The Basics
• Score: #12 Johns Hopkins-5, Washington College-1
• Records: JHU (18-1) • WC (12-8)
• Location: Annapolis, MD • Brigade Sports Complex
• The Short Story: The 12^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team beat Washington College, 5-1, on Saturday in the Centennial Conference semifinals.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a doubles' sweep to take control early. Freshman Marco Azar and graduate student Vishnu Joshi picked up the first point of the match with an 8-3 win at second over Landon Strober and Koby Bonta. Sophomore Rohan Reddy and senior Brian Wang then defeated Brady Burns and Ryohei Kawai, 8-2, at third. Sophomores Daniel Ardila and Vishnu Joshi completed the sweep with an 8-4 win over Andrew Smith and Karl Hoegstedt at first.
• Washington College picked up a point when Ardila retired in his match versus Bonta at third singles. Yu pushed the Blue Jays' lead to 4-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Hoegstedt, ranked 11^th in the region. Wang then closed out the match when he beat Kawai 6-1, 6-2 at fourth.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 52-24 all-time against Washington College, including 4-1 in the Centennial Conference Tournament.
• The Blue Jays advance to the Centennial Conference championship match for the 15^th time. JHU has played in every title match since the tournament's inception in 2006 (no tournament in 2020).
• Hopkins' 18 wins are the most since 2018 and are two shy of the single-season record.
• Yu broke the program's single-season records for singles wins (25) and total wins (49) in the match.
• Joshi is now tied for 15^th in program history with 51 career singles wins. He is also tied for 12^th with 105 total wins.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins will take on 28^th-ranked Swarthmore in the conference championship game on Sunday, May 8. The match is scheduled for an 11:00 am start at the JHU Tennis Courts.
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