BALTIMORE, MD – Visiting George Washington rode a 10-goal first quarter to a 20-14 win over the Johns Hopkins water polo team Sunday morning in MAWPC action.
GW struck first, with a Mateus Stellet goal just nine seconds in. Sophomore
Gavin Brooke answered with the first of his four goals to tie the game. Viktor Jovanic scored a five-meter goal to spark a six-goal Revolutionaries' run as they pushed out to a 7-1 lead with 2:33 to play in the quarter.
Freshman
Owen Bartlett halted the run with back-to-back goals just 27 seconds apart to make it 7-3. GW answered with a three-goal spurt, sandwiched around a
Jason Mihalopoulos strike, and it led 10-4 at the end of one. Freshman
Ethan Babel opened the second quarter with a six-on-five goal to make it a five-goal game. The Revolutionaries responded with three in a row to push out to a 13-5 lead at the half.
Brooke opened the third quarter with a five-meter goal, but Peter Durkovic answered less than a minute later and it was 14-6 with 4:32 to go in the quarter. Freshman
Alec Baker and Babel sandwiched goals around a strike from Andrija Sekulic and it was 15-8 at the 2:46-mark. Sekulic and Leo Lueddermann then scored back-to-back goals to push the lead back to nine just a minute later.
Baker got one back for the Blue Jays, but a Kalan Smith goal late in the quarter gave GW an 18-9 lead at the break. Bartlett sparked a three-goal run with a six-on-five goal as the Jays cut the lead to six with 5:55 to play. Sekulic answered with a six-on-five goal, but a man-up goal from Brooke made it 19-13 with 4:00 on the clock. Jovanovic pushed the lead back to seven just 31 seconds later. Hopkins got a late goal from senior
Seth Berke to account for the 20-14 final.
Brooke led the Blue Jays with four goals and five points. Bartlett added four points (3g, 1a) and a team-best five drawn ejections. Baker also had a four-point morning (2g, 2a) while also drawing two ejections and grabbing a steal. Babel chipped in four points (2g, 2a) along with three drawn ejections. Mihalopoulos also had a multi-point game (1g, 2a). Graduate student
Saahil Naik finished with four saves and two assists in two quarters of action. Freshman
Chris Poisler made four saves in two quarters.
Hopkins returns to action on Friday, September 29 at George Washington. The MAWPC match is slated for a 7:00 pm start at the Smith Center Pool.
