BALTIMORE, MD – The eight-ranked Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team spotted visiting and 10^th-ranked Georgetown an early 2-1 lead, then outscored the Hoyas 7-1 over a 33-minute span in the middle of the game and the Blue Jays went on to an 11-6 win at chilly Homewood Field Saturday afternoon.
 
The win is the third straight against a top 20 team and the second against a top 10 team in an eight-day span for Johns Hopkins, which is 3-0 for the first time since 2017.  The Hoyas slip to 1-1 with the loss.

After Georgetown's Owen Horning and Fulton Bayman answered a game-opening half-field goal by Matt Collison, the Blue Jays methodically pulled away to the 8-3 lead with the 7-1 run.
 
A Brooks English strike in an unsettled situation four minutes after Bayman's strike and a Jimmy Ayers shot-clock-beater with eight second left in the opening period gave the Jays a 3-2 lead after 15 minutes.
 
Despite being outshot by the Hoyas 13-7 in the first quarter and 24-11 in the first half, the Blue Jays led 6-3 at the break as Collison added his second of the game to open the second quarter and Hunter Chauvette bookended a pair around Bayman's second of the game midway through the quarter.  English assisted on both of Chauvette's goals – one in transition with Georgetown pressing out and the other on a slick feed to the slot that Chauvette handled in traffic before sticking under the crossbar.

Q2 | 6:45
JHU - 6, G'town - 3

English to Chauvette yet again! The duo sends the Jays to a nice 6-3 lead over the Bulldogs.#GoHop #WeWantMore pic.twitter.com/EJ9PV5Gg3o

— JHU Men's Lacrosse (@jhumenslacrosse) February 8, 2025

The margin grew from three to five in a span of less than a minute before the third quarter was seven minutes old.  After Georgetown won 9-of-11 first-half faceoffs, the Blue Jays won all five in the third and used the possession advantage to play make-it-take-it to extend the lead.  A Russell Melendez wrap-around goal at the 9:15 mark and an Ayers tally from the doorstep 52 seconds later made it 8-3.
 
Georgetown's Kevin Miller would halt the 7-1 run when he scored on a step-down just under two minutes after the Ayers goal, but the Blue Jay defense, which allowed just 10 second-half shots, proceeded to keep the Hoyas off the board until the final three minutes of the game after Miller scored.
 
Collison capped his hat trick late in the third quarter and Chauvette did the same midway through the fourth before Chuck Rawson added his fourth goal of the year off a feed from Chauvette with 6:58 on the fourth-quarter clock.  Georgetown added two goals in a two-minute span late in the game to account for the final scoring.
 
Georgetown had one golden chance to get back in the game late in the third quarter when Johns Hopkins drew a two-minute non-releasable penalty while leading 9-4, but the Blue Jay defense killed off the penalty and the Hoyas never got closer than five down the stretch.

Q4 | 6:58
JHU - 11, G'town - 4

Rawson finds the back of the net!#GoHop #WeWantMore pic.twitter.com/wN9JzLIGvL

— JHU Men's Lacrosse (@jhumenslacrosse) February 8, 2025

 
Collison (3g, 2a) and Chauvette (3g, 1a) both recorded the hat tricks and matched their career highs for points, while English punched up his second consecutive one-goal, three-assist effort.  Callahan finished 9-of-15 at the X with five ground balls and Luke Staudt, despite facing 34 shots, was forced to make just six saves in goal.
 
The Hoyas got two goals and one assist from Bayman and one goal and one assist from Aidan Carroll while Ross Prince was 11-of-19 on faceoffs.  Anderson Moore posted five saves in goal for the Hoyas, who outshot the Blue Jays, 34-25, and won the ground ball battle, 27-19, but were 0-for-4 on extra man and put just 12 of their 34 offerings on cage.
 
Notes:
• Johns Hopkins is now 15-3 in its last 18 home openers.
• With today's win, the Blue Jays are now 5-1 all-time against Georgetown and 17-3 all-time against teams currently in the BIG EAST.
• The Blue Jay defense held the Hoyas scoreless for stretches of 15:54, 15:53 and 19:40.
• Collison recorded the 75^th point of his career and now has 54 goals and 24 assists for 78 points in 37 games.
• Callahan took the 500^th faceoff of his career and is now 265-of-514 with 162 career ground balls.
 
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, February 15 when the Blue Jays make the short trip to Loyola Maryland to take on the Greyhounds.