LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team has been picked to repeat as Centennial Conference champions in a preseason vote of the conference's coaches. The Blue Jays have won 12 straight Centennial Conference championships and 13 overall since 2005.
Hopkins received nine first-place votes and a total of 81 points to grab the top spot in the poll. Swarthmore earned one first-place vote and 73 points to come in second in the poll. Haverford (60 points), Franklin & Marshall (52) and Washington College (49) round out the top five.
Hopkins went 19-4, including 9-0 in the conference, last season and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the 10
th straight time. The Blue Jays return All-American
Vishnu Joshi as well as all-conference picks
Matt Lurie,
Robby Simon,
Alex Matisse and
Vik Vasan from last year's squad. Hopkins will open the season on Saturday, February 23 versus NC Wesleyan (11 am) in Newport News, VA.
2018 Centennial Conference Preseason Poll
1- Johns Hopkins (9 first-place votes), 81 points
2- Swarthmore (1), 73
3- Haverford, 60
4- Franklin & Marshall, 52
5- Washington College, 49
6- Dickinson, 48
7- Ursinus, 34
8- Muhlenberg, 25
9- Gettysburg, 19
10 – McDaniel, 9
