EMMITSBURG, Md. – Johns Hopkins defeated Mount St. Mary's 18-8 in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Wednesday.

Nicole Price (White Hall, Md./North Harford) and Jen Semler (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall), the Mount's (0-1) top two scorers from 2011, paced the Mountaineers with two goals and an assist apiece. Esther Rufolo added a goal and an assist in the season opener.

Taylor D'Amore fueled the Blue Jays (2-0) with four goals and three assists. Colleen McCaffrey and Rachel Ballatori each added three tallies and an assist while Candace Rossi chipped in a marker and three assists in the winning effort.

Mount St. Mary's battled Johns Hopkins, a team receiving votes in the IWLCA Top-20 poll, close for the first 15 minutes of the game, but the Blue Jays rolled off six-straight goals and never looked back for its ninth win against the Emmitsburg program.

The Mount grabbed the early lead when Kaitlyn Larrimore (Pylesville, Md./North Harford) found the back of the twine off a Rufolo assist at 2:17 for a 1-0 edge.

Johns Hopkins responded to record five of the next six tallies to take a 5-2 advantage. D'Amore scored unassisted at the three-minute mark before McCaffrey registered back-to-back scores off feeders from Rossi at 5:11 and 6:32 for a 3-1 lead.

Lindsay Diaz (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) momentarily halted the Blue Jays surge with an unassisted tally at 8:35, but Sarah Taylor found the back of the net off an assist by Rossi seven seconds later and before D'Amore scored unassisted at 10:57 for a three-goal margin.

The Mountaineers answered with consecutive tallies to trim the margin to 5-4 and force a Johns Hopkins' timeout. Semler scored unassisted at 11:32 and then the senior connected with Price at 13:01 to make it a one-goal match.

After the timeout, the Blue Jays registered six-unanswered markers to grab an 11-4 advantage. D'Amore started the spurt at 14:33 before Taylor scored back-to-back goals at 15:34 and 16:35. Ballatori then registered consecutive scorers at 16:45 and 22:30 before D'Amore capped the run that she started with her fourth goal of the afternoon at 23:34.

Semler stopped the run and ended the scoring in the first half when she took a pass from Price at 26:10 to cut the margin to 11-5 at halftime.

Johns Hopkins opened the second half with five-straight tallies to take a 16-5 lead. McCaffrey (30:32), Rossi (32:01), Courtney Schweizer (36:26), Sammy Cermack (40:13) and Ballatori (40:53) each posted a marker in the spurt.

The Mountaineers responded with three-straight goals. Price found the twine for the second time on the day at 48:43 before Rufolo twinkled the twine off a Shelby Lyles (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Palotti) assist at 51:17. Erin Seipp (Towson, Md./Notre Dame Preparatory) then capped the three-goal outburst with her first collegiate goal with 4:48 left.

Jenna Kasmarik sealed the Blue Jays win with two goals in the final two minutes.

Brigid McTavish (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll) made seven saves for Mount St. Mary's while KC Emerson turned away four shots in the final 33:50 of the match.

Diaz paced the Mount with five draw controls and two ground balls while Price had a team-high three ground balls.

Along with Siepp, Morgan Dalton (Annapolis, Md./Archbishop Spalding), Melissa Cox (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll), Megan Gluck (Chantilly, Va./Freedom) and Hannah Gutcher (Hampstead, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) each made their collegiate debut. Cox and Seipp each made their debut in the starting lineup.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday at Temple. Match starts at 1 p.m.