The Basics
• Score: #25 Johns Hopkins-8, #31 Stevens-1
• Records: JHU (1-0) • SIT (0-2)
• Location: Fredericksburg, VA
• The Short Story: The 25^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team opened the spring season with an 8-1 win over 31^st-ranked Stevens at the Mary Washington Invitational.
 
How it Happened
Hopkins jumped out to a 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles. Senior Vik Vasan and junior Vishnu Joshi grabbed the first point of the match with an 8-6 win over Keegan Morris and Philip Szkudlarski at second. Seniors Joe Cartledge and Austin Gu then beat Marc Feliu and Mark Kanevsky, 8-7 (5) at first. Freshmen Alexander Kernagis and Andrew Tran completed the sweep when they beat Eloi Pradier and Gabriel Sifuente, 8-2, at third.
Joshi cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Feliu at first singles to push Hopkins' lead to 4-0. Tran then secured the win with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Arjun Krishnan at fifth. Sophomore Brian Wang picked up a 6-3, 6-1 at sixth over Sifuentes and the Blue Jays led 6-0.
Senior Aaron Carey then defeated Kanevsky 6-4, 6-4 at fourth. Cartledge earned a 6-3, 6-7 (1), 1-0 (5) win at third over Szkudlarski to make it an 8-0 match. Morris grabbed a point for the Ducks when he beat Gu 7-6 (5), 6-3 at second.
 
What it Means
• Today's match was the first-ever meeting between Hopkins and Stevens.
• Cartledge moves into a tie for 14^th in school history with his 51^st career doubles win. Gu is now tied for 17^th with 49 career doubles wins. In addition, Cartledge moves into 20^th with 77 total career wins.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Sunday, February 23 against 22^nd-ranked Sewanee. The match is slated for a 9:00 am start in Fredericksburg.