The No. 8 Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team continued their winning ways, rallying from four goals down to knock off the No. 3 Syracuse University Orange in overtime. This win was the third in a row for the Jays. Junior Wilkins Dismuke buried a rebound goal 1:51 into overtime to lift the Jays to a much-needed, thrilling comeback victory. Leading up to that goal, the game was filled with as many twists and turns as they come in college lacrosse.
The Orange immediately jumped out to a 4-0 lead, quieting the 1776 in attendance at Homewood Field for the time being and making it seem like an easy Orange victory was in the cards. Freshman Drew Supinski finally got the Jays on the board with 11:09 left in the second quarter, but junior Sergio Salcido of the Orange fired right back 43 seconds later. A goal by Dismuke and then another Supinski goal brought the Jays within two until another Syracuse rebuttal.
Junior Cody Radziewicz took over the game, scoring three goals from the end of the second half to the middle of the third quarter, only to be interrupted by a junior Nick Mariano goal for the Orange.
Radziewicz’s goals, all unassisted, brought the Jays within one until sophomore Patrick Fraser found the back of the net with a rocket on the man-up offense to tie the game with 23 seconds left in the third quarter. After a goal by junior Joe Gillis gave the Orange another lead, Fraser erased it once again with a laser into the top right corner of the goal.
With the game tied at 8-8, the Orange scored two unanswered goals and led the Jays with 2:22 left in the game. Junior midfielder John Crawley brought the Jays to within one and then senior attack Ryan Brown, No. 4 pick in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) draft, evened the game off with a pass to sophomore attack Shack Stanwick with 38 seconds remaining. This set up Dismuke’s game-winner.
The Jays look to continue their hot streak in a matchup against the unranked University of Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va.
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