NEWARK, DE – The 20^th-ranked Delaware men's lacrosse team got goals from Mike Robinson and George Ward in a 53-second span late in the fourth quarter to break a 10-10 tie with Johns Hopkins and the Blue Hens went on to a 12-10 win over the Blue Jays Sunday night at Delaware Stadium.
 
The Blue Hens led by three on five different occasions, including 9-6 early in the fourth quarter, only to have the Blue Jays pull even at 9-9 with a three-goal run over a four-minute span midway through the period.  Garrett Degnon scored the first and third goals of the spree – both off assists from Connor DeSimone – and Owen McManus scored in transition after a Josh Kirson save to pull the Blue Jays even for the first time.
 
Robinson answered 13 seconds later, only to have Degnon score his fourth of the game as the clock dripped up the four-minute mark to pull the Blue Jays even again.
 
The second and final tie of the game lasted just 58 seconds as Robinson's stuck his fifth of the game with exactly three minutes remaining and Ward's extra-man goal came 53 seconds later to seal the win for the Blue Hens.
 
Delaware jumped to its first three-goal lead at 3-0 at the end of the first quarter as the Blue Hens scored three times in the final 8:46 of the period to grab the early lead.  A Tye Kurtz goal from eight yards openend the scoring at the 8:46 mark and JP Ward found Robinson alone on the backdoor three minutes later to double the lead.
 
The Blue Jays sliced the deficit to one (4-3) midway through the second quarter by scoring three of the first four goals of the period.  Johnathan Peshko and Robinson traded goals in the first four minutes of the period before Degnon blew one home from the wing and Joey Epstein scored on a quick dodge from behind 81 seconds later to make it a one-goal game.
 
Back-to-back goals from Kurtz – the first on extra-man and the second off a rebound – pushed the lead back to three before Casey McDermott and Nick Jenson traded goals in the final 2:08 of the half to account for a 7-4 UD lead at intermission.
 
The Blue Jays held Delaware (6-2) scoreless for the first 14:51 of the third quarter and got goals from Ryan Evans and Peshko in that time to pull within 7-6, only to see the 'Hens scored twice in a span of 24 seconds between the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth to grab the 9-6 lead.  The Blue Jays were even twice down the stretch, but UD's final two tallies were the difference.
 
What It Means
• The Blue Jays slip to 4-5 on the year and wrapped up the non-conference portion of the 2022 schedule with tonight's game.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Degnon posted his second straight four-goal, one-assist game.  This was his third, four-goal game of the season.
• Peshko added two goals and has scored at least two goals in three straight games
• Epstein reached the 150-point mark for his career with one goal and three assists.
• Kirson posted 13 saves in goal for the Blue Jays.
• JHU was credited with 11 caused turnovers; this was the second time this season the Blue Jays have had 11 CTs.  Eight different players had at least one caused turnover for JHU.
 
Inside the Box Score - Delaware
• Robinson paced the Delaware attack with his five goals and Kurtz added three goals and one assist.
• Paul Reidy registered 12 saves in goal for the Blue Hens.
• Logan Premtaj won 15-of-25 faceoffs and had five ground balls in the win.
 
Up Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, March 26 when the Blue Jays welcome Michigan to Homewood Field (2 pm) for Homecoming.