Baltimore—Eleventh-ranked Johns Hopkins
used an efficient offense in the first half and a dominating
face-off effort in the second half to defeat UMBC, 16-5, in the
Konica-Minolta Face-Off Classic played before 17,057 fans at
M&T Bank Stadium.
The Blue Jays improved to 5-1 on the campaign, while the
Retrievers dropped their third consecutive game to fall to 1-3.
UMBC sophomore midfielder Dave Brown (Coopersburg,
Pa./The Hill School) scored a pair of goals for UMBC, while
sophomore attackman Joe Lustgarten (Wading River,
N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River) contributed a goal and an
assist.
Hopkins scored just five seconds into the game and built a 3-0
lead at the with 4:44 remaining in the first quarter. The
Retrievers briefly cut the deficit to 3-1 as sophomore Scott
Hopmann(Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) scored his
7th goal of the season with 1:10 in the stanza, but
the Blue Jays closed the quarter with a midfield dodge and score by
John Ranagan with 11 seconds to play .
UMBC appeared to settle down as the teams exchanged four goals
to open the second quarter. Junior attackman Rob
Grimm (Black River, N.Y./Carthage) and Brown equalized Blue
Jay scores and UMBC was within 6-3 with 8:28 left in the second
quarter.
But the Blue Jays scored three goals in a 3:11 span to take a
9-3 halftime lead. Hopkins scored on nine of 21 first-half
shots.
JHU won all 11 face-offs in the second half and built the lead
to 13-3 before Lustgarten finished on a two-on-one with 1:14 to
play in the third quarter. The Retrievers went 22:04 without a
score.
UMBC sophomore netminder Adam Cohen (Arnold, Md./The
Severn School) made his first start of the season and
recorded 11 saves.
Blue Jay attackman Chris Boland led all scorers with five goals
and an assist while Ranagan added two goals and three helpers.
The Retrievers face national power Maryland in College Park on
Friday, March 18 at 8:00 p.m.
