Box Score The Basics
• Scores:
Johns Hopkins-14, Lindenwood-6 (Exhibition)
Johns Hopkins-21, La Salle-4
• Records: JHU (2-1) • LSU (0-3)
• Location: Annapolis, MD • Lejeune Hall • Scott Natatorium
• The Short Story: Hopkins opened the second day of the Navy Labor Day Open with an exhibition win over Lindenwood. JHU then rolled past La Salle, 21-4, to wrap up the opening weekend.
 
How it Happened • Lindenwood
• Hopkins jumped out to a 3-1 lead with 1:39 left in the first quarter but a last-second goal by Lindenwood made it a one-goal match at the quarter break. The Blue Jays responded with six unanswered goals in the second to go into the half with an 8-2 lead. 
• The teams traded goals in the third quarter and Hopkins held an 11-4 lead going into the final period. The Blue Jays picked up where they left off to start the fourth, scoring the first two goals to push their lead to 13-4. Lindenwood then sandwiched a pair of goals around one from JHU in the final 2:14 to account for the 14-6 final.
 
How it Happened • La Salle
• Hopkins scored the game's first seven goals in a run that spanned the opening 12minutes. Sophomore Nico Ivanov fueled the game-opening run with a pair of goals. The Explorers got on the board with 2:49 to play in the second and scored the next four goals to make it just a three-goal game with 1:41 left in the half.
• Freshman Emerson Sullivan ended La Salle's run with an ejection goal at 55 seconds. That sparked a run that saw Hopkins score the final 14 goals of the game.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 3-0 all-time against La Salle, with all three wins coming by double digits.
• The Blue Jays' 21 goals are their most in a game since a 21-1 win over Connecticut College on October 24, 2015. It is also the largest margin of victory for JHU since that same game.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Junior Finn Banks scored a game-high four goals versus Lindenwood, while freshman Jayden Kunwar added a hat trick.
• Sophomore Olin Shipstead led the Blue Jays with a career-best four goals. Ivanov had a hat trick, the first of the season and third of his career.
• Banks, Kunwar and sophomores John Murphy and Stephen Schmidt had two goals apiece.
• With 2:49 to play in the second quarter versus La Salle, senior Josh Kurtz scored his 100^th career goal.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins travels to Princeton, NJ for the Princeton Invitational next weekend. JHU opens the tournament against Santa Clara at 9:00 pm on Friday, September 7.