Box Score

The Basics
• Score: #7 Carnegie Mellon-5, #20 Johns Hopkins-4
• Records: JHU (7-1) • CMU (15-7)
• Location: Pittsburgh, PA • CMU Tennis Courts
• The Short Story: The 20th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 5-4 decision at seventh-ranked Carnegie Mellon on Sunday.

How it Happened
• Hopkins took a 2-1 lead after doubles with wins at first and second. Senior Emerson Walsh and junior Justin Kang picked up the first point of the match with an 8-3 win over Jeffrey Chen and Chaz Downing at second.
• Seniors Mike Buxbaum and Jeremy Dubin then gave the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead as they beat the top-ranked doubles team in the region, Vayum Arora and Daniel Levine, 8-6.
• The Tartans cut the Jays' lead in half as Kenny Zheng and Michael Rozenvasser defeated sophomore Scott Thygesen and junior David Perez, 8-5, at third.
• Carnegie Mellon drew level in the match after Buxbaum was forced to retire at first singles. After splitting the first two sets with Levin, Buxbaum was leading 4-0 in the third and deciding set when he suffered an injury and had to retire.
• Dubin put Hopkins back on top with a come-from-behind win over Rozenvasser 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 at second.
• Downing tied the match at three when he rallied to beat Thygesen 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2) at third. Kiril Kirkov gave the Tartans their first lead with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 defeat of freshman Cody Kim at sixth.
• Walsh responded with a 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 win over Arora at fifth to tie the match at four. Zheng then won it for the home team as he beat Perez 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 at fourth.

What it Means
• Hopkins slips to 9-5 all-time against Carnegie Mellon with the Tartans winning two of the last three meetings.
• The loss snaps the Blue Jays' season-opening seven-match win streak, which tied the program record.

For the Record
• Walsh now has 97 combined wins in his career, leaving him just three shy of becoming the 13th player in program history to reach 100 wins.
• Dubin earned his 50th career singles wins, making him just the 10th player in program history to reach the mark.

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins returns to Baltimore and will host top-ranked Emory on Friday, April 14. The non-conference match is slated for a 1:00 pm start.