BALTIMORE — Facing a dangerous Johns Hopkins offense, No. 4 Maryland women’s lacrosse couldn’t afford many defensive mistakes.
In the second half, it made only three.
Maryland turned a 5-5 halftime tie into an eventual 13-8 victory over the No. 8 Blue Jays (10-4, 2-2 Big Ten for its fifth top-10 victory of the season.
“I thought our defense played great,” Maryland head coach Cathy Reese said, “[Hopkins] is very well balanced and I thought our team defended it well.”
The Blue Jays struck first in the opening minute when attacker Ava Angello scored the first of her four goals.