Hopkins Halts Four-Game Skid in Big Way
from press release
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Johns Hopkins
men’s lacrosse team sprinted to a 7-1 halftime lead and had
13 different players score in a 19-7 victory over Albany before a
Homecoming crowd of 4,508 at Homewood Field Saturday
afternoon. The win snaps a four-game losing streak for the
Blue Jays, who improve to 5-5 on the year and 8-1 all-time against
the Great Danes. The 19 goals are the most for Johns Hopkins
since April 3, 2006, when JHU defeated Mount St. Mary’s,
19-6.
After spotting Albany (2-8) an early 1-0 lead, the Blue Jays held
the Great Danes scoreless for the final 21 minutes of the first
half and netted seven goals themselves during that time.
Junior Kyle Wharton (Garnet Valley, PA/Haverford School) scored
twice in the first half and Johns Hopkins eventually built the
halftime lead to 9-1 with a pair of goals in the first 58 seconds
of the third quarter.
Four of JHU’s first nine goals were scored by freshmen,
including a pair by newcomer John Ranagan (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown),
and the Blue Jays scored in bunches during the first 31 minutes of
the game. Hopkins needed just over two minutes to net its
first three goals late in the first quarter, scored four more goals
in a span of 2:11 midway through the second quarter and needed
exactly 58 seconds to score twice to open the second half.
Albany sliced into the 9-1 deficit with a 3-1 run midway through
the third quarter that included an extra-man goal by Kyle Brunk
(Gilbert, AZ/Gilbert) and a man-down goal by Dave Brock
(Burlington, Ontario/Nelson), but freshman John Greeley (Lafayette,
NY/Lafayette) scored his fourth goal of the season off a nice skip
pass from Ranagan with 5:27 remaining in the third quarter to halt
the Albany spree and the ‘Danes were never closer than seven
over the final 20 minutes of the game.
After carrying a 12-4 lead into the fourth quarter, the Blue Jays
outscored the Great Danes 7-2 over the final 15 minutes to account
for the final scoring. Included in those seven goals were the
first career goals for seniors Conor Cassidy (Potomac, MD/Landon)
and Zach Tedeschi (Denver, CO/Denver East) and freshman Chris
Lightner (Timonium, MD/Calvert Hall).
On a day when the Blue Jays got nine goals and two assists from
their freshman, it was Ranagan who led the way with three goals and
one assist. The hat trick is the first of his career.
Seniors Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) and Steven Boyle (Derry,
NH/Pinkerton Academy) added two goals and three assists apiece and
Wharton (2g, 1a) and freshman Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill
Academy) (2g) also netted a pair of goals for the Blue Jays, who
held advantages in shots (46-31), ground balls (42-39) and faceoffs
(16-of-29). Freshman Pierce Bassett (Scottsdale, AZ/Brophy
Prep) made his second straight start in goal for the Blue Jays and
posted eight saves while allowing six goals in just under 55
minutes of action.
Brock led the Great Danes with two goals and one assist and Daley
Baker (Cleveland Heights, OH/Cleveland Heights) scored twice, but
Albany went more than 24 minutes without scoring after taking the
early 1-0 lead and finished the first half with nearly as many
turnovers (10) as shots (11) in falling behind 7-1 at
halftime. John Carroll (Nesconset, NY/Smithtown East) posted
15 saves in goal for the Great Danes before leaving the game with
just over nine minutes remaining. He allowed 16 of
JHU’s 19 goals in the game.
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, April 17 when the
Blue Jays place Maryland in the second game of the Smartlink Day of
Rivals at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium. Army will
play Navy at 4 pm that day with the JHU-Maryland game to follow at
approximately 6:30 pm.
Albany (2-8) 1-0-4-2/7
#15 Johns Hopkins (5-5) 3-4-5-7/19
Goals: A: Brock-2, Baker-2, Kreuzer, Brunk,
Fuller. J: Ranagan-3, Kimmel-2, Boyle-2, Wharton-2,
Palmer-2, Greeley, Matthews, Donovan, Palasek, Cassidy, Lightner,
Tedeschi, Coppersmith. Assists: A: Caufield,
Brock, Kelly, Stewart. J: Boyle-3, Kimmel-3, Duerr, Greeley,
Ranagan, Wharton. Saves: A: Carroll-15,
Behling-1. J: Bassett-8, Burke-0, Van Syckle-2.
Shots: A-31. J-46. EMO: A:
1-for-3. J: 0-for-2. Attendance: 4.508.
