LANCASTER, PA – The eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins women's tennis team won its 150^th consecutive Centennial Conference regular season match on Sunday with a 9-0 win at Franklin & Marshall. The Blue Jays improve to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference while the Diplomats fall to 0-1.
 
Hopkins jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a doubles sweep. Freshman Samantha Wang and sophomore Jay Xiao picked up the first point of the match with an 8-1 win over Lorena Saavedra and Amelia Squires at number two. Freshmen Lia Melvin and Aubrey Zhou turned the same trick versus Kakie Colclough and Presley Daggett at three. Graduate student Ashley Chang and freshman Sophia Kim secured the doubles sweep when they beat Mackenzie Sherman and Sophia Rhazali, 8-5, at one.
 
Kim quickly pushed the Blue Jays' lead to 4-0 as she lost just one game in her win at number four singles over Erin Joo. Freshman Sydney Langer then clinched the win with a shutout win at two over Rhazali. Graduate student Mary Beth Hurley needed just 13 games to beat Sherman at one. Melvin followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Squires at five. Xiao earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory at three over Rebecca Bellick. Zhou finished the match when she defeated Saavedra 6-0, 6-2 at six.
 
Hopkins returns to action on February 24 as the Blue Jays travel to Lexington, VA to take on Denison and Washington & Lee.