Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - The 11th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team won a pair of matches on Saturday at home, defeating Muhlenberg and 18th-ranked Mary Washington. The Blue Jays opened the day with a 9-0 win over the Mules in Centennial Conference action and followed that with a thrilling 5-4 win over the Eagles. Hopkins is now 12-6 overall and 7-0 in the Centennial Conference.

Hopkins jumped out to an early lead on Muhlenberg and did not look back in the win. Senior Edward Corty and junior Chris Jou did not lose a game in picking up the first point of the match. The pair beat Jordan Greene and Neil Shulman, 8-0, at third doubles. Freshmen Justin Kang and David Perez then defeated Eric Chavis and Mickey Schindler, 8-2, at first. Junior Nicholas Garcia and freshman Jacob Lin closed out doubles with an 8-3 win over Adam Halpern and David Woods at second.

Freshman JP Paris won by default at sixth singles as the Blue Jays took a 4-0 lead in the match. Jou then clinched the win as he beat Chavis 6-2, 6-0 at second. Garcia won 6-4, 6-2 over Woods at first and Corty lost just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win over Shulman at third. Sophomore Jeff Mackenzie and Perez each won by shutout at fourth and fifth respectively. Mackenzie topped Halpern and Perez beat Greene.

In the nightcap, Hopkins battled back from deficits of 2-1, 3-2, and 4-3 before finally claiming the 5-4 win in a match that took four and a half hours. Sophomores Mike Buxbaum and Emerson Walsh took the first point as they beat Stratton Gilmore and Brandon Griffin, 8-3, at second doubles. The Eagles responded with wins at third and first to take their first lead of the match. Andrew Curtis and David Lunding-Johansson tied the match at 1-1 with an 8-3 win over senior Tanner Brown and Kang at third. Tyler Carey and Evan Charles then put Mary Washington on top as they edged sophomore Jeremy Dubin and senior Noah Joachim, 9-8 (3), at first.

Senior Jensen Reiter grabbed the first singles point to tie the match at 2-2, as he lost just two games in a 6-1, 6-1 win over Charles at fifth. Gilmore followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win at second over Dubin to put the Eagles on top 3-2. Walsh answered for the Blue Jays and tied the match at 3-3 as he beat Eric Hurwitz 6-4, 6-3 at sixth. Once again, Mary Washington took the lead when Lunding-Johansson defeated senior Ben Hwang 6-4, 6-3 at third. And once again, Hopkins answered to tie the match. Joachim won his first set 6-3, but was down 5-2 in the second to Griffin. He rallied to win five straight games to win the second set 7-5 and take the match. Buxbaum and Carey were in a battle at first singles in a meeting of two of the top five players in the Atlantic South. Buxbaum took the first set, 7-6 (3) but Carey claimed the second 6-4 to force a deciding set. Carey took a 4-3 lead in the third but Buxbaum would win the final three games to earn the win for himself and his team.

Hopkins returns to the court on Wednesday, April 22 as McDaniel visits Baltimore. The Centennial Conference match is set for a 4:00 pm start.