Hidden Tinney emerges in OT
Quiet in regulation, junior scores winner on trick play
Joel Tinney had endured a quiet outing through 60 minutes of play between his Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team and Loyola Maryland. He made his presence known in overtime, though.
The junior midfielder scored with 1 minute, 47 seconds left in the extra session to propel the No. 5 Blue Jays to a 14-13 decision over the No. 9 Greyhounds at Homewood Field and send about half of the announced 5,222 fans in attendance home happy.
For the second time in three games, Tinney scored on a hidden-ball trick that is PG4 sure to get many replays on the internet. Moving with the ball from left to right, he faked a flip to junior midfielder Patrick Fraser, found himself without a defender from about 8 yards out in the slot, and fired past sophomore goalkeeper Jacob Stover (McDonogh) to give Johns Hopkins its first 3-0 start since 2014.
It reminded many of his fake exchange with senior midfielder John Crawley in the