The Basics
• Score: #12 Johns Hopkins-5, #16 George Fox-4
• Records: JHU (6-0) • GFU (9-3)
• Location: Claremont, CA • Biszantz Family Tennis Center
• The Short Story: The 12^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team picked up a hard-fought 5-4 win over 16^th-ranked George Fox Thursday morning to wrap up its California trip.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped out to a 5-1 lead before George Fox won the final three singles matches to make it a 5-4 match.
• Sophomores James and Thomas Yu earned the first point of the match with an 8-2 win over fifth-ranked William Leach and Luke Lemaitre. Sophomores Daniel Ardila and Rohan Reddy then defeated Ryan Olson and Rox Rogers, 8-3, at second to put the Blue Jays up 2-0. The Bruins grabbed a point when Camden Camacho and Vahag Pashayan beat graduate student Vishnu Joshi and junior Alexander Kernagis, 8-6 at third.
• Thomas Yu earned a quick 6-2, 6-1 win at second singles over Luis Rojas to make it 3-1 Hopkins. Reddy followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Pashayan at third. James Yu then clinched the win for the Blue Jays with a 6-1, 6-3 victory at fourth over Camacho.  
• Leach started the George Fox rally with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Joshi at first. Alle Banna then beat Ardila 6-4, 6-3 at sixth. Olson wrapped up the match with 1-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (7) win over junior Andrew Tran at fifth.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 6-0 on the season and today's match was the first-ever meeting with George Fox.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to the court on Saturday, March 26 as the Blue Jays take on 40^th-ranked Christopher Newport. JHU's home opener is slated for an 11:00 am start at the JHU Tennis Courts.
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