Oct. 23, 2010

JHU-Penn State Behrend Box Score in PDF Format

JHU-MIT Box Score in PDF Format

NEW LONDON, CT - The Johns Hopkins water polo team will be in a familiar place on Sunday as the Blue Jays will play for their 13^th Division III Eastern Championship after knocking off Penn St. Behrend (24-5) and MIT (14-13) in the first round and semifinals, respectively, on Saturday at Connecticut College. MIT came back and beat Connecticut College in the consolation bracket (13-3) and will meet JHU for the title at 11:30 am on Sunday.

The Blue Jays had little trouble beating fifth-seeded Penn St. Behrend in its first game as 14 different players scored en route to the 19-goal margin of victory. Sophomore Alex Whittam led six multi-goal scorers for JHU as he scored a game-high five goals, while classmate Charlie Weintraub added a hat trick to help lead the way.

Senior Jermey Selbst made 10 saves with four steals in the win for the top-seeded Blue Jays.

MIT advanced to the semifinal showdown with the Blue Jays with an 18-4 win of its own against Penn St. Behrend.

Whittam punched up his second straight five-goal effort in the win over the Engineers to lead four multi-goal scorers for the Blue Jays. Sophomore Eli Levitt chipped in with a hat trick and Ross Schoefield and Kielan Crow both added two goals to help Hopkins advance to the championship game for the 19^th time in school history. While Selbst had 13 saves and seven steals.

Division III Eastern Championships

1^st Round
Johns Hopkins-24, Penn St. Behrend-5

Goals: JHU: Barrett 1, Zepfel 1, Heeter 1, Clark 1, Levitt 2, Regheb 1, Strickland 1, Whittam 5, Weintraub 3, Flemming 2, Schofield 1, Maurer 2, Kingery 1, Gillette 2. PSB: McGarry 1, Khan 1, Loukides 2, Hyrne 1.
Saves: JHU: Selbst 10. PSB: Dunleavy 9.

Semifinals
Johns Hopkins-14, MIT-13

Goals: JHU: Crow 2, Levitt 3, Lyon 1, Whittman 5, Schofield 2, Kingery 1. MIT: Otasvic 2, Gardiner 2, Stephens 2, Cheney 2, Mattfolk 1, Preis 4.
Saves: JHU: Selbst 13. MIT: Leonard 2.

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