The Basics
• Scores: #10 Johns Hopkins-11, #8 MIT-10 (3OT)
• Records: JHU (4-13) • MIT (7-11)
• Location: New London, CT • Lott Natatorium
• The Short Story: Senior Jayden Kunwar scored a five-meter goal in the third overtime to lift the Johns Hopkins water polo team to an 11-10 win over top-seeded MIT Sunday afternoon in the CWPA Division III Eastern Championship.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped out to a two-goal lead on goals by Kunwar and junior Chris Freese, but MIT answered with three of its own to take a 3-2 lead after one.
• Senior Emerson Sullivan scored just 21 seconds into the second to tie the game at three. The Engineers then got back-to-back goals from Miller Geschke and Kaden DiMarco to go up 5-3 with 5:25 to play in the half. Sullivan scored just over two minutes later to spark a three-goal Blue Jay run that saw JHU take a 6-5 lead into the half.
• The teams traded goals over the first 2:06 of the third and Hopkins led 8-7. Jack King and Geschke scored a pair of goals in the final 2:36 to grab the lead for the Engineers heading into the fourth.
• Kyle Sandell scored 20 seconds into the fourth quarter to stake MIT to a 10-8 lead. Just 10 seconds later, Sullivan scored to pull the Blue Jays back within one. Sullivan then tied the game with a man-up goal with 2:03 to play in regulation.
• Hopkins and MIT played through the first two overtimes without a score. Then 25 seconds into the first sudden death period, the Blue Jays drew a five-meter. Kunwar cashed in on the penalty shot to give the Blue Jays the title.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 31-12 all-time against MIT, including 19-7 at the CWPA DIII Eastern Championship.
• The Blue Jays are 76-9 all-time in the CWPA DIII Eastern Championship with 19 titles.
• Sullivan was named the championship MVP and head coach Max Schlegel earned Coach of the Tournament honors. Sullivan also earned first team all-tournament team honors, along with Kunwar and freshman Kyle Pearson. Senior Jake Pearson earned second team accolades.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Sullivan finished with a game-high four goals to go with two steals and a block. Kunwar notched five points (3g, 2a), drew three ejections and had two steals. Sullivan is now tied for 22^nd in school history with 177 career points and is 19^th with 144 career goals.
• Jake Pearson totaled two points (1g, 1a), three steals and a drawn ejection. He now ranks 18^th in JHU history with 90 career steals. Junior Kamran Eslami and sophomore Cameron Burns tallied two points and two assists each.
• Kyle Pearson made 11 saves and also had three steals in the cage.  
 
Up Next
• Hopkins travels to New York on Saturday, October 30 to take on Fordham and Wagner. The Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference games are slated for 11:00 am and 4:00 pm, respectively.