BALTIMORE, MD – Mount St. Mary's jumped out to a six-goal lead and held on for a 16-12 win over Johns Hopkins in the Blue Jays' home opener.
 
After being held scoreless in the first quarter, junior Paul Gensbigler got the Blue Jays on the board at 5:34 in the second. Classmate Cameron Burns scored just 38 seconds later to make it a 6-2 game midway through the quarter. Graduate student Emerson Sullivan traded goals with the Mount over a 73-second span and it was 8-4 with 2:31 to go.
 
Mount St. Mary's then scored three straight, in a run that bridged halftime, to push out to an 11-4 lead. Gensbigler answered with his second of the night, sparking a three-goal run that saw Hopkins pull within four at the 3:48-mark. Freshman Gavin Brooke and Sullivan then sandwiched goals around a pair from the Mount and it was a 13-9 game just 11 seconds into the fourth quarter.
 
The Mount strung together three in a row as its lead grew to 16-9 with 3:09 to play. Brooke responded with a six-on-five goal, followed by back-to-back five-meter goals by Sullivan, to trim the deficit to four, but with just 26 seconds remaining.
 
Inside the Box
Goals: Sullivan-6, Gensbigler-2, Brooke-2, Burns-1, Soares-1
Assists: Housenbold-2, Mihalopoulos-2, Lo-1, Soares-1, Brooke-1, Raley-1, Sullivan
Steals: Eslami-3, Freese-3, Palfi-2, Pearson-1, Steffey-1, Sadiq-1
Saves: Pearson-8
 
Notes: Emerson Sullivan moved into 15^th place with 264 career points and ninth with 212 career goals • He posted his 12^th hat trick of the season, and his seventh game with at least five goal • Four of his six goals were five-meter goals.