TOWSON, MD – The 10^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team beat 33^rd-ranked RPI, 5-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 19-4 on the season and advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.
 
Hopkins jumped out to a 2-0 win and then picked up a hard-fought win at third doubles to complete the sweep. Daniel Ardila and Jonathan Zhang put the Blue Jays on the board with an 8-3 win over Igor Visnevskij and Abraham Yohannes at second doubles. James and Thomas Yu then beat Aiden Drover-Mattinen and Andy Zhu, 8-3, at first. Joe DeMarco and George Jiang closed out doubles with an 8-6 victory at third over Jonathan McMillan and Sid Srinivasan.
 
Zhang was the first one off the court and pushed the Blue Jays' lead to 4-0 as he beat Zhu 6-2, 6-1 at second singles. Thomas Yu then clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at first over Drover-Mattinen.
 
Hopkins will now take on fourth-ranked Middlebury in the Sweet 16 on Sunday. The match is slated for a 12:00 pm start at the Schroedl Tennis Center at Goucher College.
 
Notes: This is Hopkins' second straight 19-win season • The Blue Jays advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the 13^th time • Thomas Yu is now tied for ninth in JHU history with 113 total wins