Box Score The Basics
• Score: #16 Bucknell-14, Johns Hopkins-7
• Records: JHU (7-15, 2-8 MAWPC) • BU (20-6, 11-1 MAWPC)
• Location: Lewisburg, PA • Kinney Natatorium
• The Short Story: Host and 16^th-ranked Bucknell beat the Johns Hopkins water polo team, 14-7, Sunday afternoon in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference action.
 
How it Happened
• The Bison jumped out to a two-goal lead before sophomore Nico Ivanov scored at the 3:21-mark to put the Blue Jays on the board. Rade Joksimovic sandwiched a pair of goals around one from senior Ryan Masi and Bucknell led 4-2 after one.
• Joksimovic and Ivanov traded goals in the opening 65 seconds and it was a 5-3 game. Marko Djordjevic followed with back-to-back goals to push the Bison's lead to 7-3. Senior Giorgio Cico got one back for the Blue Jays with 27 seconds remaining in the half, but Jack Lewis answered with just three ticks on the clock to send Bucknell into the half up 8-4.
• Logan Schofield sandwiched a pair of goals around a strike from senior Andreas Katsis in the third as the Bison led 10-5 after three.
• Joksimovic and Lewis opened the fourth-quarter scoring to push the lead to seven with 4:28 to play. Katsis ended the spurt with his second of the afternoon, but Djordjevic and Jared Stanley answered for the Bison. Katsis buried one more for the hat trick, but Bucknell would grab the 14-7 win.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Katsis led the Blue Jays with his second straight hat trick and fourth on the season. Ivanov was the only other Blue Jay with a multi-goal game.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins wraps up the regular season on Saturday, November 10 with MAWPC games at George Washington (10 am) and Navy (3 pm).