Michigan
5-7, 1-3,B1G
Johns Hopkins
6-6, 3-1B1G
Wolverines Stumble in B1G Road Match at Johns Hopkins
4/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
| Site: Baltimore, Md. (Homewood Field)
Score: Johns Hopkins 16, Michigan 9
Records: U-M (5-7, 1-3 B1G), JHU (6-6, 3-1 B1G)
Attendance: 6,036
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 25 -- vs. Penn State (Michigan Stadium), 6 p.m. [ TV: BTN ]
BALTIMORE, Md. -- The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team fought even at 5-5 with perennial power Johns Hopkins at the 6:49 mark of the second quarter but was outscored 14-4 the rest of the way, falling to the Blue Jays, 16-9, in Big Ten lacrosse action Saturday (April 18) as JHU's Homewood Field.
U-M now faces a win-or-go-home scenario for a berth in the Big Ten Tournament with one game to play, hosting the Penn State Nittany Lions on Senior Day next Saturday (April 25) at 6 p.m. from Michigan Stadium. Tickets for the matchup vs. the Nittany Lions can be purchased via MGoBlue.com/tickets.
U-M trailed 3-1 at the 6:51 mark of the opening quarter after junior David Joseph got the Wolverines on the board at the 10:54 mark to even to score at 1-1.
Following a pair of Johns Hopkins goals, sophomore Mikie Schlosser brought it to 3-2 with a lefty rip at the 4:15 mark, while junior Mike Hernandez knotted the contest with a transition goal at 3:01. With the three unassisted scores from the U-M midfield to open the contest, U-M found itself knotted at 3-3 after one quarter of play.
In the second, Hopkins jumped out to a 5-3 lead just 2:32 into the quarter. Senior David McCormack played a hand in the next two U-M scores, netting his seventh goal of the game at 9:30 and assisted on a Mike Francia extra-man score at 6:49 as U-M tied it up at 5-5. However, Hopkins closed the quarter on a 3-0 run that spanned the final six minutes of the quarter for an 8-5 lead heading into the half.
The extended run for the Blue Jays grew to 10-6 at the 8:22 mark of the third, before junior Kyle Jackson answered with his first goal of the contest. Jackson beat his defender on a wing dodge and crossed up the Hopkins goalkeeper with a face dodge and a lefty finish.
A little less than a minute later, sophomore Ian King notched his only point of the day as he fed senior Will Meter in close to bring the score within four to 11-7. Shortly following the goal, sophomore Brendan Gaughan dodged from up top to bring the score to 11-8 at the 2:02 mark, the closest U-M came the rest of the contest.
Trailing 12-8 at the start of fourth, the Blue Jays put the contest out of reach, holding U-M scoreless in the first 14:26 of the quarter and added four more scores to run the tally to 16-8, before Schlosser fed Joseph on a step-down shot that brought the game to its final resting place of 16-9.
Michigan was 8-of-27 on face-offs in the contest as JHU's Drew Kennedy went 18-of-24, while Wells Stanwick (3g, 1a.) led the Blue Jays offensively. Hopkins was also 3-of-6 on extra-man chances in the contest. Sophomore Stefan Bergman had career highs in ground balls and caused turnovers (four), while McCormack was awarded the Chris Gardner Player of the Game Award for his one-goal, one-assist effort.
