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The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-24, La Salle-5
• Records: JHU (7-10, 2-3 MAWPC) • LSU (2-18, 0-10 MAWPC)
• Location: Philadelphia, PA • Kirk Pool
• The Short Story: Despite losing senior goalie Spencer Witte early to an injury, the Johns Hopkins water polo team cruised to a 24-5 win over host La Salle Friday night.
 
How it Happened
• Witte suffered an injury before the game was three minutes old and was replaced by senior utility Giorgio Cico. Sophomore John Murphy had already given the Blue Jays' a 1-0 lead on the first of his two goals. Tyler Williams sandwiched a pair of goals around a strike from freshman Emerson Sullivan and the game was tied at two. The teams continued to trade goals until a late three-goal spurt by the Blue Jays gave them a 7-4 lead after one.
• Senior Josh Kurtz opened the second-quarter scoring with back-to-back goals to push the lead to five by the midway point. Seniors Andreas Katsis and Ryan Masi followed with a goal apiece before Kurtz got two more to make it a 13-4 game at the half.
• Katsis sandwiched goals around one from Masi in the opening two minutes of the third and the Blue Jays' lead was 16-4. Sophomore Stephen Schmidt then turned the same trick, with Kurtz scoring in between, and it was 19-4 with 3:52 left in the third. Jacob Camacho scored for the Explorers with one minute to go to end the Blue Jays' 15-0 run.
• Kurtz buried his sixth of the game, followed by back-to-back Sullivan goals to put Hopkins up 22-5 at the 6:13-mark in the fourth. Katsis then scored a pair, including his sixth of the game, to account for the 24-5 final.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 5-0 all-time against La Salle, including 3-0 this season. The Blue Jays have outscored the Explorers 69-24, this season.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Kurtz tied his season high with six goals and also handed out an assist to go with two ejections drawn. Katsis scored a career-best six goals and matched his high with six points while also grabbing four steals. His fifth goal of the game was the 100^th of his career, the third active player to reach the milestone (Kurtz, Cico)
• Sophomore Nico Ivanov dished a career-best five helpers and tied his high with six points. He now needs just four points to reach 100 for his career.
• Sullivan (4g) and Schmidt (3g) also had hat tricks. Masi totaled two points (1g, 1a) to go with three steals and an ejection drawn.
• Cico playing in goal for the first time in his career, made five saves and allowed just five goals. Witte made one save without allowing a goal before leaving with an injury.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action at 11:00 am Saturday as the Blue Jays visit the Fordham Rams. Hopkins will then travel to Wagner for a 4:00 pm match.