The Water Polo team went 2-1 on Halloween in Annapolis to bring their regular season to a close. The team began the day with a loss to the US Naval Academy then beat George Washington and Salem International. The winning weekend brings Hopkins record to 15-12 and 4-4 in CWPA Southern Division, East Region.
The Midshipmen are ranked 15th in the nation and defeated the Blue Jays 16-7 in their own pool. On October 6th, Hopkins lost to Navy 14-3 at home. At the end of the first half, Navy led 8-1, an insurmountable lead. Freshman Stephen Kingery scored the only Blue Jay goal of the first half, which evened the score. Navy proceeded to go on a 7-0 run.
Hopkins scored four goals in the third quarter and was down by seven entering the final stanza — sophomore Alex Whittam scored two of those goals.
Ross Schofield scored the first goal of the fourth quarter before the Midshipmen scored four straight goals. Junior Jeremy Mauer added the seventh and final Blue Jay goal with less than two minutes remaining.
In goal, senior Jeremy Selbst had nine saves and six steals.
Hopkin’s second day in the Navy pool on October 31 was a 15-9 win over George Washington. The Jays scored eight goals in the first half and held GW to only two.
Wittam scored first, followed by a George Washington goal and a 7-1 run by Hopkins. Freshman Thomas de Lyon scored a first half goal, Schofield added one, Strickland added two. The Jays scored the final four goals of the half from four different players.
In the third quarter the Jays scored four goals from four different players again. And heading into the final quarter, Hopkins led 12-6.
The Colonials brought the lead to within three before the Blue Jays ended the game on three unanswered goals.
De Lyon scored another two goals after his first in the first half for his first career hat trick. Strickland also tallied a hat trick while schofield had two goals and four assists.
The Jays beat George Washington 7-4 in Boston for the ECAC Championships in mid September. Last Wednesday Hopkins beat GW in Washington DC 11-8. And this weekend the Blue Jays face the Colonials again in Annapolis for the first round of the CWPA Southern Championships.
For the third game at Annapolis last weekend, Hopkins faced the Salem International Tigers. Hopkins found themselves down 2-0 early before Chase Hamilton and Gerrard Clark tied the match before the end of the first half.
After the low scoring first two quarters, Hopkins earned the win, 9-6. Hamilton ended the game with a Hatrick and freshman Kevin Zepfel had two goals. Hopkins ended the game on a 5-1 run.
Freshman Chance Fowler proved himself to be a more than adequate goalie. Against George washing Fowler had eight saves, a steal and two assists. Against Salem International Fowler had six saves, finishing the day with two wins.
Hopkins enters theCWPA Southern Championships with the third seed. 10 teams qualified for the final tournament: Princeton, Navy, George Washington, Bucknell, Mercyhurst, Washington & Jefferson, Penn State-Behrend and Gannon University. Hopkins has a combined record of 7-4 against those opponents.
After the CWPA Souther Championships conclude on the seventh, the CWPA Eastern Championships will begin November 19 in Lewisburg PA.
