BALTIMORE, MD –
Jasper Hirt turned in a career-high four goals and six points to lead Johns Hopkins to an 18-8 win over Conn College in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) action Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 14-6 overall and 3-0 in the MPSF while the Camels fall to 4-14 and 1-2.
David Edelman and
Mason Hofmann combining for the game's first four goals to stake Hopkins to an early 4-0 lead. Benjamin Turner prevented a first quarter shutout with a six-on-five goal with 11 seconds to play in the first.
The Blue Jays turned the same trick in the second quarter, scoring four straight to open the period and push out to an 8-1 lead.
Brody Mars opened the scoring at 6:30 before Hirt notched a pair, including a five-meter. Edelman capped the scoring with his third of the half at 2:43. Bruno Beznos halted the run with an extra man goal at 1:44, but just 19 seconds later,
Alec Baker answered with one of his own and JHU led 9-2 at the half.
Mars scored a five-meter goal to open the third, but the Camels answered with goals from Jesse Ellis and Cormac Stevens to make it a 10-4 game. The Blue Jays came right back with goals from
Patrick Rooney and
Max Blecher and the lead was eight with 1:57 to go in the third. Beznos had the final say of the quarter, sparking a 3-1 CC spurt as the Camels pulled with 13-7 with 6:49 on the clock.
Phillip Long responded with an even-strength goal to ignite a game-ending 5-1 run for the Blue Jays.
Hirt finished a game-high four goals and six points, and Baker added four points (1g, 3a). Edelman chipped in a hat trick while Rooney (1g, 2a), Hofmann (2g, 1a), Blecher (1g, 2a) and Mars (2g, 1a) also had three points. Baker grabbed a game-high five steals while
Luke Mendelsohn had four.
Sebastian Isaacs finished with 13 saves and two steals in the goal.
