ROCK ISLAND, IL –
Mason Hofmann and
Luke Mendelsohn each notched a hat trick to lead Johns Hopkins to a 15-5 win over host Augustana in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) action Friday night. The Blue Jays improve to 16-6 overall and 5-0 in the conference, while the Vikings fall to 7-12 and 3-2.
Hopkins used a methodical 10-1 run over the game's first 14 minutes to take control. Hofmann opened the scoring with a five-meter 90 seconds in, but just 15 seconds later Rhys Lomax tied the game for the Vikings.
Alec Baker put the Blue Jays back on top at the 5:01-mark to spark a nine-goal run. Mendelsohn followed with back-to-back goals and
Patrick Rooney scored with 1:22 to play to make it 5-1 after one.
The Blue Jays got goals from five different Blue Jays in the second as they pushed their lead to 10-1.
Blake Lowe capped the opening run with a six-on-five goal with 2:22 to play. Augustana got goals from Adam Rashed and Luke Burger to make it a 10-3 game at the break.
After combining for 13 goals in the first half, the Blue Jays and Vikings scored just seven in the final 16 minutes. Hopkins again spread the wealth in the third as the Jays got four answered from
Matthieu Giauque, Baker, Hofmann and
Brody Mars as their lead ballooned to 14-3. The Vikings once again closed the period with a pair of scores, this time from Cole Faux and Lomax, and it was 14-5 after three.
Owen Bartlett scored on the exclusion midway through the fourth in what turned out to be the last goal of the game.
Mendelsohn finished with a game-high six points (3g, 3a) and Hofmann tallied five (3g, 2a). Baker and Giauque scored two goals each. Baker and Mendelsohn also grabbed two steals each.
Hopkins return to action on Saturday versus Conn College (10:30 am CT) and Wheaton (MA) (4:00 pm CT).
