BALTIMORE, MD – The 15th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team jumped out to a five-goal lead after three quarters and then held off 13^th-ranked St. Joseph's in a wild fourth quarter finish as the Blue Jays grabbed a thrilling 15-14 win at Homewood Field Saturday afternoon.  The Blue Jays win their second straight and improve to 4-2 on the year, while the Hawks lost for the first time and slip to 3-1.
 
Up 8-7 early in the third quarter, the Blue Jays used a quarter-ending four-goal run to grab a 12-7 lead entering the final period.  Freshman Matt Collison bookended the four-goal spree with Cameron Chauvette and Johnathen Peshko also scoring during the run; all four goals were assisted by senior Jacob Angelus as the Blue Jays appeared to be in control entering the final 15 minutes.
 
The final 15 minutes felt more like an entire game itself as the teams combined for 10 goals, 21 shots, eight saves and nine turnovers.  Turnovers – we'll get to that later.
 
A chaotic first 4:30 of the final period saw the teams combine for eight goals, including six in a span of 78 seconds early in the period.  After Tucker Brown and Angelus traded goals in a 41-second span to make it 13-8 with 13:10 to play, things got crazy.  A Matt Bohmer goal off the faceoff following the Angelus goal was followed 16 seconds later by a Carter Page strike in an unsettled situation.  When the 'Hawks won the next faceoff and Stephen Dwyer backed in his defender on the wing and stuck one high, it was 13-11 with 12:38 on the clock.
 
The Blue Jays answered quickly as junior Tyler Dunn won the ensuing faceoff and fired home his first goal of the season before Page and the Blue Jays' Dylan Bauer traded goals in a 38-second span to give the Blue Jays a 15-12 lead with 10:30 remaining.
 
The Hawks pressed down the stretch, but Blue Jay goalie Tim Marcille posted five of his 11 saves in the game in the fourth period to help maintain the three-goal margin until just over three minutes remained and Levi Anderson scored an extra-man goal off a rebound to cut the deficit to two at the 3:10 mark.  It was a one-goal game for the first time since early in third quarter 52 seconds later when William King got to the crease and scored from in tight.
 
The Blue Jays had possession late and a chance to grab a two-goal lead, but Robbie Seeley stopped a Garrett Degnon laser from 10 yards and the Hawks would take possession and clear with under a minute to play.
 
Working out of a timeout with less than 30 seconds remaining, the Hawks tried to isolate Dwyer on junior short stick Brett Martin, but Martin went over the head to force a turnover and the Blue Jays were able to kill off the final 15 seconds to secure the victory.  In a game full of great team and individual efforts, Martin's caused turnover ultimately sealed the win for the Blue Jays.
 
The wild ending had built throughout the game as the Blue Jays sprinted to a 5-2 lead at the end of the first quarter with Degnon scoring two of his four on the day in the opening 15 minutes.
 
Degnon completed his first-half hat trick early in the second quarter, but St. Joseph's answered with a four-goal run to pull even late in the period.  Page scored twice during the run for the Hawks, who would trail 7-6 at the half after Chauvette scored his second goal of the season off a nifty feed to the crease from junior Ryan Evans.
 
The 7-6 halftime lead was 8-7 early in the period before Collison jump-started the four-goal run that gave Hopkins the 12-8 lead.  As it turned out, there was still plenty to come in the final 15 minutes.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Playing against, statistically, the top faceoff specialist in the nation, Dunn went 18-of-32 with 10 ground ball and the one goal.
• Angelus had two goals and a career-high six assists for a personal best eight points to lead the way for the Blue Jays.  His six assists are the most by a JHU player since Connor DeSimone had six against Penn State in 2022.
• Degnon ran his goal-scoring streak to 18 with his team-high four goals and he was one of six Blue Jays with two or more goals.
• Chauvette recorded the first multi-goal game of his career and had a personal best three points and Collison's two goals mark his fourth straight multi-goal game.
• The Blue Jays rang up season-highs of 12 assists and 11 caused turnovers and were 2-for-2 on extra-man.
 
Inside the Box Score – St. Joseph's
• Page scored a team-high four goals and Brown added a hat trick for the Hawks.
• Dwyer added two goals and Anderson added one goal and two assists to round out the four multi-point producers for the Hawks.
• St. Joseph's outshot the Blue Jays 43-31 and was credited with 11 caused turnovers.  The Hawks also cashed in on 2-of-6 extra-man chances.
 
Up Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Tuesday, March 7 when the Blue Jays welcome Virginia to Homewood Field (4 pm).