The Basics
• Score: #23 Johns Hopkins-7, Haverford-2
• Records: JHU (12-3, 7-0 CC) • HC (10-6, 6-1 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • JHU Tennis Courts
• The Short Story: The 23^rd-Johns Hopkins men's tennis team came out on top in a battle of the last two Centennial Conference unbeatens Saturday. The Blue Jays bested the visiting Haverford Fords, 7-2.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins grabbed an early 2-1 lead after doubles and then won five of six singles matches to complete the win.
• Sophomore Vishnu Joshi and junior Vik Vasan put the Blue Jays on top 1-0 with an 8-5 win over Nick Sweeney and Arnav Patodia at third doubles. Juniors Joe Cartledge and Austin Gu doubled the lead when they beat Josh Moskovitz and Kevin Yan, 8-7 (4), at first. Pranav Krishnan and George Jiang cut that lead in half with an 8-6 win at second over junior Aaron Carey and senior Scott Thygesen.
• Gu took the first point of singles, and lost just two games in the process, as he beat Yan at second to put JHU up 3-1. Cartledge followed with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Sweeney at fifth. Thygesen then clinched the win as he defeated Jiang 7-5, 6-1 at third.
• Moskovitz picked up another point for the Fords with a 6-4, 6-3 win at first over Joshi. Junior Cody Kim then beat Krishnan 6-3, 6-1 at fourth and Carey closed out the match with a 6-4, 6-1 win at sixth over Patodia.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 33-31 all-time against Haverford and has won 20 straight in the series.
• The win is the 240^th in the career of head coach Chuck Willenborg.
• Carey and Gu are now tied for 21^st in school history with 34 singles wins each. Cartledge is now 22^nd with 40 career doubles wins, while Gu is tied for 24^th with 36 career wins. Gu is also 21^st with 70 combined wins and Cartledge is tied for 24^th with 62 combined wins.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action on Wednesday, April 24 as the Blue Jays host the Washington College Shoremen at 4:00 pm.