BALTIMORE, MD – Host Loyola jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead and then outscored visiting Johns Hopkins 5-0 to open the third quarter as the Greyhounds knocked off the Blue Jays, 13-8, at the Ridley Athletic Complex Saturday afternoon.  The Greyhounds improve to 2-0 on the year, while the Blue Jays slip to 2-2.
 
Up four at the start of the second half, the Greyhounds got an extra-man goal from Seth Higgins just under four minutes into the third quarter to jump-start the five-goal run that put the game away.  Max McGillicuddy added a slow transition goal two minutes after Higgins' tally and the 'Hounds added three goals in a four-minute span late in the period to push out to the 11-2 lead.  A Luke Murphy extra-man goal jump-started the late spurt, which included strikes from Mustang Sally and Evan James just 57 seconds apart.
 
The Blue Jays outscored the Greyhounds 6-2 over the final 16 minutes to account for the final scoring.  A Garrett Degnon goal with three seconds left in the third quarter ignited the game-ending run for the Blue Jays, who would outscore the Greyhounds 5-2 in the final 15 minutes.  Matt Collison, Brendan Grimes and Degnon all scored their second goal of the game during the fourth period and Hunter Jaronski and Stuart Phillips also tallied for the Blue Jays, who fired 19 of their 38 shots in the game in the fourth quarter.
 
The Greyhounds had outscored Johns Hopkins 3-1 in both the first and second quarters to sprint out to the 6-2 lead.  James and Eric Pacheco scored back-to-back goals in a span of just seven seconds to stake the 'Hounds to a quick 2-0 lead before Minicus and Grimes traded goals late in the opening period.  Dylan Binney accounted for two of Loyola's three goals in the second quarter and Collison scored in the final two minutes to account for the 6-2 halftime score.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Senior goalie Tim Marcille posted 13 saves and added two ground balls in 54:51.
• Grimes (2g), Degnon (2g), Collison (2g) and Phillips (1g, 1a) all posted multi-point games for the Blue Jays, who were without starting attackmen Jacob Angelus and Russell Melendez for the game.
• Sophomore Logan Callahan won 12-of-21 faceoffs and had nine ground balls.  The teams split 24 faceoffs evenly on the day and the shots were even at 38 apiece.
• Degnon has scored at least one goal in 17 consecutive games and his first goal of the game was the 80^th of his career.
• Collison has scored five goals in the last three games.
 
Inside the Box Score - Loyola
• Luke Staudt posted 10 saves and allowed just five goals before exiting the game with 5:09 to play.
• The 'Hounds got two goals apiece from Minius, James, Higgins and Binney and nine different players had a goal and 13 different players had at least one point.
• The 'Hounds were credited with 13 caused turnovers on the day with Cam Wyers notching a team-high three of those.
 
Up Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, February 25 when the Blue Jays welcome Utah to Homewood Field (12 pm) for the first-ever meeting with the Utes.