The Basics
• Score: #20 Johns Hopkins-8, Ursinus-1
• Records: JHU (10-1, 2-1 CC) • UC (7-5, 2-4 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • JHU Tennis Courts
• The Short Story: The 20^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team returned home and earned an 8-1 win over Ursinus in Centennial Conference action Saturday.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins swept the doubles matches to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Senior Ryan Hellinger and junior Alexander Kernagis gave the Blue Jays a quick 1-0 lead when they beat Noah Mandel and Ethan Yu, 8-1, at third. Sophomores Daniel Ardila and Thomas Yu then beat Lars Jespersen and Will Oberholtzer, 8-2, at first. Graduate student Vishnu Joshi and freshman Marco Azar wrapped up doubles play with an 8-4 win over Rob Ritchie and Darby Rogers at third.
• Junior Andrew Tran pushed Hopkins' lead to 4-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Jespersen at first singles. Senior Brian Wang then clinched the win when he beat Oberholtzer 6-1, 6-2 at second. Kernagis did not drop a game as he defeated Mandel at fifth.
• Ritchie then picked up the Bears' lone point of the match with a tight 7-5, 7-6 (5) win over senior Eric Burrer at third. Sophomore Nick Charanjiva then beat Rogers 7-6, 6-2 at fourth. Sophomore Karan Belday closed out the match with a 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 (6) win over Yu at sixth.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins moves to 41-5 all-time against Ursinus and has won 30 straight over the Bears.
• Joshi now has 99 career wins (51 singles, 48 doubles) and needs just one to become the 15^th player in program history with 100 career wins.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is right back at the JHU Tennis Courts as the Blue Jays host 11^th-ranked Emory on Sunday, April 17. The non-conference contest is scheduled for a 12:00 pm start.
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