Boyle's Career Night Leads Hopkins in Opener
from press release
BALTIMORE, Md. - Senior attackman Steven Boyle
(Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy) scored a career-high six goals and
totaled a personal-best eight points and the fifth-ranked Johns
Hopkins men's lacrosse team held visiting Manhattan scoreless for
the first 53:12 as the Blue Jays opened the 2010 season with a 14-3
win over the Jaspers at chilly Homewood Field Friday evening.
Hopkins scored all 14 of its goals in the first three quarters
before Manhattan scored three unanswered to close the game.
Boyle had a hand in seven of JHU's first nine goals as he scored
five times and handed out both of his assists in the first 32
minutes of the game. He scored back-to-back unassisted goals in the
first seven minutes to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead before Mike
Maydick (Chatham, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) and Michael Kimmel (Towson,
MD/Loyola) scored back-to-back goals in a seven-minute span to push
the lead to 4-0 early in the second quarter.
While the Blue Jay defense was limiting the Jaspers to three
combined shots in the second and third quarters, Boyle helped put
the game away as he counted three goals and two assists on JHU's
five goals after Kimmel's tally. He sandwiched assists on goals by
Nate Matthews (Baltimore, MD/St. Paul's) and Hunter Rodgers
(Paradise Valley, AZ/Brophy Prep) around his third goal of the game
to make it 7-0 at the half and needed just 96 seconds of the third
quarter to added two more goals to make it 9-0.
Hopkins added five more goals in the final six minutes of the
third quarter to make it 14-0 after three periods. Included was the
first career goal by freshman Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill
Academy), two more by Matthews and goals 60-seconds apart by Boyle
and sophomore Will McCance (The Woodlands, TX/The Woodlands).
Manhattan's James Synowiez (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy)
sandwiched a pair of extra-man goals around a tally by Tyler Sabens
(Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) in the final 6:47 to account for the final
scoring. The Jaspers took 16 of their 23 shots, grabbed 11 of their
24 ground balls and earned three of their five faceoff wins in the
fourth quarter. Junior Jon Fiorillo (Painted Post, NY/Corning
West), made his first career start in goal for the Jaspers and
totaled 12 saves.
Senior Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park) registered
five saves in 47 minutes of action for Johns Hopkins before giving
way to sophomore Steven Burke (Potomac, MD/Bullis School), who
posted four saves while allowing three goals over the final 13
minutes. Johns Hopkins allowed just seven shots and forced 19
turnovers in the first three quarters. The 53:12 the Blue Jays held
the Jaspers scoreless is the longest single-game shutout streak for
Johns Hopkins under head coach Dave Pietramala. The previous long
was 49:11 against Mount St. Mary's in 2008.
Boyle had twice scored four goals in a game and his previous
career-high of seven points came in a 15-7 win against Navy last
season. Matthews tallied the first hat trick of his career and
Kimmel added an assist to go along with his second quarter goal.
The Blue Jays held commanding advantages in shots (40-23), ground
balls (45-24) and faceoffs (15-of-20). Senior Michael Powers
(Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) and junior Matt Dolente (Phoenixville,
PA/Malvern Prep) were an identical 7-of-9 on faceoffs for the Blue
Jays.
Johns Hopkins improved to 8-2 in season-openers under Pietramala,
who picked up career victory number 130 with the win. The Blue Jays
will return to action on Tuesday, February 23 when they host
Delaware at 5 pm on ESPNU.
Manhattan (0-1) 0-0-0-3/3
#5 Johns Hopkins (1-0) 3-4-7-0/14
Goals: M: Synowiez-2, Sabesn. J: Boyle-6, Matthews-3, Kimmel,
Rodgers, Palmer, McCance, Maydick. Assists: M: Sabens. J: Boyle-2,
Kimmel, Donovan, Wharton. Saves: M: Fiorillo-12. J: Gvozden-5,
Burke-4. Shots: M-23. J-40. EMO: M: 2-for-4. J: 0-for-2.
Attendance: 1,400.
