BALTIMORE, MD – Undefeated and second-ranked Fordham jumped out to a 7-2 lead and went on to beat host Johns Hopkins, 28-12, in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) action Sunday morning. The Blue Jays fall to 11-18 overall and 3-8 in the MAWPC while the Rams improve to 24-0 and 10-0 in the conference.
 
Fordham scored the game's four goals to push out to an early lead. Sophomore Owen Bartlett got Hopkins on the board with a six-on-five goal at 4:24. Marco Napolitano answered with a five-meter score to spark an 8-1 run that saw the Rams' lead balloon to 12-2 eight minutes later.
 
Freshman Andrew Lee halted the run with back-to-back goals just 58 seconds apart. Fordham answered with goals from Luca Provenziani and George Papanikolaou to make it a 15-4 game with 1:28 to play. Bartlett had the final say of the half as he scored with six ticks remaining to make it a 10-goal game at the half.
 
The Rams scored the first three goals of the third quarter to push out to an 18-5 lead. Andrew Lee then scored on a power play at the 5:35-mark. The teams traded goals over the ensuing five and a half minutes, and it was a 21-9 game. Napolitano answered an Alec Baker penalty shot with a score of his own to ignite a 7-3 spurt game-ending spurt for the Rams.
 
Lee led the Blue Jays with a game and career-high six goals. His sixth goal of the game was his 60^th of the season and broke Ryan Ford's (1999) program record for goals by a freshman. Sophomore Ethan Babel finished with five points (1g, 4a), including the 100^th point of his career. Bartlett added four points (3g, 1a) and notched his seventh hat trick this season.
 
Hopkins closes out its home slate against Navy at 3:00 pm on Sunday, November 3.