John Hopkins Defeats Towson 18-12 | LSN Game Recap

by LSN Staff Feb 11, 2022

Senior Attackman Joey Epstein led Johns Hopkins to an 18-12 victory over crosstown rival Towson on Friday, February 11th in a game seen live on Lax Sports Network.

Epstein scored 6 of the Blue Jays' 18 goals including 5 in the second quarter when they put the game away.  Garrett Degnon added 4 goals, while Brendan Grimes netted 3 and Jacob Angelus added a pair for Johns Hopkins whose starting attack and midfield combined for 17 goals and 11 assists.  Tyler Dunn controlled the X winning 20 of 32 faceoffs.

Towson got 4 goals from Kyle Berkeley, his first four career goals.   Nick DeMaio and Andrew Milani each recorded hat tricks.  Milani added two assists to lead the Tigers with 5 points.

The Blue Jays lead 5-4 after the first quarter and looked in command of the game after outscoring Towson 7-2 in the second but the Tigers cut the lead to 14-12 after three-quarters thanks to a five-goal run to end the third.  Hopkins rebounded and shut out Towson in the final quarter to gain the victory.

Josh Kirson and Gib Versfeld each played a half in goal for Johns Hopkins.  Kirson registered 4 saves and Versfeld had 5.   Shane Brennan had 13 saves for Towson.

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