STONY BROOK, NY – Johns Hopkins outscored host and 16
th-ranked Stony Brook, 6-0, in the fourth quarter to rally for a 14-13 win Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays win their third straight as they improve to 4-2 on the season.
Ava Angello scored the game-winner with 59.5 seconds to play to cap a three-goal, three-assist day.
Hopkins found itself trailing 13-8 heading into the fourth, but the Blue Jays needed just two minutes and four seconds to make it a two-goal game.
Lacey Downey scored twice in a 24-second span, getting a pair of assists from
Taylor Hoss, to make it a 13-10 game at the 14:12-mark. Just 18 seconds later, Angello took a pass from
MK Lescault and went high-to-low in the slot to pull the Blue Jays within two.
Angello cut the deficit in half at 5:49, when she blew home an eight-meter from the far hash with just two seconds on the possession clock. Hopkins tied the game at 13 when Downey found
Ashley Mackin wide-open in the slot, and she turned and fired home her fourth goal with 2:04 to play.
Laurel Gonzalez won the ensuing draw, her 13
th of the afternoon, and with 59.5 seconds left, Angello caught a pass from Lescault and went high-to-high to give JHU its first lead since the first quarter.
Hoss opened the scoring with a free position goal at the 9:03-mark but the Seawolves answered with goals from Alexandra Fusco and Charlotte Wilmoth to go up 2-1 with 2:22 to play in the opening quarter. Just 15 seconds later, it was a 2-2 game when Mackin took a pass from Angello and flipped a shot over her shoulder and past the SBU goalie.
Isabella Caporuscio converted a free position shot with 8.7 seconds left in the first to put Stony Brook back on top, 3-2, and spark a 4-0 run. Four different players scored during the run, which spanned seven minutes and saw the home team take a 6-2 lead with 8:07 to go in the half. Downey halted the run when she fired home a rocket from eight meters out off a feed from Angello at 7:10.
Courtney McClay and Wilmoth scored back-to-back goals just 58 seconds apart to push the Seawolves' lead to 8-3 with 4:45 left. The Blue Jays then erupted for three goals in just 21 seconds to slice the deficit to two.
Megan Kielbasa got things going when she picked up a loose ball in the in the slot and buried a side-arm shot at 3:21. After winning the draw, Angello found Mackin open in the middle of the fan for the score. Once again, JHU won the draw and Gonzalez fed an outlet pass to
Campbell Case, who buried it from the right alley at 3:00.
Caporuscio and Wilmoth sandwiched goals around free position scores from
Charlotte Smith and Mackin and Stony Brook led 10-8 at the 6:57-mark in the third. The Seawolves then closed the third with three goals in the final 3:23 to take a 13-8 lead into the fourth.
Angello led the Blue Jays with a game-high six points and tied her career-high with three assists. Mackin (4g) and Downey (3g, 1a) added four points each, while Downey also had four caused turnovers. Hoss (1g, 2a) and Lescault (2a) also had multi-point games. Gonzalez's 13 draws broke her own record for draws by a freshman and she now ranks second in school single-season history for draws by a freshman (57).
Wilmoth led the Seawolves with four goals, while Caporuscio added a hat trick. McClay and Riley McDonald finished with two goals each. Caporuscio had a game-high six ground balls to go with two caused turnovers.
Hopkins returns to action on Monday, March 10 as the Blue Jays visit the Syracuse Orange. Opening draw at JMA Wireless Dome is slated for 4:00 pm.
Notes: The is the first time Hopkins trailed by five goals in the fourth quarter and won since April 1, 2023 when it trailed Rutgers, 11-6, and won 12-11 • This is the first time JHU won in the final minute of regulation since March 7, 2021 at Ohio State.
