LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team is the unanimous favorite to win the 2023 Centennial Conference Championship. The Blue Jays have won 15 consecutive, and 16 overall, conference titles and have won 48 of the last 49 regular season conference matches.
 
Hopkins earned eight of nine first-place votes (coaches are not permitted to vote for their own teams) and totaled 64 points. Swarthmore was picked second with 55 points and the other first-place vote. Haverford (48 points), Washington College (45) and Franklin & Marshall (34) round out the top five.
 
Last season, the Blue Jays went 19-2 and made their 16^th NCAA Tournament appearance. JHU returns a trio of All-Centennial Conference selections in senior Andrew Tran and juniors Daniel Ardila and Thomas Yu. Yu is also the reigning Centennial Conference Player of the Year.
 
Hopkins opens the 2023 season on Sunday, February 19 with matches at Salisbury and Franklin & Marshall.  
 
2023 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
1. Johns Hopkins – 64 pts (8)
2. Swarthmore – 55 (1)
3. Haverford – 48
4. Washington College – 45
5. Franklin & Marshall – 34
6. Gettysburg – 27
7. Ursinus – 24
8. Dickinson – 19
9. Muhlenberg - 8