficit to stun UVA at Klockner Stadium.[31] The most recent meeting in 2019 was the 94th of the rivalry's history. A five goal victory[32] for the Cavaliers stretched their recent advantage to 19 of the last 31 meetings.[33] The Blue Jays ended the 2010s with a 7–5 advantage, including five overtime games in eight meetings[31] with four straight in regular season games.[34] In 2020, the series was scheduled for interruption for the first time since it became an annual fixture in 1948.[8] After Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten Conference for men's lacrosse in 2015,[35][36] it has had increasing difficulty to maintain all of its historical rivalries in conjunction with a slate of conference games; Hopkins also had to temporarily cancel its series with Navy for the 2018 and 2019 seasons for similar reasons.[37]

Rival accomplishments

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.[4][9][38]

Team Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Virginia Cavaliers
NCAA National Titles
9 7
Pre-NCAA National Titles 35 2
NCAA Final Four Appearances 29 24
NCAA Tournament Appearances 47 40
NCAA Tournament Record 71–38 55–33
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage .651 .625
Conference Tournament Titles 2 7
Conference Championships 1 25
Tewaarton Award Recipients 1 3
Lt. Raymond Enners Award Recipients 11 4
Consensus First Team All-Americans 184 70
All-time Program Record 993–346–15 661–372–6
All-time Winning Percentage .739 .639

Game results

Johns Hopkins victoriesVirginia victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1904
2015
Charlottesville, VA #10 Johns Hopkins 19–7
91 2016 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 13–12OT
92 2017 Baltimore, MD #18 Johns Hopkins 18–17OT
93 2018 Charlottesville, VA #9 Johns Hopkins 15–13
94 2019 Baltimore, MD #9 Virginia 16–11
95 2022 Charlottesville, VA #2 Virginia 19–8
96 2023 Baltimore, MD #1 Virginia 18–13
97 2024 Charlottesville, VA #7 Johns Hopkins 16–14
Series: Johns Hopkins leads 62–34–1
Source:[39]


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