BALTIMORE, MD –
Connor Wilkes scored the game's only goal in the 86
th minute to lift Johns Hopkins to a 1-0 win over visiting Franklin & Marshall Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 9-3-2 overall and 5-0-1 in the Centennial Conference, while the Diplomats fall to 4-6-2 and 1-4-1 in the CC.
Brendan Listzwan had a great look at goal in the 34
th minute when he raced onto a 50-50 ball and fired a low shot on goal. A diving Diego Moreno was able to get a hand on it to knock it out of bounds. In the 50
th minute,
Dylan Ellis nearly beat Moreno with a redirect off a
Rohan Aggarwal cross, the Dips' netminder was able to make the save.
Hopkins broke through as the clocked ticked under five minutes after
Jason Pan earned a free kick about 30 yards from goal. Wilkes placed the ball and took a quick kick, sending the ball inside the left post. It is his fourth goal in the last five games.
JHU finished with an 11-2 advantage in shots and a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
John Ghanem tallied one save to earn his sixth shutout of the season. Moreno finished with five saves in the loss for the Diplomats.
Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, October 21 at Dickinson in a rematch of last year's Centennial Conference Championship game. It is scheduled for a 6:00 pm start in Carlisle, PA.
