| Box Score 3 BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins sophomores James and Thomas Yu went undefeated to win the 2021 Loyola Men's Tennis Invitational this past weekend. In addition, senior Eric Burrer and sophomore Daniel Ardila finished in fourth place.
 
Junior Andrew Tran and freshman Marco Azar finished in ninth place and senior Ryan Hellinger and junior Alexander Kernagis placed 10^th.
 
The Yu's opened with a 3-0 win over Mount St. Mary's Pablo Zuccardi and Jacob Berg. The Blue Jays won the doubles match, 6-1, top kick off the match. James then beat Berg 6-1, 6-0 and Thomas defeated Zuccardi 6-2, 6-2 in singles. The Yu's then beat Colin Corsini and Oliver Davey of Loyola, 3-0. They took the doubles match by a 6-1 score. James defeated Corsini 6-1, 6-4 and Thomas defeated Davey 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.
 
In the semifinals, the Yu's beat Giovanni Abriola and Elliot Stevens of Mount St. Mary's, 3-0. The JHU pair won the doubles match 6-3 to grab the early lead. James then beat Abriola 6-3, 6-3 while Thomas beat Stevens 6-3, 6-0. The Yu's won the invitational with a 3-0 win over Mount St. Mary's Filippos Zachiotis and Jarrett Karnibad, 3-0. Hopkins won the doubles point with a 6-3 win. James followed with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Karnibad and Thomas rallied to defeat Zachiotis 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7).
 
Ardila and sophomore Rohan Reddy opened with a 3-0 win over the Mount's Russell Armstrong and Marcel Cronin. The Blue Jays picked up the doubles' point with a 6-3 win. Reddy then beat Armstrong 6-3, 6-1 and Ardila beat Cronin 6-1, 6-1. Ardila and Burrer then beat Filip Bazant and Mathius Dessureau of Harford Community College, 2-1. JHU took a 1-0 lead with a 6-2 win in doubles. Ardila put the Blue Jays up 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Dessureau. Bazant picked up a point for the Owls with a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (3) win over Burrer.
 
In the semifinals, Ardila and Burrer fell 2-1 to Karnibad and Zachiotis. The duo from Mount St. Mary's took the first point with a 6-3 win in doubles. Karnibad then beat Burrer 6-4, 6-1 in singles while Ardila prevailed in three sets over Zachiotis 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (5). Ardila and Burrer then lost to Stevens and Ariola, 2-1 in the third-place match. The Mount pair won the doubles point with a 6-4 decision. Ardila then beat Stevens 6-2, 6-4 but an Abriola win over Burrer 6-4, 6-2 gave the match to the Mount.
 
Hellinger and Kernagis dropped their opening match to George Cavo and Skyler Gates of Loyola, 3-0. The Greyhound duo won the doubles match by a 6-4 score. In singles, Gates beat Hellinger 6-2, 6-4 and Cavo beat Kernagis 6-3, 6-1. In the consolation quarterfinals, Hellinger and Kernagis beat Loyola's Tyler Mast and Gustavo Rotundo, 2-1. The Blue Jay took the doubles point with a 6-0 win. Kernagis secured the win with a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of Mast, while Gustavo beat Hellinger 7-6, 6-4.
 
Hellinger and Kernagis then beat Ryan Isgett and Berg, 3-0, in the consolation semifinals. The Blue Jays won the doubles match, 6-1. Hellinger then came from behind to beat Isgett 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (3) while Kernagis won after Berg withdrew due to injury. The pair squared off against Azar and Tran in the ninth-place match. Azar and Tran won the doubles match, 6-3, and the singles matches were not played.
 
Azar and Tran lost their opening match to Matt Cardano and Edik Pribitkin of Loyola, 2-1. The Blue Jay duo won the doubles match, 7-5. Cardano then beat Azar 6-1, 6-4 and Pribitkin beat Tran 7-5, 7-5 in singles. In the consolation draw, the JHU pair beat Michael Francis and Whata of Harford Community College, 3-0. The Blue Jays won 6-0 in doubles to grab the early lead. Azar then swept Francis 6-0, 6-0 while Tran beat Whata 6-1, 6-1.
 
In the consolation semifinals, Tran and Azar beat Armstrong and Cronin, 3-0. The Blue Jays won the doubles match with a 6-2 score. Azar then beat Cronin 6-4, 6-2 and Tran beat Armstrong 6-3, 6-1 in singles.
 
Hopkins wraps up the fall portion of its schedule this weekend at the ITA Southeast Regional in Fredericksburg, VA.