BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins water polo team dropped its final two regular season games on Sunday at the Newton White Aquatic Center. Hopkins dropped a 19-11 decision to 18^th-ranked Fordham and then fell 21-11 to Navy.
 
The first quarter between the Blue Jays and the Rams was tightly contested as the teams traded goals and were tied at four heading into the second. Fordham scored three straight to open the second and push out to a 7-4 lead. Freshman Gavin Brooke and graduate student Emerson Sullivan ended the run with back-to-back goals to pull the Blue Jays back within one.
 
The Rams responded with five unanswered in a run that bridged halftime as they took a 12-6 lead with 6:31 to go in the third. Sullivan got one back for the Blue Jays, but again the Rams answered. Fordham scored six in a row as its lead ballooned to 11 with 7:22 to play. Brooke, freshmen Daniel Palfi and Quint Steffey combined for four goals in the final seven minutes, sandwiched around a Rams' goal, to account for the 19-11 final.
 
In the nightcap, Hopkins held an early 3-2 lead after goals from freshman Dado Soares and sophomore Chris Lo. Navy tied the game with a Holden Seybold goal that sparked a 10-2 run as the Mids stormed out to a 12-5 lead at the half.
 
Jake Altmayer opened the third-quarter scoring to push Navy's lead to eight just 71 seconds in. Sullivan answered with back-to-back goals, followed by another Soares score to make it a 13-8 game with 2:45 to go in the third. Navy closed the quarter with a 3-1 spurt to take a 16-9 lead into the fourth quarter. The Mids picked up right where they left, scoring the four straight to push their lead to 20-9. Seniors Chris Freese and Kami Eslami scored back-to-back goals, followed by a Erik Nordquist goal for Navy to close out the game.

Hopkins returns to action in two weeks at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Championship. 
 
Inside the Box • Fordham
Goals: Sullivan-4, Steffey-2, Brooke-2, Gensbigler-1, MIhalopoulos-1, Palfi-1
Assists: Soares-3, Berke-2, Eslami-2, Poisler-1, Mihalopoulos-1, Brooke-1, Palfi-1
Steals: Berke-2, Eslami-1, Palfi-1, Soares-1
Saves: Eslami-5, Raley-5
 
Inside the Box • Navy
Goals: Sullivan-3, Freese-2, Soares-2, Burns-1, Eslami-1, Brooke-1, Lo-1
Assists: Sullivan-1, Sadiq-1, Burns-1, Freese-1, Brooke-1, Soares-1
Steals: Sadiq-2, Sullivan-1, Eslami-1
Saves: Sadiq-8
 
Notes: Soares broke the program record for assists by a freshman with three against Fordham • He now has a team-best 46 assists on the season • Sullivan notched the 300^th point of his career versus the Mids • He is the 11^th player in program history to reach the milestone.