Box Score The Basics
• Score: #23 Johns Hopkins-7, #31 Swarthmore-2
• Records: JHU (10-3, 5-0 CC) • SC (8-10, 4-1 CC)
• Location: Swarthmore, PA • Faulkner Courts
• The Short Story: The 23^rd-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis topped host and 31^st-ranked Swarthmore in a battle of Centennial Conference unbeatens.
 
How it Happened
• Swarthmore took the first point of the match when Jiung Jung and Noah Criss beat seniors Colin Muraika and Scott Thygesen, 8-2, at second doubles. Junior Vik Vasan and sophomore Vishnu Joshi answered with an 8-6 win at third over Simon Vernier and Evan Han. Juniors Joe Cartledge and Austin Gu then put the Blue Jays on top, 2-1, with an 8-6 win over Thibault Vernier and John Lathrop at first.
• Joshi pushed the Blue Jays' lead to two when he beat Jung 6-4, 6-2 at first singles. Junior Aaron Carey followed with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Han at sixth. Thygesen then rallied to defeat Thibault Vernier at third. Vernier took the first set 6-3, but Thygesen took the second set 6-1. Trailing 3-0, Thygesen reeled off six straight games to take the set, 6-3, the match and clinched the win for the Blue Jays.
• Gu matched Thygesen's feat with a third-set rally of his own. Lathrop won the first set, 6-2, but Gu answered with a 6-1 win in the second. Lathrop jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third set, but Gu rallied to win 7-5 and grab the win.
• Criss picked up a second point for the Garnet with a 2-6, 7-5, 4-0 (ret.) win at fifth over sophomore Eric Yoo. Junior Cody Kim closed out the match with another come-from-behind win for the Jays. He lost the first set, 6-4, but won the second, 7-5, and then the third, 6-2.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 23-26 all-time against Swarthmore and wins its sixth straight in the series.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Tuesday, April 16 as the Blue Jays travel to Westminster, MD to take on McDaniel. The Centennial Conference match is set for a 4:00 pm start.