BALTIMORE, MD – Visiting Fordham used an 11-3 third quarter to pull away en route to a 28-11 win over the Johns Hopkins water polo team Sunday morning.
 
The Rams jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the game's first five and a half minutes. Sophomore Dado Soares and freshman Owen Bartlett scored back-to-back goals to pull back within two with 1:14 to go in the quarter. Jacopo Parrella and Luca Silvestri scored twice in the final minute to put Fordham 7-3 after one.
 
Parrella opened the second quarter with a six-on-five goal to push the lead to five. The Blue Jays answered with three straight from Soares, senior Seth Berke and freshman Max Blecher and just like that it was a two-goal game with 5:42 to go. George Papinakolaou scored a five-meter goal to spark a seven-goal run as the Rams pushed out to a 15-6 lead early in the third.
 
Sophomore Gavin Brooke halted the run at the 7:16-mark, but Fordham responded with a five-goal spurt and it was 20-7 with 3:50 left. Sophomore Daniel Palfi and Brooke sandwiched goals around a strike from Jagger McMannis to make it 21-9 with 2:36 on the clock. Christopher Gray answered for the Rams and sparked a 4-0 run as they pushed out to a 25-9 lead after three.
 
Sophomore Jason Mihalopoulos scored a six-on-five goal, followed by a strike from Soares and it was 25-11. But once again Fordham answered with three straight and the lead was 17. Junior Mark Poisler capped the scoring with a five-meter goal at the 2:35-mark.
 
Brooke and Soares led the Blue Jays with three goals each. Brooke also notched the 100^th point of his career. Mihalopoulos (1g, 1a), Bartlett (1g, 1a) and Palfi (1g, 1a) also had multi-point games.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Friday, October 6 at Navy. The MAWPC contest is scheduled for a 7:00 pm start.