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Bucknell Men's Water Polo Beats Johns Hopkins, 9-6, in League Championship
10/31/2003 7:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 31, 2003
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's water polo team, hosting the Southern Division Championship for the first time in school history, got the weekend off to a good start with a 9-6 victory over Johns Hopkins on Friday, October 31. The win over the Blue Jays was Bucknell's first since the final game of the 2001 season, snapping a string of seven consecutive losses to JHU.
Sophomore Bradley Roslyn scored a career-high five goals to lead the Orange and Blue in an intense game in front of a large parents' weekend crowd.
Bucknell trailed 2-1 after one quarter of play. The Bison came back with three goals in the second, two coming from Roslyn and one from junior Aaron Platshon, to take a 4-3 lead at halftime. The two teams matched each other in the third, 2-2, for a 6-5 game entering the fourth.
BU jumped out to a 7-5 lead just 45 seconds into the final frame, and held the Blue Jays off for nearly four more minutes before James Singleton made it a one goal game again with 2:20 to play.
That was all the Bison would allow, however, coming up with key defensive plays down the stretch. Junior Jay Danforth grabbed one of his game-high four steals with just under a minute to play and passed the ball to Platshon on the break. Platshon found Roslyn with 45 second left in the game to give Bucknell an 8-6 cushion.
Just seconds after the restart, sophomore goalkeeper Trevor Mullins came up with a save on a point-blank shot, and the Orange and Blue just had to run out the clock. Junior Elliot Benoist added an insurance goal with just four seconds left for the 9-6 final.
Bucknell improves to 7-17 overall. The Bison will face Grove City at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 1. Johns Hopkins falls to 14-15 overall.
JOHNS HOPKINS 2 1 2 1 -- 6 BUCKNELL 1 3 2 3 -- 9
First Quarter
J - Stillman (unassisted), 3:21
B - Roslyn (Danforth), 1:04
J - Singleton (McCann), :41
Second Quarter
B - Roslyn (Afzal), 4:25
B - Roslyn (Benoist), 2:57
J - Mead (Stillman), 2:33
B - Platshon (Weborg), 2:18
Third Quarter
J - Irvine (McCann), 6:21
B - Roslyn (Danforth), 2:37
J - Singleton (unassisted), 1:24
B - Afzal (Platshon), :49
Fourth Quarter
B - Ferring (Afzal), 6:15
J - Singleton (Irvine), 2:20
B - Roslyn (Platshon), :45
B - Benoist (Danforth), :04
JOHNS HOPKINS BREAKDOWN: Goals - Singleton 3, Irvine, Mead, Stillman. Assists - McCann 2, Irvine, Stillman.
BUCKNELL BREAKDOWN: Goals - Roslyn 5, Benoist, Afzal, Platshon, Ferring. Assists - Danforth 3, Afzal 2, Benoist, Weborg, Platshon.
Shots: Johns Hopkins 26. Bucknell 21.
Steals: Johns Hopkins 8. Bucknell 11.
Goalie Saves: Johns Hopkins (Smith) 5. Bucknell (Mullins) 9.
Ejections Drawn: Johns Hopkins 7. Bucknell 7.
Team Records: Johns Hopkins 14-15. Bucknell 7-17.
