No. 6 Blue Jays Power Past Gophers in Second Half

BALTIMORE - The Goucher College men's soccer team battled sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 0-0 draw after 45 minutes, but the Blue Jays scored four times in the second half to post a 4-0 win Tuesday night at Homewood Field.

• Johns Hopkins (8-0-2) got its first shot of the game just over three minutes in.
• Jonathan Cui put a shot on goal for Hopkins just past the five-minute mark that was turned aside by Goucher (4-6-2) goalie Jeff Castro (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township).
• Castro made back-to-back saves on Alex Wei in the 14th minute.
• Castro's final save of the opening half came with just under 25 minutes left.
• The Blue Jays took all nine shots in the opening half and all seven corner kicks.

• Castro made another save in the 48th minute.
• The Gophers were whistled for a handball in the box at 47:57, and Aidan Dunphy converted the penalty kick to give Hopkins a 1-0 lead.
• The host took a 2-0 lead on a Goucher own goal in the 54th minute.
• Axel Whamond gave Johns Hopkins a 3-0 lead just past the 58-minute mark.
• Gus Dalzell (Los Angeles, Calif. / Waverly) took Goucher's first shot in the 61st minute and sent it high.
• Nathan Charendoff made it 4-0 for the Blue Jays with just over 18 minutes left.
• Tre Byrd (Baltimore, Md. / Towson) took a shot for the Gophers with just over 16 minutes left.
• Castro made one final save in the 77th minute.

• Johns Hopkins held a 20-2 shot advantage and took all 10 of the game's corners.
• Castro made seven saves in the first 80:34 before giving way to Dylan Weston (Crownsville, Md. / Old Mill), who was not forced to make a save the rest of the way.

• Goucher returns to action Saturday, hosting Scranton in a 4 pm Landmark Conference match at Beldon Field.