Gardner’s Brace Lifts Johns Hopkins Over Muhlenberg, 2-1

BALTIMORE, MD – Junior Alex Gardner scored a brace to lead top-seeded Johns Hopkins to a 2-1 win over Muhlenberg in the Centennial Conference semifinals Friday night at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays improve to 12-4-2 while the Mules end their season at 7-8-3. Hopkins advances to the Centennial Conference Championship game for the fifth straight year and 13 th time overall. The win is the 249 th in the career of head coach Craig Appleby . The Blue Jays scored twice in a seven-minute span late in the first half to quickly turn a scoreless game into a 2-0…