Box Score
The Basics
• Score: #20 Johns Hopkins-6, Washington College-3
• Records: JHU (9-1, 1-1 CC) • WC (8-5, 3-1 CC)
• Location: Chestertown, MD • Schottland Tennis Center
• The Short Story: The 20^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team rallied for a 6-3 win over host Washington College Tuesday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• The Shoremen took a 2-1 lead after doubles, but the Blue Jays rallied to win five of the six singles matches to grab the win.
• Sophomore Thomas Yu and freshman Marco Azar earned the first point of the match as they beat Brady Burns and Ryohei Kawai, 8-3, at third. Landon Strober and Koby Bonta tied the match with an 8-5 win over graduate student Vishnu Joshi and junior Alexander Kernagis at second. Karl Hoegstedt and Andrew Smith then put Washington College on top with an 8-5 win over sophomores Daniel Ardila and Rohan Reddy at first.
• Joshi grabbed the first win in singles, beating Kawai 6-3, 6-0 at second to tie the match at two. Ardila pushed the Blue Jays on top as he dropped just two games in his win at fifth over Burns. Azar followed with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Aaradith Ravichandran at sixth.
• Senior Brian Wang clinched the win for Hopkins with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Bonta at fourth. Junior Andrew Tran then beat Strober 7-6 (3), 6-2 at third to put JHU up 6-2. Hoegstedt took the lone singles' point for WC with a 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8) win at first over Yu.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 51-24 all-time against Washington College and wins its 18^th straight over the Shoremen.
• Joshi now has 52 career singles wins and is tied for ninth in program history. He also needs two wins to become the 15^th player in program history with 100 total wins.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, April 16 as the Blue Jays host the Ursinus Bears. The Centennial Conference match is slated for a 12:00 pm start.