Rule No. 1 when playing Johns Hopkins? Don't leave Ryan Brown open — no matter how far he is from the goal.

Brown has one of the game's most lethal crank shots — left- or right-handed — and can score from nearly anywhere.

The senior attackman out of Calvert Hall was at his best Tuesday night, scoring six goals, to lift the sixth-ranked Blue Jays to a 12-11 double-overtime victory over No.?18 Navy at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Sophomore attackman Shack Stanwick scored the game-winner 39 seconds into the second overtime — curling from behind the cage, taking a dump-off pass from midfielder John Crawley and firing a 6-yard shot past the ear of Navy goalkeeper John Connors.

Stanwick finished with a goal and three assists while Crawley had two goals and one assist for Hopkins, which escaped with the win in its season opener. It was the 11th time in the past 23 meetings that a Hopkins-Navy game was decided by one goal.

Sophomore Brock Turnbaugh got the start in goal and had 13 saves for the Blue Jays, who are 5-2 when Brown scores at least five goals. Brown's six goals gave him 123 for his career, moving him into seventh place on the school's career list.

Sophomore attackman Jack Ray scored three goals and senior midfielder Kevin Wendel had two goals and two assists for Navy (1-1), which rallied from three-goal deficits three times during the game. Senior attackman Patrick Keena had two goals and an assist and freshman midfielder Greyson Torain also had a pair of goals.

Long-stick midfielder Matt Rees had a strong all-around game for Navy — scoring a goal, dishing off an assist and gobbling five ground balls. Connors finished with 10 saves for the Mids, who outshot the Blue Jays, 47-41.

Senior Craig Madarasz got the better of Brady Dove in the faceoff battle, helping Hopkins to a 14-10 advantage in that key category.

It looked like it might be a runaway early on as Hopkins raced to a quick 3-0 lead. Crawley beat short-stick defensive midfielders from behind and up top for unassisted goals less than three minutes apart. Madarasz, who missed all of last season with a foot injury, followed Crawley's second goal just five seconds later with an unassisted one of his own, winning the faceoff and waltzing straight into the heart of the Navy defense to make it 3-0 at the 9:28 mark of the first quarter.

Navy scored twice in the span of 14 seconds to get right back in the game. Keena fed Wendel for an extra-man goal then scored himself off a nice overhand crank after Rees garnered the grounder off the faceoff and passed the ball ahead.

Brown then made his presence felt, blasting an overhand crank shot from the right side off a restart then losing his defender off a switch and delivering a left-handed laser that made it 5-2 with 11:03 to go in the second period.

Rees made a great individual play to stop the run — gobbling up a tough grounder on the defensive end, clearing the ball himself then rearing back and unleashing an overhand crank shot that stuck the top corner.

Wendel scored his second goal after using a quick split dodge to gain time and space, cutting the Navy deficit to 5-4. However, freshman midfielder Drew Supinski dodged down the alley and scored the first goal of his fledgling career to give the visitors a 6-4 halftime lead.

Brown struck again to start the second half, taking a pass up top and blasting a cannon over a left-handed crank shot into the top shelf. Stanwick got the assist on the extra man goal, which gave the Blue Jays a three-goal cushion for the third time in the game.

Navy dominated possession for the remainder of the period and scored twice in the final 5:15 to pull within 7-6. Sophomore midfielder Spencer Coyle blew past a short stick defender, drew a slide and forced the Hopkins defense to rotate. That left freshman midfielder Greyson Torain open up top for an overhand crank that made it 7-5.

Midfielder Colin Flounlacker then found attackman Jack Ray cutting into the heart of the defense for a 5-yard jump shot that made it a one-goal game going into the fourth quarter. Torain tied it at seven at the 12:52 mark of the fourth quarter with a tremendous individual move.

It marked the first tie since 0-0 and didn't last long. Brown put Hopkins back ahead less than a minute later with yet another wicked shot. Navy retied it at 8 after close defenseman Chris Fennell cleared the ball and found Ray, who scooted past a defender and flipped a short shot past Turnbaugh.

Hopkins regained the lead just 14 seconds later — winning the faceoff and using quick ball movement to set up Brown again. Junior attackman Wilkins Dismuke made a nice cross-field pass to Brown, who unloaded with the right hand this time.

Navy tied the score for the third time in the quarter off an unassisted goal by Keena.

Brown played set-up man on the ensuing possession, beating his man and drawing a slide before dishing to midfielder Holden Cattoni for a sidearm shot that made it 10-9. Rees was called for unnecessary roughness on the play as he leveled Cattoni after he got off the shot.

The Blue Jays converted the extra man opportunity with Brown doing the honors — firing a right-hander past the ear of Connors to make it 11-9 with 6:19 remaining.

The Midshipmen continued to press with Ray scoring his third goal of the game from 7 yards off a nice look from Wendel. Trailing 10-9 with 3:28 to go, Navy got several chances to tie it but Turnbaugh stopped shots by Keena and Ray.

Connors made a save on the other end to give the Mids one more chance and this time Casey Reees came through, tying the score at 11 with only 27.7 seconds remaining in regulation.

Fennell was whistled for unnecessary roughness with two-tenths of a second to go in regulation and that gave Hopkins the ball and an extra man to start the extra session. Connors came through on the opening possession of overtime, snaring a hard shot by Cattoni to thwart the opportunity.