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JAMES T VANRENSSELAER

Men's Tennis Jill Guise - Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Johns Hopkins Rallies To Beat NC Wesleyan, 5-4

Box Score ROCKY MOUNT, NC – The 14th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's tennis team won the final three singles matches to grab a 5-4 come-from-behind win at 26th-ranked NC Wesleyan Sunday. The Blue Jays remain unbeaten on the season at 3-0 while the Bishops fall to 1-2.
 
NC Wesleyan jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Hopkins got on the board in doubles. Diego Segovia and Albert Sitwell took the first point of the match with an 8-2 win at number one over senior Daniel Ardila and junior Marco Azar. John Falke and Logan Stoltz won by the same score against graduate student Hanyu Liu and freshman Chakor Rajendra at two. Graduate student George Jiang and sophomore Allen Gong prevented the doubles' sweep when they beat Sean Keane and Andrea Fanzaga, 8-7, at three.
 
Liu beat StoltzS 6-3, 7-6 at number four singles to tie the match at two. The Bishops answered with wins at one and two to go up 4-2. Segovia won a close match 6-4, 6-4 at two against Ardila. Falke then took a three-setter (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) at one over Gong. Rajendra started the come-back at number three as he rallied to beat Bohdan Zhylchuk 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Freshman Joshua Kim then tied the match when he beat Luca Knese 7-6, 6-2 at five. Azar completed the come-back with a come-back as he responded to a first-set loss (6-2) with wins in the second (6-1) and third (6-4) sets.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, March 9 at Washington & Lee.
 
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Players Mentioned

Daniel Ardila

Daniel Ardila

5' 7"
Junior
Marco Azar

Marco Azar

6' 0"
Sophomore
Allen Gong

Allen Gong

5' 9"
Freshman
George Jiang

George Jiang

5' 11"
Graduate Student
Hanyu Liu

Hanyu Liu

5' 10"
Graduate Student
Joshua Kim

Joshua Kim

5' 5"
Sophomore
Chakor Rajendra

Chakor Rajendra

5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Daniel Ardila

Daniel Ardila

5' 7"
Junior
Marco Azar

Marco Azar

6' 0"
Sophomore
Allen Gong

Allen Gong

5' 9"
Freshman
George Jiang

George Jiang

5' 11"
Graduate Student
Hanyu Liu

Hanyu Liu

5' 10"
Graduate Student
Joshua Kim

Joshua Kim

5' 5"
Sophomore
Chakor Rajendra

Chakor Rajendra

5' 11"
Freshman