April 28, 2008

Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins got two goals apiece from Steven Boyle (Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy), Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) and Austin Walker (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) and the Blue Jay defense held visiting Mount St. Mary's scoreless for the final 49:11 as the fifth-ranked Hopkins men's lacrosse team eased past visiting Mount St. Mary's, 12-1, at Homewood Field Monday night. The win is the fourth straight for the Blue Jays, who improve to 7-5 with the victory, while Mount St. Mary's dropped its second straight and ends the season at 2-12.

Hopkins needed just 49 seconds to open the scoring as Boyle one-timed a feed to the crease from Paul Rabil (Gaithersburg, MD/DeMatha) past Mountaineer goalie T.C. DiBartolo (Bowie, MD/Archibishop Spaulding). An unassisted goal by Kimmel six minutes later gave the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead, but Jon Rodrick (Plaistow, NH/Timberlane Regional) answered three-and-a-half minutes later for the Mount when he split the defense down the middle and fired a low shot past Blue Jay goalie Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park).

A tenacious Hopkins ride forced a Mount St. Mary's turnover late in the quarter and senior Kevin Huntley (Towson, MD/Calvert Hall) cashed in on the breakaway with 1:45 remaining in the period and Walker's first of the game 56 seconds later made it 4-1 at the end of the first quarter.

DiBartolo came up with seven second-quarter saves and held the Blue Jays at bay until late in the period when Kimmel fired home his second of the game on an ally dodge with 2:17 remaining. A Rabil extra-man goal with four seconds remaining in the opening half sent the Blue Jays to intermission with a 6-1 lead.

Any hopes of a comeback for The Mount were dashed in the first six minutes of the third period as senior Stephen Peyser (Lloyd Harbor, NY/Cold Spring Harbor) needed just 13 seconds to net his 16th goal of the season and Boyle dodged from behind the goal and beat DiBartolo from in tight with 9:39 remaining. Tom Duerr (Manasquan, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) scored late in the period for the Blue Jays, who also got fourth-quarter goals from Josh Peck (Annapolis, MD/Broadneck), Walker and Tim Donovan (Parkton, MD/Loyola) to close out the scoring.

Gvozden made seven saves and allowed just the one goal before departing with just over six minutes remaining in regulation. His efforts keyed a defensive showing that resulted in the fewest goals the Blue Jays have allowed since April 24, 1999 when Hopkins beat Navy, 11-1. Nine different players scored for Johns Hopkins with Boyle, Kimmel and Walker leading the way with the two goals apiece. Huntley and Rabil also netted two points in the win with one goal and one assist.

DiBartolo was spectacular in goal for the Mountaineers as he finished with 15 saves before giving way to A.J. Schauffler (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernardsville) with 7:39 remaining in the fourth quarter. Rodrick's unassisted goal was the only shot that found the net for Mount St. Mary's, which was outshot 44-28 and turned the ball over 16 times in the loss.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday when the Blue Jays travel up Charles St. to take on Loyola in the regular season finale.

Mount St. Mary's (2-12) 1-0-0-0/1
#5 Johns Hopkins (7-5) 4-2-3-3/12

Goals: M: Rodrick. J: Walker-2, Kimmel-2, Boyle-2, Rabil, Huntley, Peyser, Duerr, Peck, Donovan. Assists: M: None. J: Bryan, Huntley, Rabil. Saves: M: DiBartolo-15, Schauffler-0. J: Gvozden-7, Sheain-2, Matthews-0. Shots: M-28. J-44. EMO: M: 0-for-2. J: 1-for-1. Attendance: 675.

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