OWINGS MILLS, Md. - In a battle of two of the three remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division III women's volleyball, No. 9 Johns Hopkins downed Stevenson 3-1 Thursday evening at Owings Mills Gymnasium.  Set scores were 25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 25-13.

• The first set featured a total of 11 ties.
• Johns Hopkins (21-0) scored four straight points to take a 17-14 lead on a kill by Simone Bliss.
• The Mustangs (23-1) chipped away and forged the sets 11th tie, 22-2, on a kill by Katie Leftridge after a Blue Jay attack error.
• The guests scored the next two points to go up 24-22, but with Hopkins serving for set point, a Mackenzie Blevins kill extended the set.
• A Stevenson attack error closed out the opening frame.

• The Blue Jays opened an early 8-5 lead.
• With Hopkins leading 9-6, five straight points by Stevenson with Caroline Dangel serving put the hosts on top 11-9 following back-to-back service aces.
• The Mustangs extended the lead to 19-14 on a Leftridge kill.
• Johns Hopkins closed within 20-18 before a block by Shannon Baily and Victoria Prokic and a Blue Jay attack error pushed the lead to four, 22-18.
• Stevenson tied the match on a Blevins kill.

• Johns Hopkins jumped out to leads of 7-2 and 13-7.
• The Mustangs chipped away, and a Blevins kill, followed by back-to-back Hopkins miscues, pulled the hosts within three, 17-14.
• Johns Hopkins responded with three straight points to double the lead, making it 20-14.
• The Blue Jays had five of the last six points of the frame to go up 2-1.

• The guests scored the first six points of the set and led 8-1 before Dangel opened a run of three straight Mustang points with a kill.
• Johns Hopkins scored six straight to put the set and the match away to go up 14-4.
• A Leftridge kill, followed by a Blue Jay attack error, pulled the Mustangs within 23-13, but Hopkins had the final two points to claim the match, its 21st straight win.

• Stevenson's 23-match win streak to start the season finishes tied for the best in program history.
• The Mustangs also saw a 19-match home win streak snapped.
• Stevenson hit a season-low .088 for the match, while the Blue Jays hit .193.
• Leftridge led the Mustangs with 11 kills and 12 digs, while Blevins had seven kills, six digs and five blocks.
• Baily added six kills and two blocks, while Prokic had six blocks to go with her five kills.
• Dangel registered 16 assists and seven digs, while Julie Nightwine had 11 assists and eight digs.
• Haley Hoover added four blocks.
• Attendance was a season-high 554.
• Johns Hopkins and Tufts remain the two unbeaten teams in Division III.

• Stevenson returns to action Tuesday, October 22, traveling to Marymount (Va.) for a 7 pm contest.
• The Mustangs return home the following Tuesday, October 29, hosting Alvernia in a 7 pm MAC Commonwealth match at Owings Mills Gymnasium.