Georgetown breaks through after halftime, shuts out St. John’s 3–0

Mitchell Baker opened the scoring and helped create Georgetown’s second goal as the Hoyas turned a scoreless first half into a 3–0 road victory over St. John’s on Saturday.

Georgetown improved to 10–1–1 overall and 4–0–0 in BIG EAST play at Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium in Queens. St. John’s fell to 5–5–1 and 1–1–1.

Baker broke the deadlock at 55:30 on a David Urrutia assist. Just 5 minutes, 42 seconds later, Tate Lampman doubled the lead, with Baker and Matthew Van Horn credited with assists. Terrance Reynolds completed the scoring at 84:45 from Van Horn’s second assist.

The Hoyas had held an 8–2 shot advantage through the scoreless opening half. They finished with a 15–7 edge in shots, put six attempts on target against St. John’s three and won six corners to the Red Storm’s two.

Charlie DeMarco made three saves to complete the shutout. He stopped Luca Fargnoli shortly after Baker’s opening goal. With Georgetown ahead 2–0, Ander Gonzalez hit the woodwork at 63:07; DeMarco later denied another Gonzalez attempt to preserve the two-goal margin before Reynolds added the third.