LANCASTER, PA –
Thomas Bean scored the first two goals of his collegiate career to lead Johns Hopkins to a 4-0 win at Franklin & Marshall in Centennial Conference action Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 4-6-5 overall and 2-2-2 in the conference, while the Diplomats fall to 3-8-2 and 1-3-1 in the conference.
Hopkins wasted little time opening the scoring after drawing a free kick just outside the F&M box in the eighth minute.
Brendan Listzwan took the kick, but Dips' goalie Diego Moreno got a hand on it. The ball rebounded right to Bean, and he tapped it past Moreno for his first career goal.
Connor Wilkes doubled the Blue Jays' lead in the 25
th minute when he intercepted an F&M pass deep in its end and he fired a left-footed shot inside the right post from 20 yards out.
Listzwan made it a 3-0 Hopkins' lead just 3:21 into the second half with his fourth goal of the season. Wilkes slipped a pass to Listzwan down the left side, he cut back on his defender, dribbled into the middle of the box and beat Moreno to the left post. Bean then capped the scoring in the 69
th minute with his second of the afternoon.
Christian Clarke forced a turnover just past midfield and Bean dribbled in and blasted a shot from 28 yards out just under the crossbar.
John Ghanem finished with three saves, all in the first half, to earn his second shutout of the season. Moreno tallied six saves in just over 75 minutes in the goal. Davis Rorick came on in relief and finished with three saves. Hopkins outshot Franklin & Marshall, 20-11, and had a 3-1 edge in corners.
Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, October 22 against ninth-ranked Dickinson. The Centennial Conference game is scheduled for a 7:00 pm start at Homewood Field.