ANN ARBOR, MI – The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team picked up the first win of the Peter Milliman era on Saturday as the Blue Jays used an 11-1 run that bridged the second and fourth quarters to fuel a 14-7 win at Michigan.  The win improves the Blue Jays' record to 1-1 (1-1 B1G), while the Wolverines slip to 0-2 (0-2).
 
Johns Hopkins trailed by two on three different occasions in the first 19 minutes and was down 4-2 when junior Joey Epstein picked the top far corner from the wing with 11:05 to play in the second quarter while the Blue Jays were up a main.  That ignited a 5-0 run in the period that eventually grew to the 11-1 surge that put the game away.
 
Epstein's EMO strike was the first of three straight he would score as he beat the shot clock with a flag down at the 7:43 mark and scored another from the wing less than a minute later to give the Blue Jays their first lead of the game at 5-4 with just under seven minutes left in the first half.
 
A Cole Williams goal at the 2:41 mark made it 6-4, but Avery Myers scored at buzzer before halftime to make it a one-goal game at 6-5 at intermission.
 
Johns Hopkins put the game away in a third period that saw them get goals from five different players and outscore the Wolverines 6-0 to go up 12-5 at the end of three periods.  Senior Connor DeSimone scored both of his goals in the period and the Blue Jays also got goals from Jack Keogh, Brett Baskin, Garrett Degnon and Jacob Angelus in the game-turning 15-minutes.  In addition to his goal, Keogh assisted on the Degnon and Angelus goals in the period.
 
Epstein would complete his six-goal afternoon with a pair of fourth-quarter extra-man strikes, both of which were assisted by DeSimone.  Bryce Clay and Myers scored in the final quarter for Michigan, which was held to just three goals in the final 41 minutes after grabbing the 4-2 lead in the opening 18:14 of the game.
 
Epstein's six-goal effort led the way for Johns Hopkins, which got goals and points from eight different players in the victory.  DeSimone matched Epstein's six points with a two-goal, four-assist effort, while Angelus (1g, 3a), Keogh (1g, 2a) and Williams (1g, 1a) added multi-point games of their own.  In all, 10 of Johns Hopkins' 14 goals were assisted on the day.
 
Michael Boehm scored twice and added an assist and Myers scored the two goals to power Michigan.  The Wolverines held slight advantages in shots (34-33), ground balls (31-28) and faceoffs (12-11), but UM turned the ball over 21 times, including 14 in the second and third quarters combined when Johns Hopkins outscored the hosts 11-2.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, March 6 when the Blue Jays travel to Maryland.  Faceoff in College Park is set for 1 pm.
 
Notes:  The six goals are one shy of Epstein's career-high of seven and his three EMO goals are one shy of the school record (a record he co-holds with Patrick Fraser and Terry Riordan) • The six points for DeSimone and three points for Keogh are career highs, while Angelus tied his career high with four points • Degnon has scored a goal in a team-best eight straight games • Williams' third-quarter assist was his 125^th career point • Today's game was the first game Johns Hopkins has ever played on February 27 … this was the only date between February 15 and May 31 that Johns Hopkins had never played on.