BALTIMORE, MD – The 10^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team beat Washington College, 5-0, in the Centennial Conference semifinals Thursday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 18-3 on the season while the Shoremen fall to 7-9.
 
Joe DeMarco and George Jiang gave the Blue Jays an early 1-0 lead when they beat Christian Gruyon and Rhoyei Kawai, 8-3, at third doubles. James and Thomas Yu then defeated Karl Hoegstedt and Andre-Remi Jakobi, 8-4, at first. Daniel Ardila and Jonathan Zhang closed out the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win over Jack Fanshawe and Landon Strobe at second.
 
James Yu pushed Hopkins' lead to 4-0 as he lost just one game in his win. He beat A. Ravichandran 6-0, 6-1 at fifth singles. Thomas Yu then turned the same trick with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Hoegstedt at first to clinch the victory for the Blue Jays.
 
Hopkins will now take on top seed Swarthmore in the Centennial Conference Championship on Saturday, April 29.
 
Notes: Thomas Yu is now tied 11^th in JHU history with 56 career doubles wins • James Yu moved into 22^nd place with 77 career wins • JHU is now 16-0 in Centennial Conference semifinal matches.